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ESL Pro League Season 9: Finals
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ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals
League Information
Series:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Montpellier Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$600,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-06-18
End Date:
2019-06-23
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Contents
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
- Desk Host:
stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- Sideline Reporter:
James Banks (James Banks)
- Remote Commentators:
- Observer:
UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: June 18th - 20th, 2019
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Each group has eight teams
- The group stage is seeded based on Regular Season 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: June 21st - 23rd, 2019
- Single-elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$600,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st | $250,000 |  Team Liquid |
 2nd | $80,000 |  G2 Esports |
 3rd-4th | $40,000 |  NRG Esports |
 mousesports | ||
| 5th-6th | $20,000 |  FaZe Clan |
 Astralis | ||
| 7th-8th | $17,000 |  Heroic |
 MIBR | ||
| 9th-12th | $15,000 |  Fnatic |
 Cloud9 | ||
 HellRaisers | ||
 North | ||
| 13th-16th | $14,000 |  Grayhound Gaming |
 DETONA Gaming | ||
 TYLOO | ||
 Luminosity Gaming |
Participants[edit]
- 1 May 13th - FaZe Clan replace
AdreN with 
NEO, who is added on trial. [1] - 2 June 6th - TYLOO add
Freeman and 
DANK1NG. [2] - 3 June 11th - NRG Esports replace
daps with stanislaw,[3] however NRG will field their former lineup as stanislaw is ineligible to play due to his participation in the league with Complexity Gaming. [4]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
G2 Esports
1
NRG Esports
2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
NRG Esports
Astralis
Lower Bracket Round 1
Grayhound
0
Fnatic
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
Heroic
2
Fnatic
1
Lower Bracket Round 3
G2 Esports
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
FaZe Clan
2
North
1
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
mousesports
FaZe Clan
Lower Bracket Round 1
TYLOO
0
Team Liquid
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
HellRaisers
1
Team Liquid
2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Team Liquid
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
NRG Esports1
G2 Esports2
Team Vitality Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
- Commentators:
- James Banks (James Banks)
- Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
- Observer:
- Rushly (Alexander Rush)
Format[edit]
- Showmatch:
- Bo1 Showmatch on Stage
- Team Vitality split into 2 teams
- 5 Audience members will fill in
- Map is voted for by Twitch Viewers
- OT is decided as a Zeus x27 & Knife round
Results[edit]
Vitality Baguette  V.Baguette | 15 | 16 |  Vitality Croissant V.Croissant |
|---|---|---|---|
June 22, 2019 - 13:00 CEST | |||
Prize Pool[edit]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| W | Vitality Croissant |
| L | Vitality Baguette |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2019-06-17 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals viewer's guide by Aleksei.L of HLTV
- 2019-06-17 | Six key storylines of ESL Pro League S9 Finals by Professeur of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2019-06-23 | EliGE wins EPL Season 9 Finals MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2019-07-02 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals: the EVPs by MIRAA of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
- 2019-06-18 | ImAPet: "We're going to try a style in which stanislaw will have the ultimate say, but where tarik can also add a lot of input" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-18 | ropz: "I think a lot of people are overhyping us" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-19 | coldzera: "We're trying very hard, but the team just isn't fitting very well" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-19 | blameF: "Our goal is to attend a lot of tournaments, stay together, and make sure we get some experience to develop as a team" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-19 | NAF: "[The EPL Finals and ESL One Cologne] are going to determine who the real #1 is and who the top teams are" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-20 | loWel: "We need to have more fixed roles so that everyone knows what to do at every moment" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-20 | karrigan: "It feels really good to win against your old teammates, [...] but I'm sad it wasn't a knock-out game" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-21 | kennyS: "we're at a period, perhaps, shox and myself, in which we need consistency as a team to be able to play our best individually" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-21 | JW: "I hope GeT_RiGhT will keep playing and try on another team when the time comes" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-23 | Magisk: "I still think 2019 can be our year" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-23 | NiKo: "I hope that if it's not nerfed enough that they try and destroy [the AUG] completely" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-23 | EliGE: "We're 100% the best team in the world" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-24 | valde: "We really want to get back into the Major cycle and failing at another Minor is not an option" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2019-06-25 | tiburci0: "I want our team to leave everything else aside and just focus on CS" by LucasAM of HLTV
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2019-06-18 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2019-06-19 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2019-06-20 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2019-06-21 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2019-06-22 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 5 by HLTV
- 2019-06-23 | ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals - Day 6 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
- 2019-06-19 | gla1ve vs. Heroic by Nickos of HLTV
- 2019-06-20 | TACO vs. Luminosity by Nickos of HLTV
- 2019-06-21 | Twistzz vs. MIBR by filq of HLTV
- 2019-06-22 | Stewie2K vs. Astralis by djuhana of HLTV
- 2019-06-28 | EliGE - HLTV MVP by betway of ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals by filq of HLTV
2019-07-02 | Best of ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals by Nickos of HLTV
References[edit]
- ↑ "#FaZeCSGO: Today we welcome Filip “Neo” Kubski". FaZe Clan. 2019-05-13.
- ↑ LucasAM (2019-06-06). "TYLOO add Freeman and Danking". HLTV.
- ↑ "NRG CS:GO Roster Update". NRG Esports. 2019-06-11.
- ↑ MIRAA (2019-06-12). "NRG to field daps at ESL Pro League S9 Finals". HLTV.