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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(s):
Game:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Prize Pool:
$750,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-15
End Date:
2018-05-20
Teams:
16
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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 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 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:
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
16
10
16
10
May 15, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
16
3
16
3
May 15, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 15, 2018 - 14:40 CDT
6
16
6
16
May 15, 2018 - 11:10 CDT
16
7
16
7
May 15, 2018 - 11:10 CDT
1
2
1
2
May 15, 2018 - 17:15 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 17, 2018 - 12:30 CDT
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
1
2
1
2
May 15, 2018 - 14:15 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 16, 2018 - 12:15 CDT
2
1
2
1
May 15, 2018 - 18:10 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 16, 2018 - 14:10 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 17, 2018 - 11:50 CDT
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
16
5
16
5
May 15, 2018 - 12:20 CDT
16
7
16
7
May 15, 2018 - 12:20 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 16, 2018 - 12:20 CDT
3
16
3
16
May 15, 2018 - 13:30 CDT
16
19
16
19
May 15, 2018 - 13:30 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 16, 2018 - 14:30 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 17, 2018 - 16:00 CDT
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
0
2
0
2
May 16, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 17, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 16, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 17, 2018 - 10:00 CDT
2
1
2
1
May 17, 2018 - 14:15 CDT
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo3)
Semifinals (Bo3)
Grand Final (Bo5)
2
0
2
0
May 18, 2018 - 12:00 CDT
0
2
0
2
May 19, 2018 - 12:00 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 18, 2018 - 15:10 CDT
2
0
2
0
May 19, 2018 - 15:00 CDT
1
3
1
3
May 20, 2018 - 13:00 CDT
Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
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 eZlo of HLTV
- 2018-05-14 | Six key storylines of ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals by Striker of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2018-05-21 | dupreeh claims ESL Pro League S7 Finals MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2018-05-23 | Winners and losers of ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals by Striker of HLTV
- 2018-05-25 | ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals: the EVPs by Striker of HLTV
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-05-15 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2018-05-16 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2018-05-17 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2018-05-18 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2018-05-19 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 5 by HLTV
- 2018-05-20 | ESL Pro League S7 Finals - Day 6 by HLTV
- 2018-06-08 | ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals Dallas by Esports Kingdom
Highlights[edit]
- NiKo vs. SK by proutounz of HLTV 2018-05-18 |
- dupreeh - HLTV MVP by Betway of EPL S7 Finals by djuhana of HLTV 2018-05-27 |
Interviews[edit]
- MAJ3R: "We thought about (skipping the event), but then we asked DESPE on the last day" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-15 |
- Stewie2K: "coldzera has a lot more structure, while FalleN likes to give more freedom" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-15 |
- k0nfig: "I'm going to show everyone that I'm back 100%" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-16 |
- suNny: "I've been playing worse than before, but I'm working hard on fixing that" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-17 |
- Xyp9x: "Thanks to zonic it's become a thing that we have to find spots we can double-nade" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-17 |
- flamie: "When we watched the demos, we saw FaZe have a lot of problems as well" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-17 |
- zews: "Even though steel and TACO play similar roles, they don't have similar styles" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-18 |
- f0rest: "StarSeries is going to determine how well we can do in the Minor" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-18 |
- RUSH: It Takes Time To Get Used To a New System and IGL, You Change Everything by Rob4 of betway esports 2018-05-19 |
- Gratisfaction: "We can always take back home everything we learn from these tournaments" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-19 |
- FalleN: "I feel like I could be giving more" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-19 |
- chrisJ: "We still got top six, but we're certainly not playing as well as we can" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-19 |
- valens: "There's a bit less of natural chemistry" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-20 |
- friberg: "I'm happy with our performance here; we have something to build on" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-20 |
- dupreeh: "The MVP is a personal achievement I've been wanting for a long time" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-20 |
- FalleN: "Bringing in Stewie opens up the door for the future" by XXTN of tl.net 2018-05-21 |
- karrigan: "Hopefully, we can soon reveal what will happen (with olofmeister)" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-22 |
- ropz: "chrisJ has become a really good in-game leader" by XXTN of tl.net 2018-05-22 |
- coachi: "These players in my team, I believe some of them will be the best players in the world in the future" by Striker of HLTV 2018-05-23 |
- RUSH: "If anything it was pure firepower that we lost with Stewie" by XXTN of tl.net 2018-05-24 |
- Astralis Magisk: "There is no reason to fix something that is not broken" by Jaime Wert of Esports Kingdom 2018-05-25 |
- karrigan: "olof makes so much sense the way I want to play" by XXTN of tl.net 2018-05-30 |
Other Coverage[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Professeur (2018-05-14). "DESPE to stand in for Calyx at EPL S7 Finals". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2018-05-09). "HellRaisers pull out of EPL S7 due to visa issues; Heroic to fill in". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA" (2018-05-14). "Immi to miss Pro League Finals due to visa issues". HLTV.