Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals

• Overview & Finals
• Europe
• North America

[e][h]Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals

League Information

Series:

ECS

Organizer:

FACEIT

Sponsor:

Pinnacle
HyperX
NVIDIA GeForce
CS.Money

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Arlington

Venue:

Esports Stadium

Teams:

8

Prize Pool:

$500,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-11-28

End Date:

2019-12-01

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train • Vertigo

About

Broadcast Talent

• Desk Host:
  •  Freya (Freya Spiers)

• Stage Host:
  •  Smix (Sue Lee)

• Analysts:
  •  seang@res (Sean Gares)
  •  GeT_RiGhT (Christopher Alesund)
  •  launders (Mohan Govindasamy)

• Commentators:
  •  James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
  •  ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  Machine (Alex Richardson)

• Observers:
  •  Sliggy (Connor Blomfield)
  •  Jak3y (Jake Elton)

Format

• Group Stage:
  • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
    • Each group has 4 teams
    • Opening matches are Bo1
    • All following matches are Bo3
  • Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
    
    
• Playoffs:
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool

$500,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$225,000	Astralis
2nd	$100,000	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$50,000	Evil Geniuses
		Fnatic
5th-6th	$25,000	Ninjas in Pyjamas
		MIBR
7th-8th	$12,500	AVANGAR
		Sharks Esports

Participants

AVANGAR

1	buster
2	qikert
3	Jame
4	SANJI
5	AdreN
C	dastan

Europe - Series 1 & 2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	f0rest
2	REZ
3	Lekr0
4	Plopski
5	twist
C	pita

Europe - Series 3

Astralis

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	gla1ve
5	Magisk
C	zonic

Europe - Series 4

Fnatic

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	Brollan
4	flusha
5	Golden
C	Samuelsson

Europe - Series 5

Sharks Esports

1	exit
2	leo_drunky
3	jnt
4	meyern
5	Luken
C	coachi

North America - Series 1 & 2

Evil Geniuses

1	Brehze
2	CeRq
3	Ethan
4	tarik
5	stanislaw
C	ImAPet

North America - Series 3

Team Liquid

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	Twistzz
4	NAF
5	Stewie2K
C	adreN

North America - Series 4

MIBR

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	TACO
4	LUCAS1
5	kNgV-
C	zews

North America - Series 5

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Team Liquid	2-0	48-22	+26
2.	Evil Geniuses	2-1	77-84	-7
3.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	1-2	78-77	+1
4.	AVANGAR	0-2	28-48	-20

Group A Matches
Opening Matches
EG	EG AVG November 28, 2019 - 09:00 CST 16 10 6 5 10 5 Dust II ·  · 16	10	AVG
Liquid	Liquid NiP November 28, 2019 - 10:30 CST 16 11 5 4 4 0 Mirage ·  · 16	4	NiP
Winners' Match
EG	EG Liquid November 28, 2019 - 15:30 CST 4 3 1 12 16 4 Inferno 14 5 9 10 16 6 Dust II Mirage ·  · 0	2	Liquid
Elimination Match
AVG	AVG NiP November 29, 2019 - 09:00 CST 12 7 5 8 16 8 Train 6 2 4 13 16 3 Overpass Mirage ·  · 0	2	NiP
Decider Match
EG	EG NiP November 29, 2019 - 15:00 CST 11 4 7 11 16 5 Train 16 5 11 10 14 4 Nuke 16 8 8 7 12 5 Inferno ·  · 2	1	NiP

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	Astralis	2-0	51-35	+16
2.	Fnatic	2-1	68-63	+5
3.	MIBR	1-2	63-68	-5
4.	Sharks Esports	0-2	35-51	-16

Group B Matches
Opening Matches
Astralis	Astralis Sharks November 28, 2019 - 12:00 CST 19 8 3 7 1 0 7 15 0 8 Nuke ·  · 19	15	Sharks
FNC	FNC MIBR November 28, 2019 - 14:25 CST 16 12 4 3 9 6 Inferno ·  · 16	9	MIBR
Winners' Match
Astralis	Astralis FNC November 28, 2019 - 18:00 CST 16 10 6 5 6 1 Nuke 16 8 8 7 14 7 Inferno Vertigo ·  · 2	0	FNC
Elimination Match
Sharks	Sharks MIBR November 29, 2019 - 12:00 CST 13 3 10 12 16 4 Vertigo 7 2 5 13 16 3 Train Inferno ·  · 0	2	MIBR
Decider Match
FNC	FNC MIBR November 29, 2019 - 18:00 CST 16 8 8 7 9 2 Vertigo 16 8 8 7 13 6 Inferno Mirage ·  · 2	0	MIBR

Playoffs

Semifinals

Astralis

2

Astralis

EG

November 30, 2019 - 12:00 CST

16	9
	7

6	8
2

Inferno

13	9
	4

6	16
10

Nuke

16	10
	6

5	6
1

Overpass

·  ·

Evil Geniuses

1

Team Liquid

2

Liquid

FNC

November 30, 2019 - 16:15 CST

6	5
	1

10	16
6

Overpass

16	10
	6

5	6
1

Inferno

16	7
	9

8	10
2

Mirage

·  ·

Fnatic

1

Grand Final

Astralis

2

Astralis

Liquid

December 1, 2019 - 15:00 CST

15	4	0
	11	0

3	11	19
1	4

Vertigo

16	7
	9

8	11
3

Nuke

16	12
	4

3	8
5

Dust II

·  ·

Team Liquid

1

Collegiate Showdown

Participants

UT Arlington Esports

1	Yammy
2	PandaShi
3	choom
4	KraM
5	nicekhai

Esports LSU

1	Kenboy
2	clack
3	Slippy
4	kAAz
5	Matt

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  YouM3 (Michael Cassidy)
  •  voo (Donald Parkhurst)
  •  JRT (John Tsoupanarias)

Format

• Collegiate Showdown:
• Bo1 Showmatch
• Featuring Collegiate Teams

Results

UT Arlington UTA	7	16	Esports LSU LSU
December 1, 2019 - 11:30 CST 7 6 1 9 16 7 Mirage ·

Prize Pool

Place	Team
W	Esports LSU
L	UT Arlington

Showmatch

Participants

FACEIT Level Tenz

1	TenZ
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	ddk
4	Brollan
5	Sliggy

Dirty Peek Petes

1	ptr
2	JZFB
3	Luken
4	leo_drunky
5	exit

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  YouM3 (Michael Cassidy)
  •  voo (Donald Parkhurst)
  •  JRT (John Tsoupanarias)

Format

• Showmatch:
  • Bo1 Showmatch
  • First team featuring FPL Players
  • Second team featuring Pro Players & Talent

Results

FACIET 10z FACIET 10z	16	14	DP Petes DP Petes
December 1, 2019 - 13:00 CST 16 9 7 6 14 8 Mirage ·

Prize Pool

Place	Team
W	FACEIT Level Tenz
L	Dirty Peek Petes

Additional Content

Streams

Language
Streams

Previews

• 2019-11-26 | ECS Season 8 Finals viewer's guide by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-11-27 | ECS Season 8 Finals preview by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org

Conclusions

• 2019-12-02 | device claims fourth ECS MVP award by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-12-10 | What we learned from ECS and ESL Pro League Finals by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-12-26 | Final EVPs of 2019 by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org

Interviews

• 2019-11-28 | tarik: "We want to make sure that we do a better job at picking events moving forward" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-11-29 | Golden: "coming back I felt like I knew more about what I wanted to do, I was more assertive" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-11-29 | nitr0: "it feels like we are gaining our confidence back" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-11-30 | fer: "When individual decisions need to be made people are just too stressed and we are struggling" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-11-30 | Samuelsson: "I admire how hard the players have been working on themselves" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-12-01 | gla1ve on event schedule: "If this happens again maybe we will say no to a tournament, even if it is the finals" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-12-02 | device: "There are two tournaments left and if we win them I think we can definitely call it our year" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-12-10 | GeT_RiGhT: "I always gambled with my health, but this time I will also gamble with my legacy" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2019-11-28 | ECS Season 8 Finals - Day 1 by HLTV.org
• 2019-11-29 | ECS Season 8 Finals - Day 2 by HLTV.org
• 2019-11-30 | ECS Season 8 Finals - Day 3 by HLTV.org
• 2019-12-01 | ECS Season 8 Finals - Day 4 by HLTV.org

Highlights

•     2019-11-29 | Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 1 by FACEIT
•     2019-11-30 | Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 2 by FACEIT
•     2019-12-01 | Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 3 by FACEIT
• 2019-12-07 | device - HLTV MVP by Betway of ECS Season 8 Finals by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org

VODs

• 2019-11-28 | ECS S8 - Story of Avangar by FACEIT
• 2019-11-28 | ECS S8 - Story of Ninjas In Pyjamas by FACEIT
• 2019-11-29 | ECS S8 - Story of Sharks by FACEIT
• 2019-11-29 | ECS S8 - Story of MiBR by FACEIT
• 2019-11-29 | ECS S8 - Story of Evil Geniuses by FACEIT
• 2019-11-29 | ECS S8 - Story of Fnatic by FACEIT
• 2019-11-30 | ECS S8 - Story of Astralis by FACEIT
• 2019-12-01 | ECS S8 - Story of Team Liquid by FACEIT