OpTic defeated HellRaisers 16-10 on people videos having sexTrain to qualify for the ELEAGUE Major with a 3-1 record.
In the third match for a spot at the Major, OpTic and HellRaisers traded rounds at the beginning as Peter "?stanislaw?" Jarguz clutched a 1v3 in the pistol and Bence "?DeadFox?" B?r?cz got a triple and a 1v1 clutch in the following forcebuy.
The European mixture dropped to an eco in the fourth round due to a close-range setup on the B bombsite which backfired and rocketed OpTic to a 5-2 lead.
OpTic qualify for the ELEAGUE Major
With DeadFox playing well, HellRaisers clawed back with five out of the next six rounds before the last two rounds were traded, which gave Kirill "?ANGE1?" Karasiow's team a close 8-7 scoreline as CT.
William "?RUSH?" Wierzba's three kills secured the second pistol round and the anti-eco for his team. Vladyslav "?bondik?" Nechyporchuk and Patrik "?Zero?" ?údel then combined for five kills on the A bombsite to turn a disadvantageous situation around, but OpTic replied with two comfortable retakes on the B bombsite.
With Keith "?NAF?" Markovic winning a 1v1 against bondik, OpTic clinched their 13th round and continued to defend the A bombsite without much trouble, defeating HellRaisers 16-10 to qualify for the Major.
ELEAGUE Major Main QualifierBest of 1 
OpTic
Matchpage 16 10 18th December 2016 
HellRaisers 16Train 10
| ?OpTic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik | 24 - 17 | +7 | 93.3 | 1.41 |
| William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH | 23 - 15 | +8 | 82.8 | 1.32 |
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw | 20 - 15 | +5 | 81.3 | 1.22 |
| Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF | 18 - 18 | 0 | 80.0 | 1.21 |
 Oscar 'mixwell' Ca?ellasmixwell | 15 - 15 | 0 | 59.4 | 1.10 |
| ?HellRaisers | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?czDeadFox | 17 - 17 | 0 | 64.5 | 1.08 |
 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik | 21 - 23 | -2 | 91.3 | 0.98 |
 Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO | 15 - 22 | -7 | 71.9 | 0.88 |
| Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 | 15 - 21 | -6 | 65.0 | 0.82 |
| Patrik 'Zero' ?údelZero | 12 - 17 | -5 | 53.7 | 0.78 |
The standings are currently following:
| Qualified | 2W-1L | 2W-2L | 1W-2L | Eliminated |
 GODSENT |  G2 | HellRaisers |  Vega Squadron |  Renegades |
| FaZe |  Dignitas |  TYLOO | Spirit | |
| OpTic | MOUZ | Cloud9 | ||
 Immortals | Ninjas in Pyjamas | |||
| CLG | ||||
| Envy |
The ELEAGUE Major team list currently looks as follows:
| SK | Liquid |  Virtus.pro |  Natus Vincere |
| fnatic | Astralis |  Gambit | FlipSid3 |
| GODSENT | FaZe | OpTic |
FlipSid3 #24 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Immortals #13 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJo?o 'felps' Vasconcellos 
FaZe #8 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Aleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup
H?vard 'rain' Nygaard Keith 'NAF' Markovic 
Age: 19 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 449 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 
TYLOO #21 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu OpTic #4 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' Ca?ellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik 
Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?cz 
Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 318 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 
SK #2 
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
Virtus.pro #5 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJaros?aw 'pashaBiceps' Jarz?bkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPawe? 'byali' Bieliński 
Vega Squadron #32 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmytro 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk 
Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 647 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow 
Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1042 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Patrik 'Zero' ?údel 
Age: 18 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 339 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.63 
CLG #34 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik 
Envy #11 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer 
G2 #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Spirit #42 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovVadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoNikolay 'Certus' Poluyanov 
Natus Vincere #7 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kj?rbye 
Gambit #15 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
GODSENT #17 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' R?nnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 
Cloud9 #9 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip 
fnatic #16 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun HellRaisers #20 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ?údelBence 'DeadFox' B?r?cz 
MOUZ #12 
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Nikola 'NiKo' Kova?Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell 
Dignitas #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #3 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' Landstr?mAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mouruj?rvi 
Liquid #14 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 
Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 377 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 
Renegades #19 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac William 'RUSH' Wierzba 
Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 435 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67