For the second-straight year, eight of the world’s finest Counter-Strike: worldwide offensive (CS:GO) teams descend upon Brooklyn’s Barclays center for ESL One: new York. The 2019 rendition stays a premier Tier-S competition as well as is one of the most prominent competitions on the CS:GO calendar.
ESL One: new York 2019 boasts a prize pool of $200,000. Last year’s event had a $250,000 prize pool as well as paid out $125,000 to champion mousesports.
The very first round of ESL One: new York 2019 is a group stage with two groups of four:The group stage utilizes a double-elimination style as well as the two teams with the very best record in each group at the end of the program move on to the playoffs.
The playoffs are a single-elimination bracket.
The Semifinals are best-of-three as well as the Grand final is best-of-five.

Team chances to Win Outright
TeamOdds
Astralis+105
Team Liquid+239
NRG+737
ENCE+890
FaZe Clan+1,102
G2+1,456
OpTic Gaming+3,575
eUnited+7,107

Bet on team Astralis +105 To Be The outright Winners

ESL One: new York | The Field
Five of the eight participating teams were invited by the ESL to participate. The 2019 invitees include StarLadder Berlin major 2019 champions Astralis as well as Intel grand slam season 2 winners as well as world number one team Liquid.
Before losing to Astralis in the quarterfinals of the StarLadder Berlin Major, team liquid had won five Tier-S competitions in 2019 including IEM Chicago as well as ESL One: Cologne.
Astralis, team Liquid, NRG +737, ENCE +890 as well as FaZe Clan +1,102 were directly invited to take part by the ELS after StarLadder Berlin.
Joining Astralis as well as liquid as invitees are NRG as well as ENCE, placed fourth as well as fifth in the world, respectively, as well as FaZe Clan, one of the most prominent CS:GO teams in the world currently placed ninth.
All three teams participated at StarLadder Berlin earlier this month where NRG fared finest with a semifinal run that end with a 2-0 loss Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Catar Astralis. ENCE was knocked out in the quarterfinals by Renegades as well as FaZe failed to qualify for The new Champions Stage.
Danish attire OpTic Gaming earned a area in the competition with a win at the GG.Bet Invitational last month. The Europeans defeated forZe 2-1 in the Grand final as well as are set to take part in their very first Tier-S event since ESL pro league season 9 – Europe back in May.
G2 as well as OpTiC are joining ESL One: new York via European as well as North American Qualifiers.
The final two teams in the field show up in Brooklyn via European as well as North American qualifiers. G2’s all-French roster booked their area in July with a 2-1 win over CR4ZY in the Grand final of the European qualifiers as well as eUnited joined them with a 2-1 North American qualifier Grand final success over FURIA on July 27.
G2 enters the competition placed seventh in ESL’s world Rankings while eUnited stays unranked. OpTic is 26th in the world Rankings.
Group Stage
The two groups at ESL One: new York 2019 were determined based on the ESL CS:GO world Rankings. In group A is ENCE, eUnited, G2, as well as team liquid while Astralis, FaZe Clan, NRG, as well as OpTic comprise group B.
ESL Camiseta Juventus One: new York group A

Liquid is preferred in group A as well as has the second-best chances to win the competition outright (+231) at Pinnacle, however second location might be a toss-up between G2 (+1388) as well as ENCE (+846) as eUnited (+6793) are not expected to make it out of the group.
G2 are experiencing a roster shake-up as well as might be unsteady in new York, leaving the door open for ENCE to qualify for the playoffs. ENCE are currently +450 at Pinnacle to win group A, the second-best chances ahead of G2 (+550).
ESL One: new York group B

Group B likewise seems relatively simple as Astralis, preferred to win the competition Camiseta Feyenoord at +114, is likewise the preferred to win the group (-259). NRG, coming off a strong StarLadder Berlin showing earlier in the month, is +337 to win group B, the second-best odds, as well as it’s a great bet that they make it out of the group.
The North Americans should have strong fan support in Brooklyn however will likely satisfy Astralis in the winners match of the group stage. NRG was defeated 2-0 by the Danes in Berlin as well as might be required to win a vital decider match to make it out of the group if they autumn to Astralis for the second time this month.
What To expect For The Playoffs
The champion of group A would satisfy the second-place finisher in group B as well as in this situation that would mean team liquid vs. NRG in North American showdown.
Liquid would be preferred in this match-up for obvious reasons, however their surprise early exit at StarLadder may make them vulnerable in Brooklyn. Our pick is liquid in this however don’t be absolutely shocked if NRG come out on top; if you’re feeling frisky the payout may be worth itnull