ESL One New York 2016 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Eight teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a US$250,000 prize pool.^[2]

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (October 2017)

ESL invited six teams to compete in ESL One New York. One team from the European Qualifier and one team from the North American Qualifier will also have a ticket to the tournament. Both qualifiers are played online.^{[citation needed]}

The group stage played in a best-of-one Swiss-system tournament format consisting of 5 rounds, much like the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier. In the end, the top four teams will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs were formatted in a four team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.

Stage Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Alex "Machine" Richardson

Analysts

• Janko "YNk" Paunović
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

• Anders Blume
• Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
• Hugo Byron
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie
• Joona "natu" Leppänen
• John "BLU" Mullen
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Observers

• DJ "Prius" Kuntz
• Alex "Rushly" Rush
• Kevin "kVIN_S" Swift

In each qualifier, one team will move on to the main tournament.