The season officially concluded with Fnatic defeating Cloud9 in a close best of five finals, 3–1.
[1] On April 28, 2015, ESL announced a joint venture with ESEA to provide a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league with US$1,000,000 in total prize money in 2015.
The top four teams from each continent would move on to the finals in Germany and would be automatically invited to the next season.
Teams that placed fifth to ninth would not qualify for the finals, but would still be invited to Season 2.
Then, the winners would play against each other to determine which team takes the top spot.