ELeague Boston Major 2018

Following their success with the ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, Valve announced that ELEAGUE shall return to host the third CS:GO Major Championship in North America, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event is to feature an expected prize pool of $1,000,000 USD, to be fought over by 24 teams.

A partially new format was announced by ELEAGUE & Valve on December 13th, 2017, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as now part of the Major Championship and rebranded all the stages of the tournament. The offline qualifier was named The New Challengers Stage, the group stage was re-named to The New Legends Stage and the playoffs to The New Champions Stage. This increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24, with all 24 teams receiving stickers.

The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier), lasting from January 12th to 15th, is to be held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, but will be closed to spectators. The New Legends Stage, taking place from January 19th to 22nd, is to also be held at the ELEAGUE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The New Champions Stage are to be held later at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, starting on January 26th, and concluding with the Grand finals on January 28th, 2018.

1st $500,000
2nd $150,000
3rd-4th $70,000
5th-8th $35,000
9th-11th $8,750
12th-14th $8,750
15th-16th $8,750