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ESL Pro League Season 8: Finals
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ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Game:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Prize Pool:
$750,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-12-04
End Date:
2018-12-09
Teams:
16
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The ESL Pro League Finals return again to the Sparekassen Fyn Arena in Odense, this time for Season 8, featuring 16 teams from around the world and a prize pool of $750,000 USD as well as being the last tournament of Season 1 of the Intel Grand Slam.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Primary Broadcast[edit]
- Commentators:
- HenryG (Henry Greer)
- Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)
- Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- Interviewer:
- James Banks (James Banks)
- Observers:
- Rushly (Alexander Rush)
- UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: December 4th - 6th, 2018
- Two double-elimination format groups
- Each group has 8 teams
- The group stage is 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: December 7th - 9th, 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
8
16
8
December 4, 2018 - 12:05 CET
5
16
5
16
December 4, 2018 - 12:05 CET
2
1
2
1
December 4, 2018 - 16:50 CET
16
8
16
8
December 4, 2018 - 13:05 CET
10
16
10
16
December 4, 2018 - 13:10 CET
2
0
2
0
December 4, 2018 - 20:20 CET
2
0
2
0
December 6, 2018 - 16:00 CET
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
December 4, 2018 - 16:55 CET
1
2
1
2
December 5, 2018 - 14:20 CET
2
1
2
1
December 4, 2018 - 19:15 CET
1
2
1
2
December 5, 2018 - 17:45 CET
2
1
2
1
December 6, 2018 - 14:05 CET
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
2
16
2
December 4, 2018 - 14:25 CET
16
13
16
13
December 4, 2018 - 14:25 CET
2
1
2
1
December 5, 2018 - 14:15 CET
5
16
5
16
December 4, 2018 - 15:45 CET
16
14
16
14
December 4, 2018 - 15:20 CET
2
0
2
0
December 5, 2018 - 18:20 CET
2
0
2
0
December 6, 2018 - 18:45 CET
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
2
0
2
0
December 5, 2018 - 12:00 CET
2
0
2
0
December 6, 2018 - 12:00 CET
2
0
2
0
December 5, 2018 - 12:00 CET
1
2
1
2
December 6, 2018 - 12:00 CET
2
1
2
1
December 6, 2018 - 17:45 CET
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
1
2
1
December 7, 2018 - 17:00 CEST
2
0
2
0
December 8, 2018 - 16:05 CET
2
0
2
0
December 7, 2018 - 21:50 CEST
0
2
0
2
December 8, 2018 - 19:30 CET
3
1
3
1
December 9, 2018 - 16:00 CET
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2018-12-03 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals viewer's guide by BenjaCS of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2018-12-09 | device claims EPL Season 8 Finals MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2018-12-19 | ECS S6 Finals & EPL S8 Finals: the EVPs by MIRAA of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
- felps: "The aggressive star who had to reinvent himself" by MIRAA of HLTV 2018-12-04 |
- Johnta: "My expectations are that we're going to be very good " by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-04 |
- daps: "I didn't even want to play at this time last year [...] the speed at which we've gone from that point to now is pretty crazy" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-04 |
- TACO: "[Winning in Malta] took some of the pressure off of our shoulders" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-05 |
- Gratisfaction: "The firepower and the comms are really good right now" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-05 |
- tarik: "We have good results [against mousesports] and I think we have their number" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-06 |
- nak: "We set being able to beat some tier 1 teams as a goal" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-06 |
- Hatz: "The australian scene will become better and better, it's just a matter of time" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-07 |
- valde: "Our bottom level is what I want us to improve on the most" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-07 |
- gob b: "It was important for us to figure out how to stay around the top 10" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-07 |
- shox: "We had to make changes because of our results, but playing together has always been a pleasure" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-08 |
- s1mple: "I think IEM Katowice is going to be the best Major ever" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-08 |
- ropz: "Once we start losing, we go into this deep state that's hard to come back from" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-09 |
- device: "We've had a good year, but we knew we hadn't done anything any other team hadn't done before" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-09 |
- neptune: "I think we can be top two in NA if we keep putting in the work" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-12-10 |
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-12-04 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2018-12-05 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2018-12-06 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2018-12-07 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2018-12-08 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 5 by HLTV
- 2018-12-09 | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals - Day 6 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
- ANGE1 vs. Astralis by filq of HLTV 2018-12-05 |
- horvy vs. G2 by proutounz of HLTV 2018-12-06 |
- Ex6TenZ vs. HellRaisers by filq of HLTV 2018-12-06 |
- koosta & Brehze by ERROR of HLTV / 2018-12-07 |
- oskar vs. Renegades by filq of HLTV 2018-12-11 |
- device - HLTV MVP by betway of ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals by filq of HLTV 2018-12-23 |