MLG Major Championship: Columbus
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Dates | March 29, 2016–April 3, 2016 |
| Administrator(s) |
Valve Corporation Major League Gaming |
| Venue(s) | Nationwide Arena |
| Purse | $1,000,000 USD |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Luminosity Gaming
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| 1st runners-up |
 Natus Vincere
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| 2nd runners-up |
 Astralis Team Liquid
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Points scored | 3967306 (188919.33 per match) |
| MVP |
Marcelo "coldzera" David |
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MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus, also referred to as MLG Columbus 2016 was the eighth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major held by Major League Gaming (MLG) throughout March 29 to April 3, 2016 in the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, US. It was the first CS:GO Major in North America as well as the first run by Major League Gaming, who previously ran an exhibition CS:GO tournament at X Games Aspen 2015. It was also the very first CS:GO major in which ESL or DreamHack was not the organizer. It was announced on February 23, 2016 that MLG Columbus 2016 would be the first Counter-Strike tournament with a $1,000,000 prize pool.
The playoffs had eight teams. Astralis, Fnatic, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends. Counter Logic Gaming and Team Liquid were new Legends as FaZe Clan and Team EnVyUs had their Legends status taken away after failing to make the top eight. In the grand finals, Luminosity Gaming, which defeated Virtus.pro and Team Liquid, faced off against Natus Vincere, which defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis. Luminosity Gaming won 2–0 as the underdog for its first major title and fifty percent of the $1,000,000 prize pool; in addition, it became the first non-European team to win a major title.
The top eight finishers at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 (known as "Legends") received direct invitations to Columbus In addition, eight other teams emerged from the offline qualifiers (known as "Challengers").
Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of 1. The highest seed will play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds will play against each other. The winner of those two matches will play to determine which team moves on to the Playoffs; the loser of that match will play another match against the winner of the two losing teams. The loser of the lower match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams will play each other and the winner of that match moves on to the playoffs.
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