E League 2018 Premier was a CS:GO tournament, organized with the sponsorship of Alienware, HyperX and US Air Force. The venue for this offline event was Atlanta, USA. Matches went from 2018-07-21 to 2018-07-29. 8 participating teams were in chase for the million-dollar prize pool. The format of the event included Group and Playoffs stages. Group stage was in two double-elimination format (GSL), where all of the matches were in best-of-3 maps.

Playoffs were of single-elimination bracket, again in best-of-3 maps, including the grand final.

The winner was Astralis, who beat Team Liquid in the grand final, taking home 500,000 USD from the prize pool.

Tournament Format

Group Stage:

The eight participating teams are seeded into two GSL-style groups of four. All matches are Best-of-Three and the top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs.

Playoffs:

Single elimination bracket. Semifinals are Best-of-Three and Grand Finals are Best-of-Five.