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Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals

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[e][h]Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Offline
Location:
United Kingdom London
Prize Pool:
$660,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-06-08
End Date:
2018-06-10
Teams:
8
Liquipedia Tier:
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The Esports Championship Series returns for its fifth season's finals, back in the SSE Arena in London, featuring the top teams from the online season and a $660,000 USD prize pool as well as a new group draw process.

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Desk Host:
  • Commentators:
  • Reporters:
  • Observers:

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage: June 8th - 9th, 2018
    • Two double-elimination (GSL) format groups (4 teams each)
      • Opening & Winners' matches are Bo1
      • Elimination & Decider matches are Bo3
    • Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
  • Playoffs: June 10th, 2018
    • Single-Elimination bracket
    • All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool[edit]

$660,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

1 May 25th - Fnatic sign Sweden Xizt from FaZe Clan to replace Sweden Lekr0. [1]
2 May 25th - Sweden olofmeister returns to activity in FaZe Clan. [2]
3 June 4th - G2 Esports announce their new lineup for the event. France shox and France SmithZz return to the active roster, Belgium Ex6TenZ joins as a stand-in, and France NBK- and France apEX are benched. [3]
4 June 5th - Norway cromen will stand in for Sweden olofmeister, as the latter won't be able to play due to further personal issues. [4]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1. Astralis Astralis 2-0 32-19 +13
2. Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team Liquid 2-1 54-48 +6
3. Fnatic Fnatic 1-2 78-86 -8
4. Cloud9 Cloud9 0-2 51-62 -11
Group A Matches
Opening Matches
AstralisAstralisAstralis
16
13
Cloud9Cloud9C9
June 8, 2018 - 13:30 BST
163
13
1312
1
FnaticFnaticFnatic
14
16
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
June 8, 2018 - 15:00 BST
143
11
1612
4
Winners Match
AstralisAstralisAstralis
16
6
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
June 8, 2018 - 15:45 BST
1613
3
62
4
Elimination Match
Cloud9Cloud9C9
1
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
June 9, 2018 - 09:30 BST
167
9
148
6
95
4
1610
6
139
4
166
10
Decider Match
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
0
FnaticFnaticFnatic
June 9, 2018 - 15:50 BST
1611
5
54
1
167
9
138
5

Group B[edit]

Group B
1. NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports 2-0 32-12 +20
2. FaZe Clan FaZe Clan 2-1 56-36 +20
3. G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports 1-2 55-68 -13
4. Luminosity Gaming Luminosity Gaming 0-2 21-48 -27
Group B Matches
Opening Matches
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
16
4
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
June 8, 2018 - 17:30 BST
1614
2
41
3
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
16
1
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
June 8, 2018 - 18:35 BST
1614
2
11
0
Winners Match
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
16
8
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
June 8, 2018 - 19:30 BST
1611
5
84
4
Elimination Match
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
2
0
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
June 9, 2018 - 13:30 BST
1611
5
94
5
1610
6
115
6
Decider Match
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
0
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
June 9, 2018 - 19:05 BST
1610
6
95
4
1610
6
105
5

Group Draw Process[edit]

Astralis and NRG Esports become group heads as #1 finishers in the online leagues and the group draw proceeds: [5]

  • Astralis place FaZe Clan into Group B
  • NRG Esports place Fnatic into Group A
  • FaZe Clan place Team Liquid into Group A
  • Fnatic place G2 Esports into Group B
  • G2 Esports place Cloud9 into Group A
  • Luminosity Gaming ends up in Group B


Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
0
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
June 10, 2018 - 12:25 BST
65
1
1610
6
87
1
168
8
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
0
June 10, 2018 - 15:00 BST
165
11
1410
4
1610
6
85
3
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
0
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
June 10, 2018 - 18:15 BST
144
10
1611
5
1110
1
165
11

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