ESL One New York 2016

ESL One New York 2016 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Eight teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a US$250,000 prize pool.^[2]

ESL invited six teams to compete in ESL One New York. One team from the European Qualifier and one team from the North American Qualifier will also have a ticket to the tournament. Both qualifiers are played online.

The group stage played in a best-of-one Swiss-system tournament format consisting of 5 rounds, much like the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier. In the end, the top four teams will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs were formatted in a four team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.

Stage Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Alex "Machine" Richardson

Analysts

• Janko "YNk" Paunović
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

• Anders Blume
• Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
• Hugo Byron
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie
• Joona "natu" Leppänen
• John "BLU" Mullen
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Observers

• DJ "Prius" Kuntz
• Alex "Rushly" Rush
• Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift

In each qualifier, one team will move on to the main tournament.