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ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals
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ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Dallas Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$750,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-15
End Date:
2018-05-20
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The ESL Pro League Finals are returning again to the Verizon Theatre in Dallas, this time for Season 7, featuring new team slots for APAC & South America and a prize pool of $750,000 USD as well as being part of part of Season 1 of the Intel Grand Slam.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
- Goldenboy (Alex Mendez)
- Desk Host:
Machine (Alex Richardson)
- Backstage Reporter:
- stunna (Tres Saranthus)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: May 14th - 16th, 2018
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Each group will have 8 teams
- The group stage will be seeded based on Online League Placements
- The initial matches are Bo1
- All following matches are Bo3
- The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs:
- Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
- Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
- Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Playoffs: May 18th - 20th, 2018
- Single-elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$750,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st
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$250,000 |  Astralis
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 2nd
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$110,000 |  Team Liquid
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 3rd-4th
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$55,000 |  Natus Vincere
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 FaZe Clan
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| 5th-6th | $32,000 |  mousesports
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 SK Gaming
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| 7th-8th | $24,000 |  Heroic
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 OpTic Gaming
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| 9th-12th | $22,000 |  Cloud9
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 NRG Esports
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 Space Soldiers
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 Renegades
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| 13th-16th | $20,000 |  Sharks Esports
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 MVP PK
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 Grayhound Gaming
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 Ninjas in Pyjamas
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Participants[edit]
- 1 May 9th - HellRaisers pull out of the event due to
woxic's visa issues; Heroic will replace them. [1] - 2 May 14th - Immi will be unable to attend the event with NRG Esports due to visa issues. [2]
- 3 May 14th - DESPE will stand-in for Calyx, due to the latter's visa issues. [3]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
mousesports
0
FaZe Clan
2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan
Lower Bracket Round 1
Sharks Esports
1
Cloud9
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
mousesports
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Team Liquid
2
Space Soldiers
0
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
Astralis
Team Liquid
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
SK Gaming
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo3)
Team Liquid2
mousesports0
Semifinals (Bo3)
Natus Vincere0
Team Liquid2
Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| W |  Texas A&M University
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| L |  Think Outside the Box
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Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
ESL Pro League on ESLGaming.com
ESL Pro League on Facebook.com- ESL Pro League Turkey on Twitch.tv
ESL CS:GO Brazil on Facebook.com
ESL CS:GO France on Twitch.tv
Hungarian Esport TV (ESL) on Twitch.tv
ESL Supreme League on Twitch.tv
ESL Spain on Twitch.tv
99Damage on Twitch.tv
DMGZTV on Twitch.tv
Previews[edit]
- 2018-05-13 | ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals viewer's guide by Daniel "eZlo" Duque of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-14 | Six key storylines of ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Conclusions[edit]
- 2018-05-21 | dupreeh claims ESL Pro League S7 Finals MVP award by Luís "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-23 | Winners and losers of ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-25 | ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals: the EVPs by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-05-15 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 1 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-16 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 2 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-17 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 3 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-18 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 4 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-19 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 5 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-20 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 6 by HLTV.org
- 2018-06-08 | ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals Dallas by Esports Kingdom
Highlights[edit]
- 2018-05-18 | NiKo vs. SK by Marcos "proutounz" Soares of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-27 | dupreeh - HLTV MVP by Betway of EPL S7 Finals by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-05-15 | MAJ3R: "We thought about (skipping the event), but then we asked DESPE on the last day" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-15 | Stewie2K: "coldzera has a lot more structure, while FalleN likes to give more freedom" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-16 | k0nfig: "I'm going to show everyone that I'm back 100%" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-17 | suNny: "I've been playing worse than before, but I'm working hard on fixing that" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-17 | Xyp9x: "Thanks to zonic it's become a thing that we have to find spots we can double-nade" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-17 | flamie: "When we watched the demos, we saw FaZe have a lot of problems as well" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-18 | zews: "Even though steel and TACO play similar roles, they don't have similar styles" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-18 | f0rest: "StarSeries is going to determine how well we can do in the Minor" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-19 | Gratisfaction: "We can always take back home everything we learn from these tournaments" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-19 | FalleN: "I feel like I could be giving more" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-19 | chrisJ: "We still got top six, but we're certainly not playing as well as we can" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-20 | valens: "There's a bit less of natural chemistry" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-20 | friberg: "I'm happy with our performance here; we have something to build on" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-20 | dupreeh: "The MVP is a personal achievement I've been wanting for a long time" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-21 | FalleN: "Bringing in Stewie opens up the door for the future" by Yuzhe "XXTN" Tao of tl.net
- 2018-05-22 | karrigan: "Hopefully, we can soon reveal what will happen (with olofmeister)" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-22 | ropz: "chrisJ has become a really good in-game leader" by Yuzhe "XXTN" Tao of tl.net
- 2018-05-23 | coachi: "These players in my team, I believe some of them will be the best players in the world in the future" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-24 | RUSH: "If anything it was pure firepower that we lost with Stewie" by Yuzhe "XXTN" Tao of tl.net
- 2018-05-25 | Astralis Magisk: "There is no reason to fix something that is not broken" by Jaime Wert of Esports Kingdom
- 2018-05-30 | karrigan: "olof makes so much sense the way I want to play" by Yuzhe "XXTN" Tao of tl.net
Other Coverage[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-05-09). "HellRaisers pull out of EPL S7 due to visa issues; Heroic to fill in". HLTV.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-05-14). "Immi to miss Pro League Finals due to visa issues". HLTV.
- ↑ Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-05-14). "DESPE to stand in for Calyx at EPL S7 Finals". HLTV.