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ELEAGUE General Manager Christina Alejandre Discusses Season 2

ATLANTA — Turner Sports and WME/IMG kicked off Season 2 of the ELEAGUE on Friday night in Atlanta with 16 qualifying teams and a condensed tournament format around the game, Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

On Friday nights over the next two months, matches will be broadcast on Twitch followed by live event coverage on TBS at 10 pm EST. Saturdays will see teams compete solely on the digital streaming platform.

ELEAGUE, which hopes to build off Season 1 from earlier this summer, attracted more than 3.4 million new viewers on TBS in addition to 25 million-plus video streams on Twitch for live event coverage.