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 Championship: Day Two
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 place - $35,000
9th - 12th place  Gambit,  mousesports,  FaZe,  G2 - $8,750
13th - 16th  FlipSid3,  Splyce,  EnVyUs,  Cloud9 - $8,750

Thursday, March 31st
 NiP [2:1]  mousesports | 16:5 @ de_cbble; 12:16 @ de_cache; 16:9 @ de_overpass - VOD
 Fnatic [2:0]  FaZe | 16:10 @ de_mirage; 16:6 @ de_cbble - VOD
 CLG [2:1]  Gambit | 13:16 @ de_cache; 16:11 @ de_cbble; 16:10 @ de_mirage - VOD
 Virtus.pro [2:1]  G2 | 16:9 @ de_train; 9:16 @ de_inferno; 16:7 @ de_cbble - VOD

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