ESL Pro League Season 8
2018 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | Odense, Denmark |
Dates | September 26, 2018–December 9, 2018 |
Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
Venue | Sparekassen Fyn Arena |
Teams | 54 teams |
Purse | US$750,000+ |
ESL Pro League Season 8 (shortened as EPL Season 8) is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It is the eighth season of the ESL Pro League. Teams from five continents, North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America, will compete in six leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals. The EPL finals returned to Odense, Denmark.[1] The regular season started on September 26, 2018 and will end on November 14, 2018. China's season started with ViCi Gaming upsetting TyLoo in a best of three series. Southeast Asia's season started with B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape taking down Recca Esports, which included a 16-0 map. Europe's season started with Space Soldiers defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas. North America's season kicked off with Renegades dominating eUnited.
The finals will start on December 4, 2018 and will end on December 9, 2018.
This tournament is the ninth tournament of the first season of the Intel Grand Slam, which is a list of premier tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles would earn an extra $1,000,000.
Format
The eighth season saw used the same format as the seventh season. ESL announced on February 20, 2018 that the EPL Finals would be expanded to 16 teams.[2] On March 5, 2018, EPL announced the creation of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) division, which would divide teams up into three regions and then feature eight teams in an APAC regional. The eighth season would split up this region into three leagues, whicn includes China (effectively East Asia), Southeast Asia, and Oceania.[3] EPL later announced on March 15, 2018 that a South American division, called the LA LEAGUE, would be created and would feature eight teams from a sixteen team closed qualifier.
North America and Europe featured the top 9 and 11 teams, respectively from last season's ESL Pro League Season 6, one team from the ESEA Season 27: Premier Finals and two teams from the Season 7 Relegation, which featured the bottom two teams from each league from Season 7 and the two runner-ups from the ESEA Season 27: Premier Finals. The China, Southeast Asia, and India regions were grouped into the Asia group; China and Southeast Asia had 8 teams each and India had twelve teams. The Oceania region featured eight teams. Seven teams from Europe, six teams from North America, one team from Asia, one team from Oceania, and one team from South America will make up the sixteen teams in the Finals.
During the regular season for North America and Europe, each team will play every team in its league in two best-of-ones. The winner of each game will receive three points and the loser of each game will receive zero points. If a game ends to overtime, the winner will receive two points and the loser will receive one point.[4] The top six teams in North America and the top seven teams in Europe by the end of the season from each region will head to the Finals. Teams that placed seventh through ninth in North America and eighth through eleventh in Europe will not head to the playoffs but will secure a spot in next season's EPL. Teams that came in last will automatically be demoted to the Premier Division. The next two bottom teams will go through a relegation phase, in which those teams will be placed in a four team double elimination bracket, along with teams that placed second and third in the ESEA Season 27: Premier Division of their region. The top two teams move on to EPL Season 8. The winner of ESEA Season 27: Premier Division will automatically be invited to EPL Season 8.
There were also periods in which no matches were played. After week 1, no matches were played for one week due to StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 6 in Ukraine featuring six EPL teams.
The Finals will feature sixteen teams. Teams will be split into two groups and placed in an eight team, double elimination bracket. The top three teams from each group will move on to the playoffs. The winners of the groups will earn a bye to the semifinals and the other four teams will play in the quarterfinals. Teams play until a winner is decided.
Qualifiers
Season 7 Relegation
Before each season, three spots need to be filled up in each league. The team that came in last place in each league is automatically relegated to the Premier division for the following season, season 27. Meanwhile, the winner of the Premier division's season 26 is automatically promoted to the professional division. For the last two spots, the two runner ups of season 27 of the Premier division will be placed in a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket against the teams that placed twelfth and thirteenth in EPL Season 6. The final two teams are promoted to EPL Season 8 and the other two teams are demoted to ESEA Premier Division Season 28.
North America Relegation
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First round | Semifinals | EPL Season 7 | ||||||||||||
1 | compLexity G. | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Torqued | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | compLexity G. | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | ex-Splyce | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ex-Splyce | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Swole Patrol | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | compLexity G. | Q | ||||||||||||
2 | ex-Splyce | Q | ||||||||||||
4 | Torqued | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Swole Patrol | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | ex-Splyce | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Swole Patrol | 1 | ||||||||||||
Europe Relegation
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First round | Semifinals | EPL Season 7 | ||||||||||||
1 | Team EnVyUs | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Team Spirit | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Team EnVyUs | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | AGO Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | AGO Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Windigo Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | AGO Esports | Q | ||||||||||||
3 | Windigo Gaming | Q | ||||||||||||
4 | Team Spirit | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Windigo Gam. | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Team EnVyUs | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Windigo Gam. | 2 | ||||||||||||
Teams
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- Notes
- ^ OpTic Gaming decide to move to Europe's league, putting OpTic Gaming into Europe's Premier Division. ESL decide to give OpTic's spot to MIBR.
- ^ INTZ eSports acquires SK Gaming's spot as SK was unable to field a team in time for the season.
- ^ Splyce's EPL slot is taken by Team EnVyUs after EnVyUs released its French team and signed the core of Splyce players who were released by Splyce.
- ^ 5Power Gaming withdraw from the league. GOSU is brought in to replace 5Power.
North America
Broadcast talent
Host
Commentators
- Tim "brainstorm" Dunne
- Conner "Scrawny" Girvan
- Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
- Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays
- Mitch "Pili" Pilipowski
- Iain "SnypeR" Turner
- Kevin "KaRath" Zhu
Analyst
Observers
Standings
The North American standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. Rosters reflect what they look like by the end of the regular season.
Standings | ||||||||
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Place | Prize Money | Team | W-L | OT W-L |
RD | Pts | Roster | Coach |
1st | TBD | Renegades | 5-0 | 1-0 | +40 | 17 | AZR, Gratisfaction, jks, liazz, jkaem | |
2nd | TBD | MIBR | 5-2 | 1-0 | +33 | 17 | FalleN, coldzera, fer, Stewie2K, tarik | YNk |
3rd | TBD | Ghost Gaming | 5-1 | 0-0 | +22 | 15 | steel, Subroza, Wardell, koosta, neptune | ImaPet |
4th | TBD | Team Liquid | 3-1 | 0-0 | +21 | 9 | nitr0, EliGE, NAF, Twistzz, TACO | zews |
5th | TBD | Cloud9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | -7 | 9 | Golden, autimatic, RUSH, Skadoodle, flusha | valens |
6th | TBD | Rogue | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | kRYSYAL, Hiko, SicK, vice, Rickeh | mCe |
7th | US$27,000 | eUnited | 2-4 | 0-0 | -23 | 6 | Relyks, -Ace, dapr, dazzLe, moose | osorandom |
8th | US$23,000 | compLexity Gaming | 1-3 | 0-1 | -6 | 4 | stanislaw, ANDROIDx23, ShahZaM, yay, dephh | Rambo |
9th | US$19,000 | NRG eSports | 1-3 | 0-0 | -7 | 3 | daps, Brehze, FugLy, nahtE, CeRq | ImAPet |
10th | US$17,500 | Luminosity Gaming | 1-5 | 0-0 | -38 | 3 | steel, HEN1, LUCAS1, NEKIZ, yay | zakk |
11th | US$15,000 | INTZ eSports | 0-1 | 0-1 | -16 | 1 | horvy, chelo, felps, kNgV-, xand | Apoka |
12th | US$11,500 | Team EnVyUs | 0-2 | 0-0 | -19 | 0 | Nifty, Drone, jdm64, reltuC, Semphis | Eley |
Results | ||||||||||||||
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Liquid | NRG | C9 | RNG | Rogue | LG | Ghost | MIBR | INTZ | eU | coL | nV | |||
Liquid | 16-8 10-16 |
16-6 16-7 | ||||||||||||
NRG | 12-16 14-16 |
16-13 12-16 |
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C9 | 16-9 16-12 |
9-16 8-16 |
6-16 16-9 |
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RNG | 16-11 16-10 |
16-3 16-7 |
22-19 16-12 |
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Rogue | 9-16 12-16 |
11-16 10-16 |
16-5 16-5 |
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LG | 8-16 16-10 |
5-16 5-16 |
10-16 8-16 |
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Ghost | 16-12 16-14 |
16-6 16-14 |
14-16 16-10 |
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MIBR | 16-9 16-8 |
16-10 16-8 |
6-16 14-16 |
19-15 16-4 |
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INTZ | 15-19 4-16 |
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eU | 16-6 9-16 |
3-16 7-16 |
16-14 10-16 |
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coL | 13-16 16-12 |
19-22 12-16 |
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nV | 6-16 7-16 |
Europe
Broadcast talent
Host
Commentators
- Alex "Snodz" Byfield
- Hugo Byron
- Benjamin "Esio" Doughty
- Jack "Jacky" Peters
- Harry "JustHarry" Russell
Analyst
Observers
Standings
The European final standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leaders are shown first. Rosters reflect what they look like by the end of the regular season.
Final Standings | ||||||||
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Place | Prize Money | Team | W-L | OT W-L |
RD | Pts | Roster | Coach |
1st | TBD | Astralis | 6-2 | 0-0 | +3 | 18 | gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x | zonic |
2nd | TBD | Heroic | 5-6 | 1-0 | -17 | 17 | AcilioN, es3tag, mertz, friberg, MODDII | naSu |
3rd | TBD | North | 4-2 | 2-0 | +33 | 16 | cadiaN, aizy, gade, Kjaerbye, valde | ave |
4th | TBD | Space Soldiers | 5-3 | 0-0 | +33 | 15 | MAJ3R, Calyx, ngiN, paz, XANTARES | hardstyle |
5th | TBD | mousesports | 5-3 | 0-0 | +28 | 15 | chrisJ, oskar, ropz, Snax, suNny | lmbt |
6th | TBD | FaZe Clan | 5-3 | 0-0 | +17 | 15 | NiKo, GuardiaN, karrigan, olofmeister, rain | RobbaN |
7th | TBD | G2 Esports | 4-4 | 0-0 | -7 | 12 | Ex6TenZ, bodyy, kennyS, shox, SmithZz | NiaK |
8th | US$23,000 | BIG | 3-2 | 0-1 | +5 | 10 | gob b, nex, tabseN, tiziaN, smooya | LEGIJA |
9th | US$19,000 | Windigo Gaming | 2-2 | 0-2 | -9 | 8 | bubble, blocker, pNshr, SHiPZ, v1c7oR | ToH1o |
10th | US$17,500 | HellRaisers | 2-3 | 0-1 | -29 | 7 | ANGE1, bondik, DeadFox, ISSAA, woxic | Johnta |
11th | US$15,000 | AGO Gaming | 1-8 | 1-0 | -60 | 4 | TOAO, Furlan, GruBy, phr, SZPERO | miNlr0x |
12th | US$11,500 | Fnatic | 1-1 | 0-0 | +3 | 3 | Xizt, JW, KRiMZ, twist, ScreaM | Jumpy |
13th | US$8,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1-5 | 0-0 | -30 | 3 | Lekr0, dennis, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, REZ | pita |
14th | US$4,000 | Natus Vincere | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, flamie | kane |
Results | ||||||||||||||
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mouz | NiP | Na'Vi | FaZe | SS | Astralis | HR | Heroic | North | G2 | Fnatic | BIG | AGO | WG | |
mouz | 7-16 16-9 |
16-9 16-4 |
13-16 11-16 |
16-5 16-8 |
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NiP | 6-16 2-16 |
13-16 11-16 |
16-11 13-16 |
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Na'Vi | ||||||||||||||
FaZe | 7-16 4-16 |
9-16 16-14 |
16-5 16-3 |
16-5 16-8 | ||||||||||
SS | 16-7 9-16 |
16-6 16-2 |
21-25 19-15 |
16-7 14-16 |
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Astralis | 16-13 16-11 |
16-7 16-4 |
25-21 15-19 |
16-9 13-16 |
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HR | 9-16 4-16 |
15-19 16-14 |
16-10 2-16 |
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Heroic | 16-13 16-11 |
6-16 10-16 |
12-16 6-16 |
16-13 10-16 |
16-7 16-14 |
10-16 22-19 | ||||||||
North | 19-15 14-16 |
16-6 16-10 |
22-20 13-16 |
16-6 16-10 |
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G2 | 5-16 8-16 |
16-9 14-16 |
7-16 16-14 |
16-12 16-6 |
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Fnatic | 13-16 16-10 |
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BIG | 9-16 16-13 |
10-16 16-2 |
20-22 16-13 |
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AGO | 11-16 16-13 |
5-16 3-16 |
7-16 14-16 |
6-16 10-16 |
7-16 19-17 | |||||||||
WG | 5-16 8-16 |
16-10 19-22 |
16-7 17-19 |
Asia
The Asia finals will feature two teams from China, one team from Southeast Asia, and one team from India. China and Southeast Asia played in a eight team, double elimination, best of three bracket, with the exception of the finals, which was a best of five with the team from the winner's side receiving an automatic 1-0 advantage. India's qualifier was part of the ESL India Premiership 2018 Fall. Teams played in a twelve team group stage, in which each team played each other once. The top four teams move on to the bracket stage in a best of three, four team bracket. The finals will feature a four team, single elimination, best of three bracket.
China
Southeast Asia
China and Southeast Asia final standings
Both Asian leagues' standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leaders are shown below.
India
Group stage
The group stage standings are shown below. Rosters are shown in alphabetical order.
Place | Team | W-L | RD | Roster | Pts |
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1 | OpTic India | 11-0 | +83 | Antitode, forsaken, haiVann, Marzil, yb | 33 |
2 | Team Brutality | 8-3 | +71 | astaRR, Fox, Juventa, RiX, V3nom | 24 |
3 | Slaughter Rage Army | 8-3 | +26 | Aflekx, DreaM, JaguaR, MaChO, The_Guru | 24 |
4 | 2ez Gaming | 8-3 | +18 | BadmaN, PoKI, RecoilMaster, ReX, t1toSAVAGE | 24 |
5 | Entity eSports | 7-4 | +44 | Amaterasu, DEATHMAKER, Excali, HellrangeR, HuntR | 21 |
6 | Team iNvictus | 7-4 | +42 | BinaryBUG, blackhawk, Manan, pashasahil, ribbiz | 21 |
7 | JHS | 6-5 | +10 | BADlove , HArsH, JuveN, NEPU, STARRRRR | 18 |
8 | God Partivles | 4-7 | -20 | EmbeR, KnightRider, MagicieN, sh1vy, spyder | 12 |
9 | ATE Gaming | 4-7 | -16 | Bogeymanh, BusterrR, Impale, KappA, spyderKav1sh | 12 |
10 | Team Malhars | 2-9 | -45 | Anakil, HellfightRR, PokerF, ProuD, Shabby | 6 |
11 | MaG PuneF1ve | 1-10 | -37 | karam1L, Mav1s, NeverGiv3uP, RSN, vel0city | 6 |
12 | 0-11 | 0 | karam1L, Mav1s, NeverGiv3uP, RSN, vel0city | 0 |
1 darks1d3 drops out
India Finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Asia Finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Oceania
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Winner's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loser's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latin America
Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
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1 | Isurus Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Santos e-Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Sharks Esports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group A Results | |||
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Group B
Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
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1 | Imperial e-Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Team Wild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | W7M Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B Results | |||
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Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
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B2 | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "ESL Pro League Season 8 begins today". eSports Junkie. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Mira, Luis (February 20, 2018). "ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals expanded to 16 teams". HLTV.org. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Mira, Luis (March 5, 2018). "ESL Pro League Season 7 introduces Asia-Pacific division". HLTV.org. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Anzar Miles, Lucas (August 18, 2017). "ESL ANNOUNCES NEW PRO LEAGUE OVERTIME POINTS SYSTEM". HLTV.org. Retrieved August 22, 2017.