ECS round robin reaches end

The round robin stage of ECS Season 1's European division has come to an end, with G2 joining Astralis at the offline finals.

With Astralis already through to the offline finals after posting an impressive 7-1 record in the round robin stage, the second spot was contested by NiP, G2, FaZe and mousesports as we headed into the final day of the league.

NiP took a giant step towards a top-two finish as they defeated mousesports on two maps before their final clash against in-form G2, who began the day by moving past dignitas 2-0.

With an excellent display from their in-form duo Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom and Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, G2 were able to defeat NiP 16-13 on Dust2 and 16-14 on Train to create a three-way tie for second with the Swedish giants and also FaZe.


G2 set to return to London 

The first criteria applied, map difference, ruled FaZe out as they had a -1 record, against their rivals' +5. And after much deliberation and confusion, the admins looked at the number of maps wons. This criteria put G2 through as they had 12 maps won in total, against NiP's 11. 

There was also a three-way tie for sixth place, with fnatic leapfrogging both EnVyUs and Virtus.pro due to having a better map difference (-3 against both rivals' -4).

This means that Astralis and G2 are through to the offline finals, taking place from June 24-26 at the SSE Arena, in London. The last two continental spots will go to the leading teams of a double-elimination bracket featuring the teams who placed third to sixth.

Below you can find the matchups for the first round of the bracket:

Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Sweden fnatic
Europe FaZe vs. Germany MOUZ
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
875
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.66
Belgium Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
718
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.65
#3
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Portugal dracø
So rigged even the thread is removed and re added :( :( Justice for g2 at least
2016-05-24 00:51
6 replies
#37
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World Noldi_alb
Justice for G2??? FaZe defeated both G2 and NiP h2h. How is this justice for G2?
2016-05-24 00:55
5 replies
#38
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Portugal dracø
I didn't say it was perfect. Faze should get 2nd cuz H2H, but since that ain't happening it makes more sense for G2 to be 2nd
2016-05-24 00:56
rules are rules get over it :)
2016-05-24 01:24
#49
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Denmark fyhn
My thought exactly. Lately every tournament seems to use head to head matchups, but suddenly round difference counts the most. Sure, if it's in the rules, then that's how it is, but still seems strange to me.
2016-05-24 01:36
1 reply
Its not strange? First, it comes down to points. If its tied, +/- game points. If its tied again, h2h rule.
2016-05-24 09:13
#75
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France Chagror
It should be Faze 2nd - G2 3rd - Nip 4th, so it's not perfect, but it's better than NiP 2nd
2016-05-24 12:48
#4
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United States joke_cs
nt
2016-05-24 00:49
Nice
2016-05-24 00:49
#6
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Sweden Linken11
gz
2016-05-24 00:49
ag
2016-05-24 00:49
n1
2016-05-24 00:49
#9
chrisJ | 
Hungary baGO.
a
2016-05-24 00:49
wtf
2016-05-24 00:49
Noice
2016-05-24 00:49
ez 4 nip
2016-05-24 00:50
what?
2016-05-24 00:49
there was one but got deleted cause g2 beat nip lol
2016-05-24 00:50
one round difference lmao rip envy, vp
2016-05-24 00:50
2 replies
#27
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Costa Rica Gomezio
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, huh?
2016-05-24 00:51
1 reply
read it a bit too quickly lol my mistake
2016-05-24 01:02
#18
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Finland SKYTRiXSHA
asd
2016-05-24 00:50
lol G2 is in YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2016-05-24 00:50
NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
2016-05-24 00:50
Whaaaat
2016-05-24 00:50
#22
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Sweden Trojka03
ECS should really get their shit together, this is embarrassing.
2016-05-24 00:51
1 reply
+
2016-05-24 00:51
EZ for faze and NiP
2016-05-24 00:51
ez NiP ez FaZe
2016-05-24 00:51
Made up rules just in case
2016-05-24 00:51
ez ScreaM!
2016-05-24 00:52
good bye fnatic
2016-05-24 00:52
Wtf double elemination bracket? And b03 They do everything to get fnatic and nip there. There is never this format anymore. Also This mess up show u why this is the worst way to rule a 3way tie
2016-05-24 00:54
1 reply
What's wrong with b03 double elimination? It's the best system to get the best teams win.
2016-05-25 02:47
Shame for ECS tho
2016-05-24 00:52
#32
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Brazil lNowayl
Nice, G2 deserved that GOGOO GOdyyy GOGOGO ShoxKEsusGoD GOGOGO ScreamGodtapsKnowAsHeadshotMachine
2016-05-24 00:53
This criteria put G2 through as they had 12 maps won in total, against NiP's 11. hahahaha good job making up rules
2016-05-24 00:53
1 reply
It's a damn mess also this bracket shut now played for tons of more maps
2016-05-24 00:55
#34
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Brazil lNowayl
1 ECS not invite TempoStorm in NA now this shit, fucking faceit admins.
2016-05-24 00:54
This is the most rigged shit I've ever seen. Shame.
2016-05-24 00:56
2 replies
+1
2016-05-24 00:57
ESL Pro League was even worse, but agreed, this one is right there next to the other scandals on top.
2016-05-24 01:48
#41
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Russia bralBry
EZ for G2, hope FaZe will Qualify too, they deserve it
2016-05-24 00:59
ez for faze faze vs g2 final kio will rape all
2016-05-24 00:59
people embed.gyazo.com/03c6a9e9d946c90690e48add.. and they didn't "make" up the rules on the fly, they told the teams before the league started!
2016-05-24 01:08
5 replies
lol, cut the crap. Every one can make up something like that on the fly, even the admin of the tournament. There goes your proof, vanishing into thin air as twitter.com/OfficialXizt/status/73488138..
2016-05-24 01:49
4 replies
I made a post more than 30 mins ago. It's two posts down in this very thread. Read it.
2016-05-24 01:50
3 replies
I saw it after replying, I isntareplied while scrolling down through comments. Even so, very poor management from FACEIT, ECS has been a joke so far.
2016-05-24 01:53
2 replies
Just because they didn't know the rules doesn't mean ECS didn't send them before the tournament as the admin said on Reddit.
2016-05-24 01:54
1 reply
xizt literally said on his twitter that the admin told them different rules before the match, confirmed those rules after the match and changed the team that goes through afterwards because they "were wrong". Of course faceit admins will try to save face on Reddit, just for curiosity link me the thread if you can find it.
2016-05-24 03:51
This is so retarded even the players didnt know the rules twitter.com/GeT_RiGhTcs/status/734857448.. twitter.com/fribergCS/status/73485232879.. twitter.com/pythCS/status/73485747577885.. twitter.com/G2shox/status/73485964370554.. im pretty sure they just made up this shit :This criteria put G2 through as they had 12 maps won in total, against NiP's 11.
2016-05-24 01:11
1 reply
oh darn. so they didn't know -.- that's awful. but G2 is in so I don't care ^_________________________________________________^
2016-05-24 01:14
-mous -fnatic They are out. Nip, faze to finals, fix
2016-05-24 01:15
HAHAHAHA nip got rekt for throwing the match against g2 Haahahaa
2016-05-24 02:15
round difference in CS is retarded.
2016-05-24 02:16
2 replies
Ye it should be based on head to head if there is a tie.
2016-05-24 02:43
1 reply
NiP still lose, lmao.
2016-05-24 14:23
#58
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Turkey osmanabi
just to remind, NiP is the only team to defeat Astralis(1st)
2016-05-24 02:33
Cmon FaZe CRUSH MOUZ!!
2016-05-24 02:44
Justice has been made FeelsGoodMan. It's crazy to think that G2 lost their first 3 matches in this league and still got 2nd spot.
2016-05-24 05:07
#63
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Bulgaria kr9ptonn
cmon fnatic, crush nip!
2016-05-24 06:52
G2 going massive lately!
2016-05-24 06:54
WTF.... FaZe vs mouz is the match!
2016-05-24 06:57
ECS is pure joke
2016-05-24 07:09
I dont get it. Nip and Faze have better record than mouz and fnc. Why they need to play more matches lol?
2016-05-24 08:57
something doesn't feel right about this. round difference lol...
2016-05-24 09:02
Please learn to read guys. Whether round difference is a stupid way to rule a tiebreaker is pretty irrelevant in this case, since it doesn't apply. It's map difference.
2016-05-24 10:11
you said impressive 7-1?
2016-05-24 10:27
french admins ?
2016-05-24 10:29
what? but mouz is 4-4 and fnatic 3-5 there's no tie... NiP and FaZe both legit 3/4 place
2016-05-24 14:32
glgl FaZe !!
2016-05-24 15:04
lol crazy rule !!! cant believe fnatic is still alive
2016-05-25 01:18
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