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Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals
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Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Teams:
8
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-11-28
End Date:
2019-12-01
Liquipedia Tier:
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Contents
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
HenryG (Henry Greer)
Machine (Alex Richardson)
Format[edit]
- 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
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Playoffs:
- Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool[edit]
$500,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Place | $ USD | Team |
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![]() | $225,000 | ![]() |
![]() | $100,000 | ![]() |
![]() | $50,000 | ![]() |
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5th-6th | $25,000 | ![]() |
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7th-8th | $12,500 | ![]() |
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Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
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Group A | |||||
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1. | ![]() | 2-0 | 48-22 | +26 | |
2. | ![]() | 2-1 | 77-84 | -7 | |
3. | ![]() | 1-2 | 78-77 | +1 | |
4. | ![]() | 0-2 | 28-48 | -20 |
Group A Matches | |||
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EG ![]() | 16 | 10 | ![]() |
Liquid ![]() | 16 | 4 | ![]() |
EG ![]() | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
AVG ![]() | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
EG ![]() | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
Playoffs[edit]
Semifinals

2

1
Collegiate Showdown[edit]
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
UT Arlington ![]() ![]() | 7 | 16 | ![]() ![]() |
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December 1, 2019 - 11:30 CST |
Prize Pool[edit]
Place | Team |
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W | ![]() |
L | ![]() |
Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Format[edit]
- Showmatch:
- Bo1 Showmatch
- First team featuring FPL Players
- Second team featuring Pro Players & Talent
Results[edit]
FACIET 10z ![]() ![]() | 16 | 14 | ![]() ![]() |
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December 1, 2019 - 13:00 CST |
Prize Pool[edit]
Place | Team |
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W | ![]() |
L | ![]() |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- tarik: "We want to make sure that we do a better job at picking events moving forward" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-11-28 |
- 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 2019-11-29 |
- 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 2019-11-30 |
- 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 2019-12-01 |
- 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 2019-12-02 |
- 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 2019-12-10 |
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 1 by FACEIT 2019-11-29 |
- Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 2 by FACEIT 2019-11-30 |
- Top 10 Best Plays - ECS S8 FINALS Day 3 by FACEIT 2019-12-01 |
- device - HLTV MVP by Betway of ECS Season 8 Finals by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org 2019-12-07 |
VODs[edit]
- ECS S8 - Story of Avangar by FACEIT 2019-11-28 |
- ECS S8 - Story of Ninjas In Pyjamas by FACEIT 2019-11-28 |
- 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 2019-11-29 |
- ECS S8 - Story of Astralis by FACEIT 2019-11-30 |
- ECS S8 - Story of Team Liquid by FACEIT 2019-12-01 |