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Global eSports Cup Season 1 — CS:GO Finals

Eight teams competed in the Counter-Strike finals in Vilnius from February 4–7, 2016. Team EnVyUs beat Team Dignitas to win the USD 200,000 event.

Tournament editionCOMPLETEDSeries: Global eSports Cup
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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 200,000[1][2]

Participant scale

Eight teams[1][2]

Category

Organizer

Partner

Game Show

Commercial note

Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2016 edition.[3]

PTG Database Analysis

Game Show ran three regional Counter-Strike divisions before bringing eight teams to Game Show TV Studios in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the February 4–7 finals. The studio was the player competition site; the public screening at Multikino in Ozas was a separate spectator broadcast. No tournament partnership is listed in the checked event references.[1][2][3][4]

EnVy beat Dignitas to win USD 80,000 from the USD 200,000 prize pool. The participants tab records all eight finals teams, including Method, which finished in the seventh–eighth place group.[2][5]

References5
  1. [1]Global eSports Cup - Season 1 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]Game Show Global eSports Cup 2016 Finals overview — HLTV
  3. [3]Game Show announces $200,000 Cup — HLTV
  4. [4]Venue for GS Global Cup unveiled — HLTV
  5. [5]EnVyUs win GEC finals — HLTV

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