Cloud9 wins HCS Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021: Final results, scores, recap & more
HCSThe Halo Championship Series is back underway for the Halo Infinite season and it all kicked off at the $350,000 Raleigh Major. While over 200 teams competed, Cloud9 ultimately came away with the win and we’ve got you covered with all the info you need to catch up on the first Major LAN event.
- Cloud9 close out 4-1 Grand Final win over eUnited.
- Sentinels, OpTic, & FaZe Clan all bow out among the Top 6.
- $350K total prize pool ($250K + $100K crowdfunded bonus)
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HCS Raleigh Major: recap
The first Halo Infinite LAN was certainly one to remember. With hundreds of teams descending on Raleigh, a sold-out crowd, and six-figure viewership all weekend, the opening tournament couldn’t have made a bigger splash.
What began with a 200+ team Open Bracket quickly dwindled to a 32 team Championship Bracket. Teams from North America, Europe, and Australia all pushed through the double-elimination bracket to make their mark.
For veterans like OpTic, Sentinels, and FaZe Clan, a Top 6 finish is where their runs came to an end. Some extremely close matchups paved the way for a Grand Final showdown between eUnited and Cloud9.
Despite taking one map win on the main stage, eUnited couldn’t quite keep up in the final series. Cloud9 proved too strong on the day as they took out Infinite’s first Major with a 4-1 victory.
HCS Raleigh Major: prize pool & placements
Placement | Team | Prize Money (USD) | HCS Points |
1 | Cloud9 | $140,000 | 25,000 |
2 | eUnited | $84,000 | 15,000 |
3 | FaZe Clan | $39,200 | 11,000 |
4 | Sentinels | $19,600 | 9,000 |
5-6 | OpTic | $9,800 | 8,000 |
Pioneers | |||
7-8 | Spacestation | $5,600 | 7,000 |
NAVI | |||
9-12 | G2 Esports |
$2,800 | 5,500 |
Team WaR | |||
Quadrant | |||
Acend | |||
13-16 | Status Quo | $1,820 | 4,500 |
The Guard | |||
Unsigned Talent | |||
Built By Gamers | |||
17-24 | Aspire.Astra | $1,400 | 3,000 |
ExiLe Gaming | |||
Gamers First | |||
Mockit Esports | |||
Oxygen Esports | |||
The Chiefs | |||
WarZ | |||
XSET | |||
25-32 | Bing Chilling | $840 | 2,000 |
BLVKHVND | |||
Divine Mind | |||
Falling Esports | |||
FootFungus792 | |||
Solaris | |||
The Boys | |||
VANDYL |
HCS Raleigh Major: schedule & format
The HCS Kickoff Major was streamed across four separate channels including the official Halo Twitch account, embedded above. Secondary streams, including the HCS channel, kept on top of every Championship Bracket match throughout the event.
If you prefer, you can also head over to the Halo YouTube channel to catch up on the replays.
The tournament kicked off on Friday, December 17 with the open bracket and group stage matches. This filtered into a double-elimination bracket from December 18-19.
HCS Raleigh Major: schedule & results
Pool Play
Friday, December 17
Note: Final games of the day were delayed until December 18 due to technical issues.
Pool A | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Chiefs 3-0 Bing Chilling | 9AM | 12PM | 5PM |
OpTic 3-0 Chiefs | 10:15AM | 1:15PM | 6:15PM |
Pioneers 3-0 Bing Chilling | 11:30AM | 2:30PM | 7:30PM |
OpTic 3-0 Bing Chilling | 12:45PM | 3:45PM | 8:45PM |
Pioneers 3-1 Chiefs | 2PM | 5PM | 10PM |
OpTic 3-0 Pioneers | 3:15PM | 6:15PM | 11:15PM |
Pool B | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
NAVI 3-0 Divine Mind | 9AM | 12PM | 5PM |
FaZe Clan 3-0 Divine Mind | 10:15AM | 1:15PM | 6:15PM |
G2 Esports 3-2 NAVI | 11:30AM | 2:30PM | 7:30PM |
FaZe Clan 3-1 NAVI | 12:45PM | 3:45PM | 8:45PM |
G2 Esports 3-0 Divine Mind | 2PM | 5PM | 10PM |
FaZe Clan 0-3 G2 Esports | 3:15PM | 6:15PM | 11:15PM |
Pool C | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Oxygen 3-0 The Boys | 9AM | 12PM | 5PM |
eUnited 3-0 The Boys | 10:15AM | 1:15PM | 6:15PM |
Quadrant 3-0 Oxygen | 11:30AM | 2:30PM | 7:30PM |
eUnited 3-2 Oxygen | 12:45PM | 3:45PM | 8:45PM |
Quadrant 3-0 The Boys | 2PM | 5PM | 10PM |
eUnited 3-0 Quadrant | 3:15PM | 6:15PM | 11:15PM |
Pool D | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
XSET 3-1 Spacestation | 9AM | 12PM | 5PM |
Cloud9 3-1 Spacestation | 10:15AM | 1:15PM | 6:15PM |
Acend 3-2 XSET | 11:30AM | 2:30PM | 7:30PM |
Cloud9 3-0 XSET | 12:45PM | 3:45PM | 8:45PM |
Acend 0-3 Spacestation | 2PM | 5PM | 10PM |
Cloud9 3-1 Acend | 3:15PM | 6:15PM | 11:15PM |
Championship Bracket
Saturday, December 18
Note: Bracket play matches kicked off after final pool play matches concluded
Winner’s Bracket Round 1 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
The Boys 0-3 Sentinels | 10AM | 1PM | 6PM |
Mockit Esports 3-1 Bing Chilling | 10AM | 1PM | 6PM |
Oxygen Esports 2-3 BBG | 10AM | 1PM | 6PM |
BLVKHVND 0-3 The Chiefs | 10AM | 1PM | 6PM |
Status Quo 0-3 Acend | 11:15PM | 2:15PM | 7:15PM |
The Guard 2-3 XSET | 11:15PM | 2:15PM | 7:15PM |
Team WaR 3-0 Divine Mind | 11:15PM | 2:15PM | 7:15PM |
FootFungus792 0-3 NAVI | 11:15PM | 2:15PM | 7:15PM |
Winner’s Bracket Round 2 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
OpTic 3-0 Sentinels | 12:30PM | 3:30PM | 8:30PM |
Quadrant 3-0 The Chiefs | 12:30PM | 3:30PM | 8:30PM |
eUnited 3-0 Mockit Esports | 12:30PM | 3:30PM | 8:30PM |
G2 Esports 0-3 Acend | 12:30PM | 3:30PM | 8:30PM |
Pioneers 3-0 Built By Gamers | 1:45PM | 4:45PM | 9:45PM |
FaZe Clan 3-0 XSET | 1:45PM | 4:45PM | 9:45PM |
Cloud9 3-0 Team WaR | 1:45PM | 4:45PM | 9:45PM |
Spacestation Gaming 3-1 NAVI | 1:45PM | 4:45PM | 9:45PM |
Winner’s Bracket Quarter Finals |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
OpTic 3-1 FaZe Clan | 3PM | 6PM | 11PM |
Cloud9 3-1 Quadrant | 3PM | 6PM | 11PM |
Acend 0-3 Pioneers | 3PM | 6PM | 11PM |
eUnited 3-0 Spacestation | 3PM | 6PM | 11PM |
Elimination Round 1 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
The Boys 0-3 WarZ | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
The Guard 3-1 Falling Esports | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
Divine Mind 0-3 ExiLe Gaming | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
BLVKHVND 0-3 Aspyre.Astra | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
Status Quo 3-2 VANDYL | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
Oxygen Esports 3-1 Solaris | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
Bing Chilling 0-3 Unsigned Talent | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
FootFungus792 0-3 Gamers First | 5PM | 8PM | 1AM |
Elimination Round 2 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
NAVI 3-0 WarZ | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
Mockit Esports 1-3 The Guard | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
Built By Gamers 3-0 ExiLe Gaming | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
G2 Esports 3-0 Aspyre.Astra | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
The Chiefs 1-3 Status Quo | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
Team WaR 3-0 Oxygen Esports | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
XSET 0-3 Unsigned Talent | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
Sentinels 3-0 Gamers First | 6:30PM | 9:30PM | 2:30AM |
Sunday, December 19
Elimination Round 3 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
NAVI 3-2 The Guard | 7AM | 10AM | 3PM |
Built By Gamers 0-3 G2 Esports | 7AM | 10AM | 3PM |
Status Quo 1-3 Team WaR | 7AM | 10AM | 3PM |
Unsigned Talent 0-3 Sentinels | 7AM | 10AM | 3PM |
Elimination Round 4 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Quadrant 2-3 NAVI | 8:15AM | 11:15AM | 4:15PM |
FaZe Clan 3-2 G2 Esports | 8:15AM | 11:15AM | 4:15PM |
Spacestation 3-1 Team WaR | 8:15AM | 11:15AM | 4:15PM |
Acend 1-3 Sentinels | 8:15AM | 11:15AM | 4:15PM |
Elimination Round 5 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
FaZe Clan 3-0 NAVI |
9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM |
Sentinels 3-0 Spacestation | 9:30AM | 12:20PM | 5:30PM |
Winner’s Bracket Semis |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
OpTic 2-3 Cloud9 | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM |
Pioneers 1-3 eUnited | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM |
Elimination Round 6 |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
FaZe Clan 3-2 Pioneers | 10:45AM | 1:45PM | 6:45PM |
Sentinels 3-2 OpTic | 10:45AM | 1:45PM | 6:45PM |
Elimination Semis |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
FaZe Clan 3-1 Sentinels | 12PM | 3PM | 8PM |
Winner’s Bracket Final |
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Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Cloud9 3-1 eUnited | 12PM | 3PM | 8PM |
Elimination Finals | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
FaZe Clan 2-3 eUnited | 1:15PM | 4:15PM | 9:15PM |
Grand Finals | |||
Match | PT | ET | GMT |
Cloud9 4-1 eUnited | 2:30PM | 5:30PM | 10:30PM |
HCS Raleigh Major: Pool play placements
HCS Raleigh featured 16 teams split into groups of four, all of which earned their spot through regional qualifiers or HCS points accumulated in the opening weeks of the season.
Below is a full look at every group that competed in the Pool Play stage.
Pool A
Placement | Team | Record | MD |
1 | OpTic Gaming | 3-0 | +9 |
2 | Pioneers | 2-1 | +2 |
3 | The Chiefs | 1-2 | -2 |
4 | Bing Chilling | 0-3 | -9 |
Pool B
Placement | Team | Record | MD |
1 | G2 Esports | 3-0 | +7 |
2 | FaZe Clan | 2-1 | +2 |
3 | Natus Vincere | 1-2 | 0 |
4 | Divine Mind | 0-3 | -9 |
Pool C
Placement | Team | Record | MD |
1 | eUnited | 3-0 | +7 |
2 | Quadrant | 2-1 | +3 |
3 | Oxygen Esports | 1-2 | -1 |
4 | The Boys | 0-3 | -9 |
Pool D
Placement | Team | Record | MD |
1 | Cloud9 | 3-0 | +7 |
2 | Spacestation Gaming | 1-1 | -1 |
3 | XSET | 1-2 | -2 |
4 | Acend | 1-2 | -4 |
HCS Raleigh Major: teams
With the HCS Raleigh Major featuring an Open Bracket, was saw hundreds of teams all competing for a shot at greatness.
As for the Top 16 seeds directly into the group stage, Sentinels were notable team missing. Following Royal2’s suspension and FormaL’s last-minute roster shuffle, the squad was instead forced to fight through the Open Bracket.
You can find the full list of Top 16 teams below:
Team | Region | Players |
OpTic Gaming | North America | aPG, Lucid, TriPPPeY, iGotUrPistola |
FaZe Clan | North America | Snip3down, Bound, Falcated, bubu dubu |
eUnited | North America | Spartan, RyaNoob, KingNick, Rayne |
G2 Esports | North America | Sabinater, Gilk3y, Str8 SicK, Artic |
Cloud9 | North America | StelluR, Penguin, Eco, Renegade |
Kansas City Pioneers | North America | Manny, Druk, SoulSnipe, Taulek |
Oxygen Esports | North America | Common, Swish, Name, Haines |
XSET | North America | Cratos, FilthyG, Suspector, Porky J |
Spacestation | North America | Tylenul, Ace, Tusk, Deciting |
Acend | Europe | Snipedrone, Lqgend, Shaady, Sica |
Quadrant | Europe | SLG, Fragxr, NURIX, TchiK |
Natus Vincere | Europe | Kimbo, Jimbo, Respectful, tuf0xy |
Bing Chilling | Europe | Riotz, Ramirez, Phlux, Clonely |
The Boys | Europe | Morguhhh, Sandell, robs1n, Snipaul |
Chiefs Esports Club | Oceania | Barcode, Praties, Pipz, Madsyy |
Divine Mind | Oceania | BZIIRK, FlexRainZ, Rated, Slay |