ELEAGUE Major 2017
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ELEAGUE Major 2017 logo
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Dates | January 22, 2017–January 29, 2017 |
| Administrator(s) |
Turner Studios William Morris Endeavor |
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Tournament
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16 team swiss group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | $1,000,000 USD |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Astralis
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| 1st runners-up |
 Virtus.pro
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| 2nd runners-up |
 SK Gaming Fnatic
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| MVP |
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye |
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ELEAGUE Major 2017, also known as ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017, was the tenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major tournament. It was organized by ELEAGUE and held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from January 22 to 29, 2017. It features sixteen professional teams from around the world. Eight teams directly qualified based on their top eight placement in the last major, ESL One Cologne 2016, while another eight teams qualified through the ELEAGUE Offline Major Qualifier. ELEAGUE Major is the third consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.
There will be four regional qualifiers and two from each qualifier will move on to the main qualifier.
In the major qualifier, the top eight teams will move on to the major. These teams will be known as "Challengers". The top eight teams from the previous major will receive automatic bids to the major; these teams are known as "Legends."
Unlike the previous majors, in which there were group stages, this major will use the Swiss tournament for the first stage, just like the Major Qualifier. The eight remaining teams after the group stage will move on to the Playoffs. All playoff games will be best of three and single elimination and the winner is decided after one team remains.
The same map pool was kept from the last major.
There were seven maps to choose from. In the group stage, each team bans two maps. Then, one team bans another map from the remaining two maps, the map played is randomly selected. The team that did not get the third ban gets to choose which sides it starts on. In the playoffs, each team will remove one map. Then, each side chooses a map, which will be played in the first two matches. The team that did not choose the map will choose which side it starts on. Then each team will remove one more map so that one map is remaining. That map will be the third and decider map.
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Like the previous majors, there will be a major qualifier and regional qualifiers. The bottom eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2016 will receive automatic bids to the main qualifier. Two teams each from the Asia, North America, Europe, and CIS Minors will be able to compete in the major qualifier
The final four teams from each qualifier are shown below; two from each move on to the main qualifying event. All games are offline.
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