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ESEA Invite Season 17 Global Finals — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Eight teams from Europe and North America met in Dallas for ESEA's Season 17 Global Finals. fnatic defeated Virtus.pro.

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Updated October 23, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 47,500[1][2][3]

The tournament listing's amount matches the published team prize allocations.

Participant scale

8 teams: 4 from Europe and 4 from North America[1][3]

PTG Database Analysis

The ESEA Invite Season 17 Global Finals brought four European and four North American teams to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas Near the Galleria in Dallas. The weekend opened on December 5 with an All-Star match, followed by the double-elimination best-of-three playoffs; the event’s HLTV results page records the competition matches on December 6–7. The prize pool was USD 47,500.[1][2][3]

E-Sports Entertainment Association organized the finals. Contemporary coverage says the event was primarily funded by ESEA subscriptions; reviewed records do not identify a separate named tournament sponsor. fnatic defeated Virtus.pro in the grand final. The other participants were iBUYPOWER, Denial eSports, Titan, Cloud9, mousesports and eLevate.[3][4]

References5
  1. [1]ESEA Season 17 — Global Invite Division — Liquipedia
  2. [2]ESEA Invite Season 17 Global Finals overview — HLTV
  3. [3]ESEA S17 Finals viewer's guide — HLTV
  4. [4]ESEA S17 LAN finals announced — HLTV
  5. [5]Finalists of ESEA Invite Season 17 — GosuGamers

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