Columbus, Ohio, hosts the first ever CS:GO Major Championship with a prize pool of $1,000,000 on March 29 - April 3. Major Circuit is a series of premier Global Offensive tournaments that features four events annually and is supported by Valve – the developer of this game.

Playoffs:
Date: April 1 - 3
Format: 8 teams compete in Single Elimination BO3 bracket

Useful links:
Columbus Major Championship: Day Three
Columbus Major: Photo-report
Columbus Major Championship: Schedule
hooch: Now we have everything to become better

Prize pool distribution:
1st place - $500,000
2nd place - $150,000
3rd - 4th place - $70,000
5th - 8th  NiP,  Fnatic,  CLG - $35,000
9th - 12th   Gambit,  mousesports,  FaZe,  G2 - $8,750
13th - 16th  FlipSid3,  Splyce,  EnVyUs,  Cloud9 - $8,750

Friday, April 1st
 Natus Vincere [2:0]  NiP | 16:9 @ de_inferno; 16:10 @ de_mirage - VOD
 Astralis [2:0]  Fnatic | 16:10 @ de_overpass; 16:5 @ de_cache - VOD
 Team Liquid [2:0]  CLG | 16:13 @ de_chache; 16:6 @ de_mirage - VOD

 NiP: friberg, GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, THREAT
 Fnatic: JW, olofmeister, dennis, KRiMZ, flusha
 Astralis: device, karrigan, dupreeh, cajunb, Xyp9x
 Team Liquid: adreN, nitr0, s1mple, hiko, EliGE
 CLG: jdm64, FugLy, reltuC, Hazed, tarik
 Natus Vincere: Zeus, Edward, GuardiaN, seized, flamie
 Virtus.pro: byali, TaZ, NEO, snax, pasha
 Luminosity Gaming: FalleN, TACO, fnx, fer, coldzera