The final month of 2017 ended with the ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals and ECS Season 4 Finals, each with a $750,000 prize pool. At ESL, SK defeated FaZe to win the title. After leaving Odense, karrigan’s army headed to Cancun to claim the ECS cup after a tense final against mousesports.
Elsewhere, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) hosted the final round of ROG Masters, consisting of only 6 teams but the prize pool was also relatively large, close to $250,000. The Major champion entering the tournament as the top team did not disappoint, beating TyLoo 3-0 in the final to claim a prize pool of more than $115,000.
Nothing new in the top 5 compared to November’s rankings, SK is still at number one in the world and closely followed by FaZe. But things start to get interesting as we continue to move down the list: fnatic has climbed 6 places to rank 6, Misfits is up 10 places to rank 13, while G2, North and Virtus.pro continue to slide. slope.
To summarize the factors that affect the scores of teams on the rankings each month are as follows:
– The leaderboard has a base score of teams based on their achievements in the previous year (achievement points). Then there is the “Form” score, which is roughly calculated based on the individual achievements of the players in the team and the results of online tournaments in the last 2 months. Finally, the LANs point, this is calculated based on the performance in offline tournaments within the last 3 months.
Also, if a team wants to keep their base score before calculating the new month score, their lineup must hold at least 3 players from the previous month. And as mentioned above, the results of the online competition only slightly affect the score in the “Form” section and it is mainly counted in for the purpose of ranking some new teams on the leaderboard (this can be understood as the “Form” section). Because LANs score affects a lot, teams that don’t have slots to play offline but want to rank up have only tryhard countries in online tournaments)
Below is the team rankings for December 2017, the “+/-” signs represent the team’s rise and fall, and these are comparisons to the November 2017 rankings, not You have to compare it with the weekly team rankings.
Here is a breakdown of the top 15 teams for the past month:
Entering the last month of the year, SK has only one goal: to stay in the top 1 and enter 2018 with the title of the best team in the world. They know it’s not going to be easy, as they didn’t qualify for the ECS Season 4 Finals. As a result, the team bet everything on the Pro League Finals, the tournament in which FaZe was also present.
SK continues to be at the top of the world
At Odense, the Brazilian team topped Group B despite a surprise defeat to OpTic, helping SK win a place in the semi-finals. Here, they convincingly beat Misfits. In their dream bo5 final against FaZe, SK got off to a slow start when they lost to map 1. But they quickly turned the game around with impressive performances at Overpass and Mirage, before taking overtime wins at Train. .
It’s not a perfect tournament for SK, but it’s still impressive. SK started the new year at number one in the world, but everyone knows it’s extremely difficult to keep it up, especially when the team is forced to participate in the ELEAGUE Major Boston with João. “felps” Vasconcellos because the squad list has been locked before.
FaZe has added points compared to the rankings of November, but that is not enough to help the superstar team overcome SK.
Losing overtime to fnatic in the group stage scared off FaZe fans, but the karrigan team won the rest of their matches. In the semi-finals, FaZe took revenge on fnatic and passed without difficulty. But they were completely defeated by SK in the finals, after a strong start on Inferno.
FaZe ends 2017 with the championship
With no SK showing up at Cancun, FaZe found a way to win the ECS Season 4 Finals. However, the journey to the championship was not easy, especially when the team lost 16-13 to Astralis even though Astralis had to use stand-ins. FaZe countered with a 2-0 victory over Cloud9 and fnatic. In the final, the team had to play 200% of their strength to be able to beat mousesports, even Rain had to admit that this championship was “better” than previous tournaments.
While the team didn’t achieve their goal of being number one in the world, FaZe knew they were completely capable of it. The ELEAGUE Major will be the tournament that changes everything, but the Europeans need to be sharper than they showed in Cancun to get through the tough group stage and then the playoffs.
Astralis has maintained the top 3 in recent months but has lost a lot of points due to poor results in the Pro League Finals and ECS Finals – two tournaments where they had to use RUBINO as a stand-in.
At the BLAST Pro Series, Astralis made it to the finals while using a stand-in, but that was not repeated at the ESL event. The Danish team finished in 5th place in their group, having won only 1 match in 5 matches, 16-11 against Luminosity.
Astralis continues in 3rd place
The Danish team arrives in Cancun to prove they are not a ‘front’. Thanks to victories over Cloud9 and FaZe, Astralis reached the playoffs, unfortunately they had to soon stop here when they encountered mousesports in the semi-finals.
There is no better lesson to be learned than from Astralis’ results at Odense and Cancun. With the Major nearing – which NiP did not attend – it seems likely that the Danish team will continue to be in the top 3 at least until the end of January. The question now is whether the device’s health will improve. more or not? The chance for Astralis to interfere in the current SK-FaZe ‘love affair’ is very slim.
Like Astralis, NiP continued to maintain their position in November but have lost a lot of points, partly due to poor performance at the ESL Pro League Finals – the only tournament they attended in the month.
Things initially looked bright for NiP after the team beat OpTic in the opening match at Odense, but they couldn’t replicate that against NRG, SK and Misfits. Obviously, NiP didn’t make it to the next round. The overtime victory over North allowed the team to leave the tournament with little consolation. After a huge success at IEM Oakland, the Swedish team has reason to be disappointed with this sad result.
Team Ninja leave the group stage at Odense
January promises to be pretty calm for the Ninja boys as they miss out on the Major. It wouldn’t be surprising if NiP dropped a few places in the rankings next month when teams like Cloud9, fnatic, and G2 were able to move up.
Cloud9 was one of the big names that didn’t show up at the Pro League Finals, forcing the North American team to pull something off at the subsequent ECS event.
There was a lot to be expected of Cloud9 – the team had reached the semi-finals of IEM Oakland and won the iBUYPOWER Masters the previous month – but the team had to taste the bitter fruit in its first game against Astralis. From this defeat, they were forced to face FaZe – an extremely unfavorable match for them.
Cloud9 left right from the group stage of ECS Finals
A 2-0 victory over fellow country rival Liquid is Cloud9’s only bright spot in Cancun. Therefore, the team needs to prepare carefully if they want to survive the difficult Major that awaits them.
fnatic was one of December’s successful teams, moving six places from 12th last month by advancing deep into the inner rounds of Odense and Cancun.
At the Pro League Finals, the Swedish team impressed in second place after beating the likes of FaZe, Liquid and Astralis. fnatic continued that form in the playoffs, beating OpTic 2-1 in the first round. Unfortunately, the Swedish team completely fell when they had to rematch with FaZe in the semi-finals.
fnatic is close to the top 5
fnatic performed well at the ECS Finals and won their group after winning against Luminosity and OpTic. But again, the team had to leave when facing FaZe.
While fnatic is not considered a strong team right now, their tremendous growth over the past few months cannot be ignored. This is their 2017 highest ranking. With the Major just about to begin, fnatic could continue to climb the ranks if they perform well at the major events.
December was completely silent for the French boys – they didn’t play a single tournament because they failed to qualify for the Pro League and ECS.
Since the BLAST Pro Series, G2 has had plenty of time to prepare for the ELEAGUE Major Boston where they will find their form to survive the New Challengers and bo1 challenges that the tournament has to offer.
mousesports rose one place to 8th thanks to impressive results at the ECS Finals. It was quite surprising that oskar’s team was crushed by OpTic in the first game of Cancun, but this should be the alarm bell for the team to wake up. Mousesports then defeated Luminosity to then take revenge on OpTic and claim the top 2 spot in the group.
mousesports twice almost touched the trophy in December
In the next round, mouz defeated Astralis thanks to suNny’s outstanding individual performance to reach the final against FaZe. Considered the bottom team, but mousepsorts fought hard. Unfortunately, the team could not finish the match to give FaZe a chance to come back.
A lot of people are excited to see what mousesports can do at the next Major after a great month. And if the 3 gunmen in the team all explode, they will definitely be a formidable team in the US this time.
North continued to slide after a disappointing month – they only appeared on LAN once at the Pro League Finals. A lot of people expected what MSL had prepared for that event, but the result was an overwhelming disappointment. The team won only one match in the group stage.
This is North’s lowest ranking since September 2016 and confirms that the members are having problems. North will certainly have a place in the New Legends round at the Major, but if they can’t fix the problems, the team will surely continue to drop.
Virtus.pro dropped 2 places and was at the bottom of the top 10 after a dismal December. The Polish team last appeared at the WESG EU & CIS Regional Finals in Barcelona. Now, all eyes of the team are on the Major, the tournament so they can remind the audience that VP’s chance is still there.
OpTic entered the top 15, rising 5 places in the rankings thanks to the round of Pro League Finals. OpTic ranked second in the group after winning 3 matches: 2 of them were 2 teams that also passed the group stage, SK and Misfits. Friberg’s team lost to fnatic in the first round of the playoffs, ending the event in 5-6th place.
‘Green wall’ is near the top 10
The European team then went to Cancun, hoping to advance further into the tournament. After dissolving mousesports in the opening match, OpTic made many people think that they would continue to perform well, but the team quickly received heavy defeats against fnatic and mouz. The two teams saw them off early in the tournament.
Without going to the Major, OpTic will definitely lose this position by the end of January. At Odense, we can realize the true potential of the team, but will this be enough to save the roster or not? ?
Gambit dropped one place despite being among the three teams that lifted the trophy in December. Part of the reason was that Gambit missed the opportunity to attend the two biggest events of the month.
With no Pro League or ECS, the Major champion headed for the ROG Masters Finals, the event with a prize pool of more than $200,000 but no big hands there. Gambit topped the table after winning 5POWER and Splyce. After that, the team gradually stabilized everything: surpassing Vega Sqsuadron (2-1) in the semi-finals before defeating TyLoo 3-0 in the final.
Misfits rose 10 places to 13 after impressing in the Pro League Finals, where they finished third in the group stage with a 3-2 record, before convincingly beating HellRaisers in the first round of the playoffs. With this victory, Misfits secured a place in the semi-finals but they were quickly defeated by SK.
Misfits smiling at Odense
After that impressive run, Misfits will turn their focus to the Major – where they are looking to continue their ‘cinderella story’, after winning an event slot through the Americas Minor – the tournament the team is only gained entry through the withdrawal of the FRENCH CANADIANS team.
Despite not participating in any matches in December, Natus Vincere still rose 1 place thanks to the fact that the surrounding teams did not gain any more points. This makes Na`Vi’s DreamHack Winter championship even more convenient as this tournament does not have points deducted like other teams in the 13-20 range of the rankings.
EnVyUs finished the top 15 list, dropping 1 place compared to the previous month. Like Na`Vi, the French team hasn’t participated in any matches since DreamHack Winter, but they still have points deducted because their past records are getting older and older.
Source: HLTV
Source link: CS:GO World Ranking December 2017
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