Columbus, Ohio, hosts the first ever CS:GO Major Championship with a prize pool of $1,000,000 on March 29 - April 3.

Group stage:
Date: March 29 - 31
Format: 16 teams are split into 4 groups. You have to win two matches to advance to playoffs. All encounters are BO1 with an exception of Final Match for the second place - BO3.

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

Tuesday, March 29th:
 Ninjas in Pyjamas [1:0]  Flipsid3 Tactics | 19:17 @ de_cache
 Luminosity Gaming [1:0]  mousesports | 16:13 @ de_mirage
 Team Liquid [1:0]  FaZe | 16:11 @ de_cache
 Fnatic [1:0]  Splyce | 16:5 @de_train
 Counter Logic Gaming [1:0]  Team EnVyUs | 16:8 @ de_cbble
 Astralis [1:0]  Gambit | 16:10 @ de_train
 Natus Vincere [1:0]  Cloud9 | 16:9 @ de_train
 Virtus.pro [1:0]  G2 Esports | 16:1 @ de_train

Group А:
 NiP: friberg, GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, THREAT
 FlipSid3 Tactics: B1ad3, bondik, WorldEdit, markeloff, Shara
 mousesports: NiKo, Spiidi, nex, chrisJ, denis
 Luminosity Gaming: FalleN, TACO, fnx, fer, coldzera

Group В:
 FaZe Clan: foxj, Maikelele, rain, jkaem, aizy
 Splyce: jasonR, Proffessor_Chaos, DAVEY, arya-, abE
 Team Liquid: adreN, nitr0, s1mple, hiko, EliGE
 Fnatic: JW, olofmeister, dennis, KRiMZ, flusha

Group С:
 Gambit: hooch, mou, AdreN, wayLander, Dosia
 CLG: jdm64, FugLy, reltuC, Hazed, tarik
 Team EnVyUs: kennyS, Happy, apEX, NBK, DEVIL
 Astralis: device, karrigan, dupreeh, cajunb, Xyp9x

Group D:
 Natus Vincere: Zeus, Edward, GuardiaN, seized, flamie
 G2 Esports: RpK, Ex6TenZ, shox, SmithZz, ScreaM
 Cloud9: Stewie2k, Skadoodle, fREAKAZOiD, shroud, n0thing
 Virtus.pro: byali, TaZ, NEO, snax, pasha