MLG Major Championship: Columbus

MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus
2016
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Columbus, Ohio, US
Dates March 29, 2016–April 3, 2016
Administrator(s) Major League Gaming
Venue(s) Nationwide Arena
Purse $250,000 USD
← DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 ESL One Cologne 2016 →

MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus is an upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major to be held by Major League Gaming on March 29-April 3, 2016 in Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, US.[1][2] It will be 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.[3] Like the other Majors it will have a $250,000 USD prize pool.[4][5]

Teams

In total, 16 teams will compete. Listed below are the top eight finishers at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, known as "Legends". They received direct invitations to Columbus. The eight teams that emerge from the offline qualifiers will also compete as "Challengers".

Prize Pool

The $250,000 prize pool will be divided up as follows.

Place Prize money
1st $100,000
2nd $50,000
3rd–4th $22,000
5–8th $10,000
9–12th $2,000
13–16th $2,000

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Richard (November 2015). "Report: MLG to Host ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’ Major in March 2016". Breitbart.
  2. ↑ "Le prochain Major de CS:GO aux États-Unis". vossey.com (in French).
  3. ↑ Walker, Alex (November 23, 2015). "Major League Gaming Is Getting On Board The Counter-Strike Train Too". Kotaku Australia. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "MLG announces first North American CS:GO Major". TheScore eSports. November 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Valve Reveals First North American CS:GO Major". Telkom Gaming.
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