▁the ▁event ▁after ▁defe ating ▁Team ▁En V y Us , ▁which ▁defeated ▁N atus ▁V inc ere ▁and ▁Team ▁Solo M id , ▁ 2 - 0 . ▁F n atic ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁team ▁to ▁have ▁consecutive ▁major ▁titles ▁and ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁team ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁until ▁SK ▁G aming ▁( which ▁was ▁L um inos ity ▁G aming ▁at ▁this ▁tournament ) ▁when ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁team ▁won ▁ML G ▁Columb us ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁and ▁E SL ▁One ▁C ologne ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Format ▁The ▁top ▁eight ▁teams ▁of ▁the ▁E SL ▁One ▁Kat ow ice ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁qualified ▁as ▁Leg ends . ▁In ▁addition , ▁four ▁team ▁from ▁the ▁European ▁Qual ifier , ▁two ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁Asian ▁qual ifier , ▁and ▁two ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁qual ifier ▁were ▁the ▁" Ch alleng ers " ▁for ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁Teams ▁will ▁be ▁split ▁up ▁into ▁four ▁groups . ▁All ▁group ▁matches ▁are ▁best ▁of ▁ 1 . ▁The ▁highest ▁seed ▁will ▁play ▁the ▁lowest ▁seed ▁in ▁each ▁group ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁and ▁third ▁se eds ▁will ▁play ▁against ▁each ▁other . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁those ▁two ▁matches ▁will ▁play ▁to ▁determine ▁which ▁team ▁moves ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁Play offs ; ▁the ▁los er ▁of ▁this ▁match ▁receives ▁a ▁" high ▁seed " ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁group ▁stage . ▁The ▁two ▁los ers ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁matches ▁play ▁as ▁the ▁" low ▁se eds "