SK Gaming finished second at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in Oakland, California, USA.
Our Brazilian team qualified for the playoffs with a 3-2 standings in Group B, winning against mousesports, Cloud 9 and Ninjas in Pyjamas, but also losing to
Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh's Heroic in round one and later to FaZe Clan.
In the playoffs we overcame the French team G2 Esports and later the Danish team Astralis, but failed to clutch the championship title from
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund and company's hands.
SK Gaming at IEM Oakland 2016:
Group stage:
13-16 on de_cbble vs.
Heroic
16-10 on de_dust2 vs.
mousesports
16-10 on de_dust2 vs.
Cloud 9
11-16 on de_nuke vs.
FaZe
16-09 on de_cbble vs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Quarter-finals:
2-1 vs.
G2 Esports
06-16 on de_nuke
16-05 on de_train
16-03 on de_dust2
Semi-finals:
2-0 vs.
Astralis
16-14 on de_train
16-12 on de_mirage
Grand final:
1-2 vs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16-04 on de_train
14-16 on de_cache
14-16 on de_cbble

fnx had an astonishing performance in the grand final vs. NiP. (Photo by HLTV.org)
Final standings:
1st.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - $125,000
2nd.
SK Gaming - $50,000
3rd-4th.
Astralis Denmark - $25,000
3rd-4th.
FaZe - $25,000
5th-6th.
Immortals - $12,000
5th-6th.
G2 Esports - $12,000
7th-8th.
Cloud 9 - $5,000
7th-8th.
Team Liquid - $5,000
9th-10th.
- $3,500
9th-10th.
Natus Vincere - $3,500
11th-12th.
mousesports - $2,000
11th-12th.
TyLoo - $2,000
Albeit losing to the Swedish giant in an incredibly close three-map series in the grand final, our CS:GO division has shown promising results in time for the upcoming tenth official major tournament to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, throughout 22nd to 29th of January 2017 by Turner's ELEAGUE brand.
More information about the major tournament will be released soon.
Stay tuned to SK Gaming for more news.
Our Brazilian team qualified for the playoffs with a 3-2 standings in Group B, winning against mousesports, Cloud 9 and Ninjas in Pyjamas, but also losing to

In the playoffs we overcame the French team G2 Esports and later the Danish team Astralis, but failed to clutch the championship title from

SK Gaming at IEM Oakland 2016:
Group stage:
13-16 on de_cbble vs.

16-10 on de_dust2 vs.

16-10 on de_dust2 vs.

11-16 on de_nuke vs.

16-09 on de_cbble vs.

Quarter-finals:
2-1 vs.

06-16 on de_nuke
16-05 on de_train
16-03 on de_dust2
Semi-finals:
2-0 vs.

16-14 on de_train
16-12 on de_mirage
Grand final:
1-2 vs.

16-04 on de_train
14-16 on de_cache
14-16 on de_cbble

fnx had an astonishing performance in the grand final vs. NiP. (Photo by HLTV.org)
Final standings:
1st.

2nd.

3rd-4th.

3rd-4th.

5th-6th.

5th-6th.

7th-8th.

7th-8th.

9th-10th.

9th-10th.

11th-12th.

11th-12th.

Albeit losing to the Swedish giant in an incredibly close three-map series in the grand final, our CS:GO division has shown promising results in time for the upcoming tenth official major tournament to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, throughout 22nd to 29th of January 2017 by Turner's ELEAGUE brand.
More information about the major tournament will be released soon.
Stay tuned to SK Gaming for more news.

Evgeni Chardakov
Counter-Strike expert, writer, analyst and former competitive player with more than 15 years of experience within the discipline. Working with SK Gaming and ESEA.


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