ESL Pro League Season 9

ESL Pro League Season 9 (shortened as EPL Season 9) was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It was the ninth season of the ESL Pro League. Teams from five continents – North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America – competed in four leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals. The regular season started on April 12, 2019, and ended in June 2019. This season was also the fourth tournament of the Intel Grand Slam Season 2. The EPL Finals took place in Montpellier, France.[1]

ESL Pro League
2019
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationLeicester, United Kingdom (Europe group stage)
Burbank, California (Americas group stage)
Montpellier, France (Finals)
DatesApril 12, 2019–June 23, 2019
AdministratorElectronic Sports League (ESL)
VenueESL studios (Europe and America group stages)
Montpellier Exhibition Center (Finals group stage)
Sud de France Arena (Finals playoffs)
Teams48 teams
PurseUS$750,000
Final positions
ChampionsTeam Liquid
1st runners-upG2 Esports
2nd runners-upmousesports
NRG Esports
MVPJonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

The finals for ESL Pro League Season 9 featured G2 Esports, which defeated FaZe Clan and NRG Esports en route to the grand finals, and Team Liquid, which defeated Astralis and mousesports. The season concluded with Team Liquid defeating G2 Esports three games to one to earn its inaugural Pro League title. This is the inaugural that a North American team has won a premier title in Europe.

Format

This season introduced a vastly different format than other seasons. Instead like last season, which had five leagues, there will only be four leagues: Europe, Americas, Asia, and Oceania.

Europe's league will feature sixteen teams, thirteen of which were automatically invited based on their top thirteen placement from last season. One team qualified by winning season 29 of Europe's Premier Division and another two teams qualified through the relegation phase. The Americas league also had sixteen teams, but instead of just teams based in North America, it will also feature Latin American teams. This league will feature the top nine teams from North America's season 8, the winner of season 29 of North America's Premier Division, and two teams from the relegation phase; there will also be four Latin American teams. Asia's league will feature four teams from the Greater China area and four teams from Southeast Asia. Oceania's league will feature eight teams. Both Asia and Oceania's regular seasons will remain online.[2]

The biggest change came with Europe's and the America's leagues featuring offline regular season play. This format will be similar to a mix of the ELEAGUE Season 1 group stage and the ESL One Katowice 2015 group stage. Four teams at a time will fly out to an ESL studio and play their matches there. For all four leagues, teams will be divided into groups of four teams and play a best of three robin round. For Europe, there were four groups. The winners of each group automatically moved on to the Finals while the teams that placed second and third moved to a second group stage. Fourth place teams were eliminated. In the second group stage, there were two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group qualified for the finals. For the Americas, the first group stage was the same, but for the second group stage, only one team from each group moved on to the Finals. For Asia and Oceania, there were two groups in the first stage. The top two teams moved on to the second stage. There, only one team from each region qualified for the Finals in France.[3][4]

Qualifiers

Europe Relegation

Due to Europe's league expanding to sixteen teams, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Fnatic were automatically invited to this season rather than playing in this relegation phase and AGO Esports played in the relegation phase instead of being automatically sent down to the Premier Division. In addition, Epsilon eSports was unable to play in relegation, so OpTic, which had the best record in Premier, took its place.

Season 8 Relegation
  • AGO Esports (Season 8 #14)
  • Virtus.pro (ESEA Season 29 #2)
  • Team Kinguin (ESEA Season 29 #3)
  • OpTic Gaming (ESEA Season 29 #5-8)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
1AGO Esports1
4OpTic Gaming2
4OpTic Gaming2
2Virtus.pro0
2Virtus.pro2
3Team Kinguin0
4OpTic Gaming
3Team Kinguin
Lower round 1Lower final
2Virtus.pro1
1AGO Esports03Team Kinguin2
3Team Kinguin2

North America Relegation

Season 8 Relegation
  • Rogue (Season 8 #10)
  • Team Envy (Season 8 #11)
  • cantwinalan (ESEA Season 29 #2)
  • Team Singularity (ESEA Season 29 #3)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
1Rogue1
4Team Singul.2
4Team Singularity1
2Team Envy2
2Team Envy2
3cantwinalan1
2Team Envy
1Rogue
Lower round 1Lower final
4Team Singularity0
1Rogue21Rogue2
3cantwinalan0

Teams

Europe

Americas

  • MIBR (Season 8 #1)
  • Ghost Gaming (Season 8 #2)
  • Team Liquid (Season 8 #3)
  • NRG Esports (Season 8 #4)
  • Renegades (Season 8 #5)
  • INTZ eSports (Season 8 #6)
  • eUnited (Season 8 #7)
  • Cloud9 (Season 8 #8)
  • compLexity Gaming (Season 8 #9)
  • Lazarus Esports (ESEA Premier Season 29)
  • Team Envy (Season 8 Relegation)
  • Luminosity Gaming (Invited) (Rogue disbands after StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 7. ESL announced the Luminosity Gaming would take its place.)
  • Isurus Gaming (LA League Season 3 #1)
  • Infinity Esports (LA League Season 3 #2)
  • Denial Esports (Latin America North)
  • DETONA Gaming (Latin America South)

Asia

  • TyLoo (Invited)
  • ViCi Gaming (Invited)
  • MVP PK (East Asia #1)
  • 5Power Gaming (East Asia #2)
  • B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape (Southeast Asia #1-2)
  • Lucid Dream (Southeast Asia #1-2)
  • Alpha Red (Southeast Asia #3)
  • Entity Gaming (India Premiership)

Oceania

  • ORDER (ESEA Premier S30 #1)
  • Chiefs Esports Club (ESEA Premier S30 #2)
  • Grayhound Gaming (ESEA Premier S30 #3)
  • Breakaway Esports (ESEA Premier S30 #4)
  • Avant Gaming (ESEA Premier S30 #5)
  • Paradox Gaming (ESEA Premier S30 #6)
  • Ground Zero Gaming (ESEA Premier S30 #7)
  • Athletico Esports (ESEA Premier S30 #8)

Europe

Group A

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 mousesports 3 0 100 55 +45
2 OpTic Gaming 2 1 110 95 +15
3 North 1 2 84 100 –16
4 ex-Space Soldiers 0 3 52 96 –44
Group A matches
North 1 2 OpTic Gaming
mousesports 2 0 ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports 2 1 OpTic Gaming
North 2 0 ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports 2 0 North
OpTic Gaming 2 0 ex-Space Soldiers

mousesports looked strong in its group stage matches, as it only dropped one map out of the six it played. OpTic Gaming also had a strong performance as it was the only team to take a map off of mousesports. North struggled throughout the group stage, but two close map wins against the former players of Space Soldiers allowed the Danes to stay alive. ex-Space Soldiers continued to struggle after leaving Space Soldiers, even under the leadership of veteran Turkish-Australian player Yaman "yam" Ergenekon.

Group A Results
North 16 Overpass 19 OpTic Gaming
North 16 Train 9 OpTic Gaming
North 11 Nuke 16 OpTic Gaming
mousesports 16 Inferno 2 ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports 16 Train 10 ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports Mirage ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports 16 Overpass 7 OpTic Gaming
mousesports 4 Dust II 16 OpTic Gaming
mousesports 16 Train 11 OpTic Gaming
North 16 Dust II 13 ex-Space Soldiers
North 16 Train 11 ex-Space Soldiers
North Inferno ex-Space Soldiers
mousesports 16 Train 4 North
mousesports 16 Mirage 5 North
mousesports Inferno North
OpTic Gaming 16 Mirage 6 ex-Space Soldiers
OpTic Gaming 16 Overpass 10 ex-Space Soldiers
OpTic Gaming Inferno ex-Space Soldiers

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 FaZe Clan 3 0 107 60 +47
2 Heroic[Note 1] 1 2 124 139 –15
3 devils.one[Note 1] 1 2 102 130 –28
4 Ninjas in Pyjamas[Note 1] 1 2 113 117 –4
Notes
  1. Heroic was awarded the second seed by virtue of winning more maps than Ninjas in Pyjamas or devils.one. devils.one was given the third seed by virtue of defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Group B matches
FaZe Clan 2 1 devils.one
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 1 Heroic
FaZe Clan 2 1 Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 2 devils.one
FaZe Clan 2 0 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Heroic 2 1 devils.one

FaZe Clan was clearly the strongest team is it had almost no problem sweeping up the competition. Heroic, devils.one, and Ninjas in Pyjamas were all in a deadlock, each winning only one series. The very close loss to devils.one would come back to haunt Ninjas in Pyjamas as the Swedes were placed last in the group as Heroic and devils.one beat out the tiebreaker. Heroic defeating devils.one in a nail-biter, double overtime third map allowed the Danes to escape with the second seed; had Heroic lost to devils.one, it would have been in last place.

Group B Results
FaZe Clan 16 Train 4 devils.one
FaZe Clan 16 Dust II 6 devils.one
FaZe Clan Overpass devils.one
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Nuke 11 Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 17 Train 19 Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Mirage 10 Heroic
FaZe Clan 16 Overpass 8 Heroic
FaZe Clan 11 Dust II 16 Heroic
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 11 Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 13 Mirage 16 devils.one
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 10 devils.one
Ninjas in Pyjamas 17 Nuke 19 devils.one
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 14 Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe Clan 16 Dust II 4 Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe Clan Overpass Ninjas in Pyjamas
Heroic 14 Train 16 devils.one
Heroic 16 Overpass 13 devils.one
Heroic 22 Nuke 18 devils.one

Group C

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 G2 Esports 3 0 130 106 24
2 Natus Vincere 2 1 131 131 0
3 Fnatic 1 2 113 113 0
4 Windigo Gaming 0 3 125 149 –4
Group C matches
Natus Vincere 2 1 Windigo Gaming
Fnatic 0 2 G2 Esports
Natus Vincere 1 2 G2 Esports
Fnatic 2 1 Windigo Gaming
Natus Vincere 2 1 Fnatic
G2 Esports 2 1 Windigo Gaming

G2 Esports continued to look for a consistent, winning pattern, and it did so in this group, as it took down Natus Vincere (Na`Vi) and Fnatic to top group C. Na`Vi was not shaken up by the G2 loss as it went on to take down Fnatic. Fnatic, arguably the most decorated team in CS:GO, struggled, but defeating Windigo Gaming allowed the Swedes to stay alive. Windigo had strong performances prior, but the Bulgarians struggled to take the game to the finish line, as four of its losses were within four rounds of victory.

Group C Results
Natus Vincere 20 Overpass 22 Windigo Gaming
Natus Vincere 16 Train 12 Windigo Gaming
Natus Vincere 16 Dust II 14 Windigo Gaming
Fnatic 11 Nuke 16 G2 Esports
Fnatic 17 Inferno 19 G2 Esports
Fnatic Train G2 Esports
Natus Vincere 14 Nuke 16 G2 Esports
Natus Vincere 16 Train 11 G2 Esports
Natus Vincere 9 Overpass 16 G2 Esports
Fnatic 16 Train 10 Windigo Gaming
Fnatic 13 Mirage 16 Windigo Gaming
Fnatic 16 Nuke 12 Windigo Gaming
Natus Vincere 16 Nuke 11 Fnatic
Natus Vincere 8 Overpass 16 Fnatic
Natus Vincere 16 Inferno 13 Fnatic
G2 Esports 20 Train 22 Windigo Gaming
G2 Esports 16 Dust II 13 Windigo Gaming
G2 Esports 16 Inferno 4 Windigo Gaming

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Astralis 3 0 113 67 +46
2 HellRaisers 2 1 84 80 +4
3 BIG 1 2 107 113 –6
4 ex-3DMAX 0 3 52 96 –44
Group D matches
BIG 1 2 HellRaisers
Astralis 2 0 ex-3DMAX
Astralis 2 0 HellRaisers
BIG 2 0 ex-3DMAX
HellRaisers 2 0 ex-3DMAX
Astralis 2 1 BIG

The favorites Astralis cleaned up group D with relative ease. HellRaisers and BIG also advanced fairly easily, as ex-3DMAX struggled massively, failing to even win one map.

Group D Results
BIG 16 Mirage 9 HellRaisers
BIG 8 Train 16 HellRaisers
BIG 8 Overpass 16 HellRaisers
Astralis 16 Mirage 6 ex-3DMAX
Astralis 16 Nuke 7 ex-3DMAX
Astralis Train ex-3DMAX
Astralis 16 Dust II 4 HellRaisers
Astralis 16 Inferno 7 HellRaisers
Astralis Mirage HellRaisers
BIG 16 Mirage 13 ex-3DMAX
BIG 16 Dust II 10 ex-3DMAX
BIG Train ex-3DMAX
HellRaisers 16 Nuke 10 ex-3DMAX
HellRaisers 16 Train 6 ex-3DMAX
HellRaisers Inferno ex-3DMAX
Astralis 16 Dust II 10 BIG
Astralis 17 Inferno 19 BIG
Astralis 16 Overpass 14 BIG

Group E

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Fnatic[Note 1] 2 1 118 115 +3
2 HellRaisers[Note 1] 2 1 107 88 +19
3 Aristocracy[Note 2][Note 3] 1 2 85 95 –10
4 OpTic Gaming[Note 3] 1 2 97 109 –12
Notes
  1. Fnatic was awarded the top seed over HellRaisers by virtue of defeating HellRaisers.
  2. The roster of devils.one depart from the team and rebrand as Aristocracy.
  3. Aristocracy was seeded above OpTic Gaming by virtue of defeating OpTic.
Group E matches
OpTic Gaming 2 1 Fnatic
HellRaisers 2 0 Aristocracy
HellRaisers 1 2 Fnatic
OpTic Gaming 0 2 Aristocracy
HellRaisers 2 0 OpTic Gaming
Fnatic 2 0 Aristocracy

Fnatic turned things around after losing to OpTic Gaming in Group E, defeating HellRaisers and sweeping Aristocracy. On the other hand, OpTic did start off quite well, but Aristocracy and HellRaisers both swept the Danish team, taking OpTic out of the running of the EPL S9 title. The early HellRaisers victory over Aristocracy would turn out to the be decider for the final Group E spot in the finals, as Fnatic and HellRaisers moved on.

Group E Results
OpTic Gaming 16 Inferno 13 Fnatic
OpTic Gaming 16 Nuke 19 Fnatic
OpTic Gaming 16 Dust II 7 Fnatic
HellRaisers 16 Vertigo 10 Aristocracy
HellRaisers 16 Overpass 13 Aristocracy
HellRaisers Vertigo Aristocracy
HellRaisers 12 Mirage 16 Fnatic
HellRaisers 19 Overpass 15 Fnatic
HellRaisers 12 Train 16 Fnatic
OpTic Gaming 20 Mirage 22 Aristocracy
OpTic Gaming 11 Nuke 16 Aristocracy
OpTic Gaming Overpass Aristocracy
HellRaisers 16 Inferno 11 OpTic Gaming
HellRaisers 16 Mirage 7 OpTic Gaming
HellRaisers Overpass OpTic Gaming
Fnatic 16 Nuke 13 Aristocracy
Fnatic 16 Mirage 11 Aristocracy
Fnatic Train Aristocracy

Group F

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 North 3 0 109 80 +29
2 Heroic 2 1 93 98 –5
3 Natus Vincere 1 2 114 99 +15
4 BIG 0 3 57 96 –39
Group F matches
Natus Vincere 1 2 North
Heroic 2 0 BIG
Natus Vincere 2 0 BIG
Heroic 0 2 North
Natus Vincere 1 2 Heroic
North 2 0 BIG

Like Fnatic, North also completely turned things around as it topped Group F, going 3–0, including defeating Na`Vi. Na`Vi was a favorite to head to the Finals, but Heroic upsetting the CIS squad on the last day of European regular season play in a very close third map was the decider, sending Na`Vi home. BIG had some very close maps, but the German team could not pull out a map win.

Group F Results
Natus Vincere 14 Overpass 16 North
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 13 North
Natus Vincere 13 Dust II 16 North
Heroic 16 Inferno 14 BIG
Heroic 16 Overpass 13 BIG
Heroic Vertigo BIG
Natus Vincere 16 Dust II 6 BIG
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 5 BIG
Natus Vincere Overpass BIG
Heroic 8 Nuke 16 North
Heroic 10 Mirage 16 North
Heroic Overpass North
Natus Vincere 9 Vertigo 16 Heroic
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 11 Heroic
Natus Vincere 14 Overpass 16 Heroic
North 16 Overpass 6 BIG
North 16 Train 13 BIG
North Dust II BIG

Europe standings

Europe's final standings are below. The top eight move on to the Finals and qualify for next season. 9th to 12th do not qualify for the Finals, but are invited to next season. The bottom four teams will have to play in a relegation phase for a spot in next season. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Team Prize Money Roster Coach
1st-4th mousesports TBD karrigan, chrisJ, frozen, ropz, woxic Rejin
FaZe Clan NiKo, AdreN, GuardiaN, olofmeister, rain YNk
G2 Esports shox, AmaNeK, JaCkz, kennyS, Lucky maLeK
Astralis gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
5th-6th Fnatic TBD Xizt, Brollan, JW, KRiMZ, twist Jumpy
North valde, aizy, gade, JUGi, Kjaerbye mithR
7th-8th HellRaisers TBD ANGE1, ISSAA, loWel, nukkye, oskar lmbt
Heroic blameF, es3tag, NaToSaphiX, stavn, friberg mithR
9th-10th Aristocracy US$10,000 TaZ, dycha, MINISE, mouz, rallen Loord
Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, flamie kane
11th-12th OpTic Gaming US$8,000 MSL, k0nfig, niko, refrezh, Snappi ruggah
BIG gob b, denis, tabseN, tiziaN, XANTARES kakafu
13th-16th ex-Space Soldiers US$6,000 yam, Calyx, imoRR, ngiN, paz hardstyle
Ninjas in Pyjamas Lekr0, dennis, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ pita
Windigo Gaming bubble, blocker, poizon, SHiPZ, v1c7oR Shockwave
ex-3DMAX davidp, hAdji, JiNKZ, LOGAN, Maka Max0b

Americas

Group A

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 NRG Esports[Note 1] 2 1 95 86 +9
2 eUnited[Note 1] 2 1 86 71 +15
3 Renegades[Note 1] 2 1 93 85 +8
4 INTZ eSports 0 3 64 96 -32
Notes
  1. NRG Esports was given the top seed over eUnited and Renegades by virtue of having more wins than the latter two teams. eUnited was given the second seed by virtue of defeating Renegades.
Group A matches
NRG Esports 2 0 INTZ eSports
Renegades 0 2 eUnited
NRG Esports 2 0 eUnited
Renegades 2 0 INTZ eSports
NRG Esports 1 2 Renegades
eUnited 2 0 INTZ eSports

NRG Esports, eUnited, and Renegades all tied in series wins, while INTZ eSports failed to find even a map win. NRG would book a spot in the finals since it took a map off of the Renegades. eUnited was seeded second based on defeating the Renegades.

Group A Results
NRG Esports 16 Cache 9 INTZ eSports
NRG Esports 16 Train 9 INTZ eSports
NRG Esports Nuke INTZ eSports
Renegades 6 Overpass 16 eUnited
Renegades 9 Mirage 16 eUnited
Renegades Dust II eUnited
NRG Esports 16 Dust II 13 eUnited
NRG Esports 16 Mirage 9 eUnited
NRG Esports Overpass eUnited
Renegades 16 Dust II 9 INTZ eSports
Renegades 16 Mirage 13 INTZ eSports
Renegades Train INTZ eSports
NRG Esports 12 Mirage 16 Renegades
NRG Esports 16 Train 14 Renegades
NRG Esports 3 Inferno 16 Renegades
eUnited 16 Mirage 13 INTZ eSports
eUnited 16 Overpass 11 INTZ eSports
eUnited Train INTZ eSports

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Team Liquid 3 0 108 40 +68
2 Ghost Gaming 2 1 96 101 -5
3 compLexity Gaming 1 2 103 125 -22
4 Lazarus Esports 0 3 58 99 -41
Group B matches
Team Liquid 2 0 Lazarus Esports
Ghost Gaming 2 1 compLexity Gaming
Team Liquid 2 1 compLexity Gaming
Ghost Gaming 2 0 Lazarus Gaming
Team Liquid 2 0 Ghost Gaming
compLexity Gaming 2 0 Lazarus Gaming

Team Liquid had a fairly easy time in the group stage, as the top ranked team in the world only suffered a loss to compLexity Gaming (coL), only to stomp coL in the next two maps. The newly formed Lazarus Esports gained good experience against some notable North American teams, but the inexperience proved to be too much to overcome. Ghost Gaming and coL moved on to stage 2 while Liquid went straight to the Finals.

Group B Results
Team Liquid 16 Nuke 2 Lazarus Esports
Team Liquid 16 Overpass 4 Lazarus Esports
Team Liquid Inferno Esports Gaming
Ghost Gaming 16 Mirage 19 compLexity Gaming
Ghost Gaming 16 Overpass 13 compLexity Gaming
Ghost Gaming 19 Nuke 15 compLexity Gaming
Team Liquid 12 Cache 16 compLexity Gaming
Team Liquid 16 Dust II 2 compLexity Gaming
Team Liquid 16 Inferno 3 compLexity Gaming
Ghost Gaming 16 Inferno 11 Lazarus Esports
Ghost Gaming 16 Overpass 11 Lazarus Esports
Ghost Gaming Dust II Lazarus Esports
Team Liquid 16 Mirage 3 Ghost Gaming
Team Liquid 16 Dust II 10 Ghost Gaming
Team Liquid Nuke Ghost Gaming
compLexity Gaming 19 Mirage 17 Lazarus Esports
compLexity Gaming 16 Nuke 13 Lazarus Esports
compLexity Gaming Inferno Lazarus Esports

Group C

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Luminosity Gaming[Note 1] 2 1 112 89 +23
2 MIBR[Note 1] 2 1 79 60 +19
3 Cloud9[Note 1] 2 1 88 90 -2
4 Team Envy 0 3 65 105 -40
Notes
  1. Luminosity Gaming was seeded first by virtue of having more map wins than MIBR or Cloud9. MIBR was seeded second by virtue of beating Cloud9.
Group C matches
MIBR 0 2 Luminosity Gaming
Cloud9 2 0 Team Envy
MIBR 2 0 Team Envy
Cloud9 2 0 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR 2 0 Cloud9
Team Envy 0 2 Luminosity Gaming

Luminosity Gaming topped group C in a huge surprise, as the team was not even supposed to be in Pro League to begin with. Team Envy continued to struggle with its lineup, even with its new addition of Sam "s0m" Oh. Envy bottomed out the group while MIBR and Cloud9 stayed alive.

Group C Results
MIBR 7 Inferno 16 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR 8 Train 16 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR Mirage Luminosity Gaming
Cloud9 16 Inferno 8 Team Envy
Cloud9 16 Mirage 11 Team Envy
Cloud9 Cache Team Envy
MIBR 16 Cache 14 Team Envy
MIBR 16 Train 4 Team Envy
MIBR Nuke Team Envy
Cloud9 16 Dust II 11 Luminosity Gaming
Cloud9 14 Inferno 16 Luminosity Gaming
Cloud9 16 Mirage 12 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR 16 Overpass 9 Cloud9
MIBR 16 Train 1 Cloud9
MIBR Mirage Cloud9
Team Envy 16 Train 9 Luminosity Gaming
Team Envy 7 Inferno 16 Luminosity Gaming
Team Envy 5 Cache 16 Luminosity Gaming

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 DETONA Gaming 3 0 120 86 +34
2 Isurus Gaming 2 1 102 70 +32
3 Infinity Esports 1 2 80 101 -21
4 Denial Esports 0 3 80 125 -45
Group D matches
Isurus Gaming 2 0 Denial Esports
Infinity Esports 0 2 DETONA Gaming
Isurus Gaming 1 2 DETONA Gaming
Infinity Esports 2 1 Denial Esports
Isurus Gaming 2 0 Infinity Esports
DETONA Gaming 2 0 Denial Esports

The new Denial Esports lineup struggled as it went 0–3 to the other South American teams. DETONA Gaming went straight into the Finals after taking down every team it faced while Isurus Gaming and Infinity Esports would go on to face a tough task in going against experienced North American teams.`

Group D Results
Isurus Gaming 16 Inferno 8 Denial Esports
Isurus Gaming 16 Overpass 2 Denial Esports
Isurus Gaming Mirage Denial Esports
Infinity Esports 6 Nuke 16 DETONA Gaming
Infinity Esports 9 Inferno 16 DETONA Gaming
Infinity Esports Train DETONA Gaming
Isurus Gaming 14 Mirage 16 DETONA Gaming
Isurus Gaming 16 Dust II 12 DETONA Gaming
Isurus Gaming 8 Inferno 16 DETONA Gaming
Infinity Esports 19 Mirage 17 Denial Esports
Infinity Esports 14 Inferno 16 Denial Esports
Infinity Esports 16 Mirage 4 Denial Esports
Isurus Gaming 16 Mirage 9 Infinity Esports
Isurus Gaming 16 Dust II 7 Infinity Esports
Isurus Gaming Inferno Infinity Esports
DETONA Gaming 28 Overpass 24 Denial Esports
DETONA Gaming 16 Mirage 9 Denial Esports
DETONA Gaming Train Denial Esports

Group E

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 MIBR 3 0 107 70 +37
2 Renegades 2 1 92 73 +19
3 Isurus Gaming 1 2 83 104 -21
4 compLexity Gaming 0 3 98 133 -35
Group E matches
Renegades 2 1 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 2 0 Isurus Gaming
Isurus Gaming 0 2 Renegades
MIBR 2 1 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 2 0 Renegades
Isurus Gaming 2 1 compLexity Gaming

MIBR readjusted and took down every one in Group E, with only a slip up against coL. Renegades nearly made the Finals, but the loss to MIBR on the last day was the decider. Isurus upset coL to round out Group E and earned an extra US$1,000.

Group E Results
Renegades 16 Nuke 4 compLexity Gaming
Renegades 12 Dust II 16 compLexity Gaming
Renegades 16 Mirage 8 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 16 Dust II 10 Isurus Gaming
MIBR 16 Overpass 14 Isurus Gaming
MIBR Train Isurus Gaming
Isurus Gaming 9 Mirage 16 Renegades
Isurus Gaming 4 Dust II 16 Renegades
Isurus Gaming Train Renegades
MIBR 11 Dust II 16 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 16 Overpass 1 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 16 Mirage 13 compLexity Gaming
MIBR 16 Mirage 2 Renegades
MIBR 16 Train 14 Renegades
MIBR Dust II Renegades
Isurus Gaming 11 Nuke 16 compLexity Gaming
Isurus Gaming 19 Train 16 compLexity Gaming
Isurus Gaming 16 Dust II 8 compLexity Gaming

Group F

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Cloud9 3 0 117 84 +33
2 Ghost Gaming 2 1 116 99 +17
3 eUnited 1 2 111 101 +10
4 Infinity Esports 0 3 36 96 -60
Group F matches
eUnited 1 2 Cloud9
Ghost Gaming 2 0 Infinity Esports
Ghost Gaming 2 1 eUnited
Cloud9 2 0 Infinity Esports
Ghost Gaming 1 2 Cloud9
eUnited 2 0 Infinity Esports

Like MIBR, Cloud9 topped its group, defeating Ghost on the last day despite its recent struggles. Infinity could not find some success like Isurus did, including getting 16-0'd by eUnited.

Group F Results
eUnited 16 Inferno 8 Cloud9
eUnited 14 Nuke 16 Cloud9
eUnited 7 Dust II 16 Cloud9
Ghost Gaming 16 Mirage 7 Infinity Esports
Ghost Gaming 16 Nuke 5 Infinity Esports
Ghost Gaming Dust II Infinity Esports
eUnited 9 Mirage 16 Ghost Gaming
eUnited 22 Dust II 18 Ghost Gaming
eUnited 11 Mirage 16 Ghost Gaming
Cloud9 16 Train 2 Infinity Esports
Cloud9 16 Inferno 11 Infinity Esports
Cloud9 Dust II Infinity Esports
Ghost Gaming 16 Inferno 13 Cloud9
eUnited 8 Nuke 16 Cloud9
eUnited 10 Dust II 16 Cloud9
eUnited 16 Dust II 0 Infinity Esports
eUnited 16 Mirage 11 Infinity Esports Cloud9 Inferno Infinity Esports

Americas standings

The Americas' final standings are below. The top six move on to the Finals and qualify for next season. 7th to 12th do not qualify for the Finals, but are invited to next season. The bottom four teams will have to play in a relegation phase for a spot in next season. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Team Prize Money Roster Coach
1st-4th NRG Esports TBD daps, Brehze, Ethan, tarik, CeRq ImAPet
Team Liquid nitr0, ELiGE, Stewie2K, NAF, Twistzz adreN
Luminosity Gaming steel, boltz, HEN1, LUCAS1, NEKIZ zakk
DETONA Gaming tiburci0, hardzao, prt, Tuurtle, v$m rikz
5th-6th MIBR TBD FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO zews
Cloud9 Golden, autimatic, RUSH, vice, cajunb valens
7th-8th Renegades US$8,000 AZR, jks, liazz, jkaem, smooya kassad
Ghost Gaming steel, FREAKAZOiD, koosta, neptune, Wardell JamezIRL
9th-10th Isurus Gaming US$7,000 Noktse, 1962, meyern, reversive, maxujas pino
eUnited Cooper-, food, motm, vanity, MarkE a2z
11th-12th compLexity Gaming US$6,000 stanislaw, ShahZaM, SicK, yay, dephh Warden
Infinity Esports spamzzy, Daveys, points, cruzN, malbsMd alone
13th-16th INTZ eSports US$5,000 kNgV-, chelo, destiny, xand, yeL Apoka
Lazarus Esports Zellsis, Infinite, swag, yay, Subroza fRoD
Team Envy Nifty, FugLy, jdm64, s0m, ANDROID Eley
Denial Esports sickLy, blue, Link, sam_A, VAATI Emmet

Asia

East Asia

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 TyLoo[Note 1] 2 1 112 78 +34
2 MVP PK[Note 1] 2 1 91 77 +14
3 ViCi Gaming[Note 2] 1 2 76 101 -25
4 5Power Gaming[Note 2] 1 2 92 115 -23
Notes
  1. TyLoo was awarded the top seed by virtue of defeating MVP PK.
  2. ViCi Gaming was awarded the third seed by virtue of defeating 5Power Gaming.
East Asia matches
TyLoo 1 2 5Power Gaming
ViCi Gaming 0 2 MVP PK
TyLoo 2 1 MVP PK
ViCi Gaming 2 1 5Power Gaming
TyLoo 2 0 ViCi Gaming
MVP PK 2 0 5Power Gaming

5Power Gaming started very strong by defeating favorites TyLoo while MVP PK took down the second seeded ViCi Gaming. However, 5Power's success would not last long as it fell to ViCi and MVP PK was downed by TyLoo. TyLoo and MVP PK would lock their spots for the Asia finals after taking down ViCi and 5Power, respectively. on the last day.

East Asia Results
TyLoo 14 Dust II 16 5Power Gaming
TyLoo 16 Mirage 9 5Power Gaming
TyLoo 12 Inferno 16 5Power Gaming
ViCi Gaming 11 Inferno 16 MVP PK
ViCi Gaming 14 Overpass 16 MVP PK
ViCi Gaming Mirage MVP PK
TyLoo 16 Inferno 7 MVP PK
TyLoo 22 Mirage 20 MVP PK
TyLoo Overpass MVP PK
ViCi Gaming 9 Dust II 16 5Power Gaming
ViCi Gaming 16 Nuke 9 5Power Gaming
TyLoo 16 Mirage 12 5Power Gaming
TyLoo 16 Dust II 1 ViCi Gaming
TyLoo 16 Mirage 9 ViCi Gaming
TyLoo Overpass ViCi Gaming
MVP PK 16 Dust II 7 5Power Gaming
MVP PK 16 Inferno 7 5Power Gaming
MVP PK Train 5Power Gaming

Southeast Asia

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Lucid Dream 3 0 126 88 +38
2 ALPHA Red 2 1 87 75 +12
3 B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 1 2 105 102 +3
4 Entity Gaming 0 3 11 64 -53
Southeast Asia matches
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 2 0 Entity Gaming
Lucid Dream 2 1 ALPHA Red
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 1 2 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 2 0 Entity Gaming
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 1 2 Lucid Dream
Lucid Dream W FF Entity Gaming

The two Thai teams overcame B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape to secure spots in the Asia finals. Entity Gaming from India struggled as it only garnered eleven rounds in four maps before eventually forfeiting its last match to ALPHA Red.

Southeast Asia Results
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 16 Inferno 2 Entity Gaming
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 16 Mirage 2 Entity Gaming
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape Dust II Entity Gaming
Lucid Dream 10 Dust II 16 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 16 Mirage 13 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 16 Train 12 ALPHA Red
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 16 Mirage 14 ALPHA Red
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 3 Dust II 16 ALPHA Red
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 14 Train 16 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 16 Mirage 4 Entity Gaming
Lucid Dream 16 Nuke 3 Entity Gaming
Lucid Dream Dust II Entity Gaming
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 22 Nuke 20 Lucid Dream
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 7 Dust II 16 Lucid Dream
B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape 11 Mirage 16 Lucid Dream
ALPHA Red W Mirage FF Entity Gaming
ALPHA Red W Dust II FF Entity Gaming
ALPHA Red Train Entity Gaming

Stage 2

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 TyLoo 3 0 112 82 +30
2 MVP PK 2 1 110 77 +33
3 Lucid Dream 1 2 72 82 -10
4 ALPHA Red 0 3 46 99 -53
Asia qualifier matches
Lucid Dream 0 2 MVP PK
TyLoo 2 0 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 2 0 ALPHA Red
TyLoo 2 1 MVP PK
TyLoo 2 0 Lucid Dream
MVP PK 2 0 ALPHA Red

The two East Asian team proved to be superior to the Southeast Asian teams, but it was TyLoo to take the Finals spot over MVP PK in a close three game set. Lucid Dream took down ALPHA Red to place third.

Stage 2 Results
Lucid Dream 10 Dust II 16 MVP PK
Lucid Dream 2 Train 16 MVP PK
Lucid Dream Mirage MVP PK
TyLoo 16 Overpass 6 ALPHA Red
TyLoo 16 Mirage 6 ALPHA Red
TyLoo Inferno ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 16 Mirage 8 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream 16 Inferno 10 ALPHA Red
Lucid Dream Inferno ALPHA Red
TyLoo 16 Dust II 14 MVP PK
TyLoo 16 Mirage 19 MVP PK
TyLoo 16 Train 10 MVP PK
TyLoo 16 Overpass 14 Lucid Dream
TyLoo 16 Mirage 14 Lucid Dream
TyLoo Dust II Lucid Dream
MVP PK 16 Dust II 1 ALPHA Red
MVP PK 19 Mirage 16 ALPHA Red
MVP PK Inferno ALPHA Red

Asia standings

The Asian final standings are below. The top team moved on to the Finals and qualifies for next season. 2nd to 6th do not qualify for the Finals, but are invited to next season. The bottom two teams will have to play in a relegation phase for a spot in next season. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Team Prize Money Roster Coach
1st TyLoo TBD BnTeT, Attacker, somebody, Summer, xccurate
2nd MVP PK US$5,500 hsk, stax, xeta, XigN, zeff termi
3rd Lucid Dream US$4,500 cbbk, Geniuss, PTC, qqgod, wannafly
4th ALPHA Red US$4,000 MAIROLLS, foxz, Kntz, Olivia, SeveN89
5th-6th B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape US$0 alecks, Benkai, Bobosaur, splashske, d4v41
ViCi Gaming advent, aumaN, zhokiNg, kaze, Freeman
7th-8th Entity Gaming US$0 Dav, Amaterasu, Excali, Psy, DJOXiC soLo
5Power Gaming xiaosaGe, shuadapai, Viva, dobu, kabal Xiaoxizi

Oceania

Group A

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 ORDER 3 0 107 87 +20
2 Athletico Esports[Note 1] 1 2 106 102 +4
3 Breakaway Esports[Note 1] 1 2 95 99 -4
4 Paradox Gaming[Note 1] 1 2 89 109 -20
Notes
  1. Athletico Esports was awarded the second seed by virtue of having more map wins than Breakaway Esports or Paradox Gaming. Breakaway was awarded the third seed by virtue of defeating Paradox.
Group A matches
ORDER 2 0 Paradox Gaming
Breakaway Esports 0 2 Athletico Esports
ORDER 2 1 Athletico Esports
Breakaway Esports 2 0 Paradox Gaming
ORDER 2 1 Breakaway Esports
Athletico Esports 0 2 Paradox Gaming

ORDER had an easy time against its competitors as it went 3–0. Athletico Esports was able to steal away the second seed based on having more map wins than either Breakaway Esports or Paradox Gaming.

Group A Results
ORDER 16 Mirage 12 Paradox Gaming
ORDER 16 Nuke 4 Paradox Gaming
ORDER Inferno Paradox Gaming
Breakaway Esports 10 Mirage 16 Athletico Esports
Breakaway Esports 11 Nuke 16 Athletico Esports
Breakaway Esports Overpass Athletico Esports
ORDER 16 Mirage 11 Athletico Esports
ORDER 5 Nuke 16 Athletico Esports
ORDER 16 Inferno 5 Athletico Esports
Breakaway Esports 19 Mirage 16 Paradox Gaming
Breakaway Esports 16 Nuke 13 Paradox Gaming
Breakaway Esports Overpass Paradox Gaming
ORDER 16 Nuke 11 Breakaway Esports
ORDER 6 Inferno 16 Breakaway Esports
ORDER 16 Mirage 12 Breakaway Esports
Athletico Esports 13 Mirage 16 Paradox Gaming
Athletico Esports 16 Overpass 12 Paradox Gaming
Athletico Esports 13 Cache 16 Paradox Gaming

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Grayhound Gaming 3 0 99 58 41
2 Chiefs Esports Club 2 1 83 71 +12
3 Avant Gaming 1 2 84 86 -2
4 Ground Zero Gaming 0 3 45 96 -51
Group B matches
Grayhound Gaming 2 0 Ground Zero Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 2 0 Avant Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 2 0 Avant Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 2 0 Ground Zero Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 2 0 Chiefs Esports Club
Avant Gaming 2 0 Ground Zero Gaming

The favorites Grayhound Gaming had an even easier time than ORDER as it cruised to a 3-0 scoreline without dropping a map. Chiefs Esports Club defeated Avant Gaming on the first day of group B to take the second seed while Ground Zero Gaming did not even take a single map.

Group B Results
Grayhound Gaming 16 Inferno 4 Ground Zero Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 16 Nuke 6 Ground Zero Gaming
Grayhound Gaming Mirage Ground Zero Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 16 Train 13 Avant Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 16 Nuke 10 Avant Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club Mirage Avant Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 16 Mirage 13 Avant Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 19 Dust II 16 Avant Gaming
Grayhound Gaming Overpass Avant Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 16 Dust II 8 Ground Zero Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club 16 Nuke 8 Ground Zero Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club Inferno Ground Zero Gaming
Grayhound Gaming 16 Mirage 11 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming 16 Overpass 8 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming Nuke Chiefs Esports Club
Avant Gaming 16 Nuke 9 Ground Zero Gaming
Avant Gaming 16 Inferno 10 Ground Zero Gaming
Chiefs Esports Club Mirage Ground Zero Gaming

Stage 2

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Grayhound Gaming 3 0 73 49 +24
2 Chiefs Esports Club 2 1 66 69 -3
3 ORDER 1 2 60 81 -21
4 Athletico Esports 0 3 0 0 0

With Athletico not able to make the Oceania finals, it was a quick group. As expected, Grayhound topped the group and booked a Finals spot without dropping a map as Chiefs and ORDER were sent home.

Oceania qualifier matches
ORDER 1 2 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming W FF Athletico Esports
ORDER W FF Athletico Esports
Grayhound Gaming 2 0 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming 2 0 ORDER
Chiefs Esports Club W FF Athletico Esports
Stage 2 Results
ORDER 6 Overpass 16 Chiefs Esports Club
ORDER 16 Inferno 11 Chiefs Esports Club
ORDER 12 Nuke 16 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming W Mirage FF Athletico Esports
Grayhound Gaming W Inferno FF Athletico Esports
Grayhound Gaming W Nuke FF Athletico Esports
ORDER W FF Athletico Esports
ORDER W FF Athletico Esports
ORDER W FF Athletico Esports
Grayhound Gaming 19 Dust II 17 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming 16 Overpass 6 Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming Nuke Chiefs Esports Club
Grayhound Gaming 16 Train 7 ORDER
Grayhound Gaming 22 Overpass 19 ORDER
Grayhound Gaming Nuke ORDER
Chiefs Esports Club W FF Athletico Esports
Chiefs Esports Club W FF Athletico Esports
Chiefs Esports Club W FF Athletico Esports

Oceania standings

Oceania's final standings are below. The top team moved on to the Finals and qualifies for next season. 2nd to 6th do not qualify for the Finals, but are invited to next season. The bottom two teams will have to play in a relegation phase for a spot in next season. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Team Prize Money Roster Coach
1st Grayhound Gaming TBD dexter, DickStacy, Malta, Sico, erkaSt NeiL_M
2nd Chiefs Esports Club US$5,500 tucks, BL1TZ, Texta, ofnu, zewsy ferg
3rd ORDER US$4,500 emagine, aliStair, hats, INS, zeph Elmapuddy
4th Athletico Esports US$4,000 smooth_criminal22, ADK, Dezibel, JD, Teal
5th-6th Breakaway Esports US$0 J1rah, HaZR, Llamas, Noisia, YDNA
Avant Gaming ap0c, eLUSIVE, mizu, RaZ, soju_j dayV1D
7th-8th Paradox Gaming US$0 Chub, keeyto, Kingfisher, Noobster, Valiance
Ground Zero Gaming Xtinct, bURNRUOk, MoeycQ, void, Zemp

Finals

The finalized teams are shown below. Each team's HLTV.org ranking for June 17, 2019 – the final rankings before the Finals – is shown next to the team.[5]

Europe
Americas
Asia
  • TyLoo (46)
Oceania
  • Grayhound Gaming (19)

Broadcast talent

Desk host

  • Tres "stunna" Saranthus

Stage host

  • Olivier Morin

Interviewer

  • James Banks

Commentators

  • Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire
  • Anders Blume
  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Jason "JKaplan" Kaplan
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Jack "Jacky" Peters
  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
  • Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam

Analysts

  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
  • Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez
  • Jacob "Pimp" Winneche

Observers

  • Jake "Jak3y" Elton
  • Alex "Rushly" Rush

Group A

G2 Esports was barely able to escape a scare from Grayhound Gaming and NRG Esports took down Fnatic in a close map. Astralis continued to roll as it took down the struggling Cloud9 while Heroic took advantage of DETONA Gaming's inexperience to bump the Brazilians down with relative ease. NRG then took down G2 in a very close three game set, with the latter two games going into overtime. Astralis had no trouble taking out its compatriots in Heroic to move on. Grayhound put up a fight against Fnatic, but the Swedes prevailed in the end while Cloud9 had little trouble putting away DETONA. Heroic then eliminated Fnatic in a series that went three games while G2 survived against Cloud9 in two close games. NRG upset Astralis in the winner's finals to top group A and earn a bye for the playoffs. In the loser's side, G2 took down Heroic, with Kenny "kennyS" Schrub leading the way for the French.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper final
EUG2 Esports1
OCGrayhound Gaming0
EUG2 Esports1
AMNRG Esports2
EUFnatic0
AMNRG Esports1
AMNRG Esports2
EUAstralis1
EUAstralis1
AMCloud90
EUAstralis2
EUHeroic0
AMDETONA Gaming0
EUHeroic1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower qualifier
EUHeroic2
OCGrayhound Gaming0EUFnatic1
EUFnatic2EUHeroic0
EUG2 Esports2
EUG2 Esports2
AMCloud92AMCloud90
AMDETONA Gaming0
Group A Results
Group A matches
G2 Esports 16 Nuke 13 Grayhound Gaming
Fnatic 12 Nuke 16 NRG Esports
Astralis 16 Inferno 9 Cloud9
DETONA Gaming 8 Dust II 16 Heroic
G2 Esports 16 Train 11 NRG Esports
G2 Esports 17 Dust II 19 NRG Esports
G2 Esports 17 Overpass 19 NRG Esports
Astralis 16 Vertigo 7 Heroic
Astralis 16 Inferno 7 Heroic
Astralis Dust II Heroic
Grayhound Gaming 11 Dust II 16 Fnatic
Grayhound Gaming 13 Train 16 Fnatic
Grayhound Gaming Inferno Fnatic
Cloud9 16 Dust II 4 DETONA Gaming
Cloud9 16 Mirage 9 DETONA Gaming
Cloud9 Inferno DETONA Gaming
Heroic 16 Nuke 7 Fnatic
Heroic 12 Mirage 16 Fnatic
Heroic 16 Overpass 6 Fnatic
G2 Esports 16 Inferno 12 Cloud9
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 13 Cloud9
G2 Esports Nuke Cloud9
NRG Esports 16 Train 13 Astralis
NRG Esports 8 Nuke 16 Astralis
NRG Esports 16 Dust II 12 Astralis
Heroic 3 Vertigo 16 G2 Esports
Heroic 3 Dust II 16 G2 Esports
Heroic Nuke G2 Esports

Group B

FaZe Clan edged out TyLoo in the group B opener while North upset Team Liquid on Dust II. mousesports continued to look strong with a win over MIBR while HellRaisers made an all European winner's side with a win over Luminosity Gaming. North fought hard, but FaZe managed to take the series over the Danes in a third map overtime victory. mousesports easily took down HellRaisers to set the winner's side. TyLoo could not get anything done against Liquid as the Americans easily moved on while MIBR got revenge against Luminosity. HellRaisers gave Liquid a scare, but Liquid somehow prevailed and came back in the third map from an 11–14 deficit to a 16–14 win. MIBR easily took down North in the first map, but North came back in the second map; in the third map, MIBR had to rally a bit after being down most of the match to secure the series, with heroics from Fernando "fer" Alvarenga. Finn "karrigan" Andersen took out the team that kicked him in FaZe to help mousesports secure the first seed in group B. On the loser's side, Liquid continued to have success against MIBR in two maps to secure a spot in the playoffs.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper final
EUFaZe Clan1
ASTyLoo0
EUFaZe Clan2
EUNorth1
EUNorth1
AMTeam Liquid0
EUFaZe Clan0
EUmousesports2
EUmousesports1
AMMIBR0
EUmousesports2
EUHellRaisers0
EUHellRaisers1
AMLuminosity Gaming0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower qualifier
EUHellRaisers1
ASTyLoo0AMTeam Liquid2
AMTeam Liquid2AMTeam Liquid2
AMMIBR0
EUNorth1
AMMIBR2AMMIBR2
AMLuminosity Gaming0
Group B Results
Group A matches
FaZe Clan 16 Vertigo 12 TyLoo
North 16 Dust II 13 Team Liquid
mousesports 16 Inferno 8 MIBR
HellRaisers 16 Mirage 7 Luminosity Gaming
TyLoo 6 Mirage 16 Team Liquid
TyLoo 7 Overpass 16 Team Liquid
TyLoo Inferno Team Liquid
MIBR 16 Mirage 9 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR 16 Dust II 13 Luminosity Gaming
MIBR Train Luminosity Gaming
FaZe Clan 4 Inferno 16 North
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 8 North
FaZe Clan 19 Dust II 16 North
mousesports 16 Mirage 5 HellRaisers
mousesports 16 Nuke 5 HellRaisers
mousesports Inferno HellRaisers
HellRaisers 11 Vertigo 16 Team Liquid
HellRaisers 16 Inferno 14 Team Liquid
HellRaisers 14 Overpass 16 Team Liquid
North 5 Mirage 16 MIBR
North 16 Inferno 13 MIBR
North 5 Overpass 16 MIBR
FaZe Clan 12 Train 16 mousesports
FaZe Clan 12 Vertigo 16 mousesports
FaZe Clan Nuke mousesports
Team Liquid 16 Mirage 13 MIBR
Team Liquid 16 Dust II 9 MIBR
Team Liquid Vertigo MIBR

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand Finals
A1 NRG Esports 0
B2 FaZe Clan 0 A3 G2 Esports 2
A3 G2 Esports 2 A3 G2 Esports 1
B3 Team Liquid 3
B1 mousesports 0
A2 Astralis 1 B3 Team Liquid 2
B3 Team Liquid 2

Round of 6

Nikola "NiKo" Kovač had a very strong game for FaZe Clan, but the rest of his team could not get anything going, as G2 Esports took advantage of that, led by Lucas "Lucky" Chastang's 21 kills and 6 assists. FaZe's star players Håvard "rain" Nygaard and Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács struggled massively as they had the fewest kills on the server. The second game on Dust II ended in a close first half, with G2 leading 9–6. However, vintage performances from Richard "shox" Papillon and kennyS spurred G2 to running away with the second half and eliminating FaZe.

Astralis versus Team Liquid was the story during Astralis's winning era, as the North Americans almost always failed to crack the Astralis puzzle. After a Danish 12-3 first half, Liquid brought it all the way to 15–12, only to have Astralis close it out and it looked like Astralis was going to run away with it again. However, in the second map, Liquid carried that second half momentum from the first map to a 14-1 first half on the second map, despite Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz's 23 kills to lead the server. Liquid would tie up the series. The third map saw Astralis take a 11-4 halftime lead, but nine unanswered rounds by Liquid suddenly put the Americans up 13–11. Astralis would take two more rounds, but Liquid took out the Danes to headed to the semifinals, as Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski lead the way with 28 kills.

Round of 6 matches
FaZe Clan 12 Train 16 G2 Esports
FaZe Clan 8 Dust II 16 G2 Esports
FaZe Clan Inferno G2 Esports
Astralis 16 Overpass 12 Team Liquid
Astralis 6 Inferno 16 Team Liquid
Astralis 13 Vertigo 16 Team Liquid

Semifinals

The first semifinal match was between NRG, still fielding daps, against G2 Esports, on Dust 2. The French side started out with a dominating 8–1 lead on the T side. However, NRG managed to win the last 6 rounds in the half due to back-to-back 1v1s by Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte to end up with a 8-7 scoreline favoring G2. NRG took the momentum after winning the pistol round on the T side, and ended up taking 4 rounds in a row. However, G2 eventually found their footing on the CT side and the map ended 16-12 for the French side, with kennyS having a great performance of 28 kills. On the second map, Train, NRG had a dominant T-side and ended up continuing this into the 2nd half, despite an Ace by kennyS on the 2nd pistol round. The decider for the series was Overpass. NRG started out 2–0 on their T side, but they ended up not getting much more than that due to some key holds from François "AmaNEk" Delauney and the half ended up 12–3, favouring G2. Despite an effort from NRG in the second half, G2 ended up closing out the series and claiming a spot in the Grand Finals.

The second semifinal match was between Team Liquid, the #1 team in the world at that time, going up against the up-and-coming international roster of Mousesports. Mousesports started out Overpass by chaining some rounds off the back of Finn "karrigan" Andersen's quad-kill on the CT-side. However, Team Liquid would eventually run away with a dominant 10-5 T-half, which included a last second knife kill on the defuser on the last round by Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella. The North American side ended up closing out their map pick quite comfortably at a 16–8 score line. On Nuke, Liquid looked poised to close out the series with a 12-3 CT half, but Mousesports ended up draggin the map to Overtime off of an impressive performance from Özgür "woxic" Eker who managed to keep Mouz in contention with a quad kill. Despite his efforts, Liquid won the map and match in overtime, and advanced to the finals to face G2.

Semifinal Matches
NRG Esports 12 Dust II 16 G2 Esports
NRG Esports 16 Train 7 G2 Esports
NRG Esports 10 Overpass 16 G2 Esports
mousesports 8 Overpass 16 Team Liquid
mousesports 17 Nuke 19 Team Liquid
mousesports Inferno Team Liquid

Finals

Semifinal Matches
G2 Esports 15 Dust II 19 Team Liquid
G2 Esports 3 Overpass 16 Team Liquid
G2 Esports 16 Nuke 12 Team Liquid
G2 Esports 22 Inferno 25 Team Liquid
G2 Esports Vertigo Team Liquid

Finals standings

Between the end of the regular season and the Finals, a few changes took place.

FaZe Clan replace Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev, who was with FaZe on a trial basis, with legendary Virtus.pro player Filip "NEO" Kubski.[6]

TyLoo release Kevin "xccurate" Susanto from the team and acquire Wing Hei "Freeman" Cheung from ViCi Gaming. TyLoo also signed free agent Zhenghao "DANK1NG" Lv as a sixth player.[7]

compLexity Gaming released Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz from the team. NRG Esports then signed stanislaw to replace Damian "daps" Steele. However, under ESL rules, stanislaw is not able to participate in the Finals since he playing for compLexity during the season, so NRG was forced to use daps for the Finals.[8]

Place Team Prize Money
1st Team Liquid US$250,000
2nd G2 Esports US$110,000
3rd4th mousesports US$55,000
NRG Esports
5th–6th Astralis US$32,000
FaZe Clan
7th–8th Heroic US$24,000
MIBR
9th–12th Cloud9 US$22,000
Fnatic
HellRaisers
North
13th–16th DETONA Gaming US$20,000
Grayhound Gaming
Luminosity Gaming
TyLoo

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