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CEVO Professional Season 8 Finals — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Eight teams competed in the CEVO Professional Season 8 finals at MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on November 6–8, 2015. Virtus.pro won the event.
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Updated October 23, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Season Finals: MLG Arena, Columbus, United States · Nov 6–8, 2015[1][2]
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 150,000: USD 100,000 in team prizes and USD 50,000 in travel support[1][2]
The placement table accounts for the USD 100,000 team-prize portion; travel support was budgeted separately.
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Participant scale
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Organizer
Partner
CEVOCommercial note
Season organizer · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[1]
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Media Partner
Partner
Major League GamingCommercial note
MLG.tv broadcast platform and LAN venue host · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[3]
PTG Database Analysis
The CEVO Professional Season 8 LAN finals brought the two previous-season finalists together with the top three European and North American division finishers. Virtus.pro Counter-Strike beat MOUZ Counter-Strike 3–0 in the best-of-five grand final. Titan Counter-Strike and Conquest Counter-Strike shared third–fourth place.[1][2][5]
The finals took place at MLG Arena in Columbus from November 6–8, 2015. Major League Gaming supplied the MLG.tv broadcast platform and arena used for the league and finals. Liquipedia lists USD 100,000 in team prizes, while CEVO’s announcement separately adds USD 50,000 for travel support.[1][2][3]
References5
- [1]CEVO Season 8 Professional — Liquipedia
- [2]CEVO announce $150,000 Season 8 — HLTV.org, reporting CEVO's announcement
- [3]CEVO releases S8 team list — HLTV.org
- [4]CEVO Professional Season 8 Finals overview — HLTV.org
- [5]CEVO S8 Finals: Virtus.Pro are the champions — GosuGamers
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Venue and broadcast
Major League Gaming provided the MLG.tv arena venue and broadcast platform for the finals and online league.[3]
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