Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are (CS:GO) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve Corporation, the game's developer. The Majors were first introduced in 2013 and took place in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of 250,000. Six teams were directly invited, six teams were invited based on previous tournament results, and another four teams came from direct qualifiers.
ELEAGUE
On October 5, 2017, Valve announced that ELEAGUE would host the first major of 2018 and the twelfth major in CS:GO history: . Unlike past majors, Boston major featured 24 teams as Valve expanded the format to include what was formerly known as "The Major Qualifier", now rebranded as "The New Challengers Stage". This major was the first in CS:GO major tournaments' history to take place in two different cities. The group stage took place in Turner Studios, where all ELEAGUE season matches were played, in Atlanta from January 19, 2018 to January 22, 2018. The playoffs took place in Boston from January 26, 2018 to January 28, 2018 at the Agganis Arena in Boston University.