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Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Europe
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Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Europe
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Online
Location:
EuropePrize Pool:
$125,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-09-16
End Date:
2019-10-31
Teams:
12
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Observer:
Sliggy (Connor Blomfield)
Format[edit]
- Regular Season: September 16th - October 31st, 2019
- Season is played out in 5 Online Series
- Each Series is an 8 team Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are played as Bo3
- Every Series has a $25,000 USD prize pool
- The team with the most prize winnings following the 2nd Series qualifies to the Finals
- The winners of the following 3 Series qualify to the Finals
- Season is played out in 5 Online Series
Prize Pool[edit]
$125,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Participants[edit]
Note: If a Starting Team chooses not to participate in a series, they will be replaced by a 9th-10th place team from Season 7 or a Challenger Cup team.
Starting Teams[edit]
- 1 June 19th - Ninjas in Pyjamas bench
dennis and sign Plopski. [1] - 2 September 26th - Ninjas in Pyjamas part ways with GeT_RiGhT. [2]
- 3 September 27th - Ninjas in Pyjamas acquire twist from Fnatic. [3]
- 1 September 7th - Team Vitality bench
NBK-. [4] - 2 September 28th - Team Vitality sign shox. [5]
- 1 June 18th - OpTic Gaming part ways with
Snappi. [6] - 2 August 10th - OpTic Gaming replace refrezh with cajunb. [7]
- 3 October 11th - North acquire cajunb as a replacement for valde who is benched. Following this, OpTic Gaming's roster disbands due to being unable to find a new fifth as the organization is unwilling to invest resources into the team. [8][9]
Challenger Teams[edit]
- 1 July 2nd - Virtus.pro bench
OKOLICIOUZ and add phr as a stand-in. [20] - 2 September 10th - Virtus.pro add phr on a long-term basis. [21]
- 1 September 17th - Ambush Esport part ways with PR1mE. [22]
- 2 September 17th - siNde leaves Ambush Esport. [23]
- 3 September 29th - Ryxxo leaves Ambush Esport. [24]
- 4 October 8th - Ambush Esport add ckay, Fessor, and Jmoments on trial. [25]
Notes
- 1 September 30th - Team Heretics sign B1GGY as coach after a 3-month trial. [26]
- 2 October 6th - Team Heretics sign kioShiMa and bench jeyN. [27]
- 3 October 8th - Team Heretics replace JiNKZ with Lucky on the starting lineup. [28][29]
- 4 October 18th - Team Heretics sign devoduvek and bench LOGAN. [30][31]
- 1 September 30th - djL leaves Japaleno to join Team GamerLegion. [34]
- 1 October 7th -
Lack1 is acquired by Winstrike Team. [35]
Results[edit]
Standings[edit]
| # | Team | Winnings | Series Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  AVANGAR |
$15,000 | 1 |
| 1. |  Fnatic |
$15,000 | 1 |
| 3. |   Ninjas in Pyjamas |
$12,500 | 1 |
| 3. |  Astralis |
$12,500 | 1 |
| 5. |  Virtus.pro |
$15,000 | - |
| 6. |   Heroic |
$12,500 | 1 |
| 7. |   BIG |
$10,000 | - |
| 7. |  Tricked Esport |
$10,000 | - |
| 9. |  forZe |
$7,500 | - |
| 9. |   M1X |
$7,500 | - |
| 11. |   FaZe Clan |
$5,000 | - |
| 12. |  Japaleno |
$2,500 | - |
| 13. |  Team Vitality |
- | - |
| 13. |   North |
- | - |
| 13. |  mousesports |
- | - |
| 13. |   Ambush Esport |
- | - |
| 13. |  Team Heretics |
- | - |
| 13. |  ESPADA |
- | - |
| . |   OpTic Gaming |
- | - |
Series Results[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
1
2
1
September 16, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
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0
2
0
2
September 16, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
·2
1
2
1
September 17, 2019 - 20:25 CEST
··2
1
2
1
September 16, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
·2
1
2
1
September 16, 2019 - 20:25 CEST
··2
1
2
1
September 18, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··2
1
2
1
September 19, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
0
2
0
September 30, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
·2
1
2
1
September 30, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
··0
2
0
2
October 1, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··2
0
2
0
September 30, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
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1
2
1
2
September 30, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
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0
2
0
October 2, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··0
2
0
2
October 3, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
1
2
1
2
October 14, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
·0
2
0
2
October 14, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
··2
0
2
0
October 15, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
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1
2
1
2
October 14, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··1
2
1
2
October 14, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
·1
2
1
2
October 16, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··1
2
1
2
October 17, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
0
2
0
October 21, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
·0
2
0
2
October 21, 2019 - 17:00 CEST
··2
0
2
0
October 22, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
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0
2
0
2
October 21, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
·0
2
0
2
October 21, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··2
0
2
0
October 23, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··2
1
2
1
October 24, 2019 - 20:00 CEST
··Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
0
2
0
2
October 28, 2019 - 17:30 CET
··2
0
2
0
October 28, 2019 - 18:00 CET
·2
1
2
1
October 29, 2019 - 20:00 CET
··2
1
2
1
October 28, 2019 - 20:30 CET
·0
2
0
2
October 28, 2019 - 20:00 CET
··0
2
0
2
October 30, 2019 - 20:00 CET
··0
2
0
2
October 31, 2019 - 20:00 CET
··Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Articles[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Lukas "Kameeleon" Berć (2019-06-19). "NiP welcomes new blood to the CS:GO roster". Ninjas in Pyjamas.
- ↑ "A new chapter for GeT_RiGhT: CSGO Roster Update". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2019-09-26.
- ↑ "Plot twist: we recruit an AWP:er - CS:GO Roster Update". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2019-09-27.
- ↑ Team Vitality (2019-09-7). "CSGO Update: we decided to remove @NBK from the starting roster.".
- ↑ Team Vitality (2019-09-28). "Please give a very warm welcome to @ShoxCSGO in our CSGO team #VforVictory".
- ↑ OpTic Gaming (2019-06-18). "Thank you to Marco "@SnappiCSGO" Pfeiffer for his time on our CS:GO team.".
- ↑ MSL (2019-08-10). "Roster change and organization status".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 North (2019-10-11). "Today we welcome @cajunbCS!".
- ↑ Professeur (2019-10-11). "OpTic disband; players open to individual offers". HLTV.
- ↑ AVANGAR (2019-06-24). "CS:GO ROSTER UPDATE".
- ↑ AVANGAR (2019-06-25). "Пятый игрок уже здесь! Добро пожаловать, AdreN" [Our fifth player is already here! Welcome, AdreN!] (in
Russian).
- ↑ "valde new team captain, JUGi joins the ranks". North. 2019-05-02.
- ↑ Brendan (2019-08-21). "A New Phase for CSGO". Fnatic.
- ↑ MIRAA (2019-09-03). "Samuelsson takes over as fnatic coach.". HLTV.
- ↑ "The not-so newcomers". Fnatic. 2019-09-16.
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2019-09-11). "CS:GO Update: NEO will no longer be a substitute for our roster.".
- ↑ "New Natus Vincere CS:GO roster". Natus Vincere. 2019-09-20.
- ↑ "We have an Announcement to make...". FaZe Clan. 2019-09-25.
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2019-09-26). "CS:GO Update: Please welcome @brokycs as our newest addition to the team.".
- ↑ Virtus.pro (2019-07-02). "This July we’ll be testing new players and looking for a better balance in our CS:GO squad’s playstyle.".
- ↑ Virtus.pro (2019-09-10). "Now it's official: @phrcsgo is a Virtus.pro player!".
- ↑ Sander (2019-09-17). "PR1mE er ude af Ambush" [PR1mE is out of Ambush] (in Danish). Dust2.dk.
- ↑ siNde (2019-09-17). "Jeg har valgt at trække mig som coach for Ambush..." [I have chosen to pull myself as a coach for Ambush...] (in Danish).
- ↑ Zarrosso (2019-09-29). "Ryxxo stopper hos Ambush" [Ryxxo stops at Ambush] (in Danish). Dust2.dk.
- ↑ "Ambush deltager i Alienware Game Arena LAN Finals i Prag" [Ambush participates in the Alienware Game Arena LAN Finals in Prague] (in Danish). Dust2.dk. 2019-10-08.
- ↑ Team Heretics (2019-09-30). "¡Bienvenido Morgan!" [Welcome Morgan!] (in
Spanish).
- ↑ Team Heretics (2019-10-06). "Bienvenue @kiocsgoo!" [Welcome @kiocsgoo!] (in French).
- ↑ Team Heretics. "¡Nos despedimos de @JiNKZ_CSGO!" [We say goodbye to @JiNKZ_CSGO!] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Team Heretics (2019-10-08). "Welcome @LuckyCSGO_!".
- ↑ Team Heretics (2019-10-18). "Welcome @devoduvekk!".
- ↑ Team Heretics (2019-10-18). "Con esta incorporación decimos adiós a @logaNN_CSGO." [Today we say goodbye to @logaNN_CSGO.] (in Spanish).
- ↑ Complexity Gaming (2019-09-26). "Welcome, @blameFFFFF!".
- ↑ Heroic (2019-10-11). "Welcome cadiaN!".
- ↑ Team GamerLegion (2019-09-30). "Update regarding our #csgo team".
- ↑ "Three new CS:GO players in the Winstrike team roster". Winstrike Team. 2019-10-07.