ESL Pro League Season 3
ESL Pro League Season 3 (shortened as EPL Season 3) is an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It is the third season of the ESL Pro League. The Finals took place in London, United Kingdom from May 11 to May 15, 2016. The season began on February 9, with Astralis beating Natus Vincere and concluded with Luminosity Gaming defeating G2 Esports in a best of five grand finals. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in twelve team leagues and play against each other twice to determine the top four teams from each continent that will play in the Finals.[1][2] The finals will offer a prize pool of US$510,000.[3]
Format
Each continent will feature the top 9 teams from last season's ESL Pro League Season 2, two teams from the ESL Pro League Season 2 Relegation, and one team from the Wild Card. Teams within each continent will play each other twice to determine the top four qualifier to the Finals in London. There will be a total of nine weeks in this phase of the tournament. All games in the preliminaries will be played online.
The Finals will consist of eight teams, four from Europe and four from North America. These teams will be separated into two groups – the first and third seeds from North America and the second and fourth seeds from Europe will be in one group and the other teams in the other group. The group stage will consist of the highest seed going against the lowest seed and the middle two seeds against each other, both games in a best of one format. The winners will play in a best of one to determine one team in the Playoffs; the losers will play in a best of three to determine which team gets eliminated from the tournament. The remaining two teams will play in a best of three to determine which team will be the second team in the group to move on to the Playoffs. In the Playoffs, the semifinals will be a best of three and the finals will be a best of five. The winner of the finals will win the tournament and the top prize. All games in the Finals will be played offline.
Teams
Broadcast Talent
Preliminaries
Analysts
Leigh "Deman" Smith
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Commentators
Anders Blume
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat- John "BLU" Mullen
- Jason "moses" O'Toole
- Cory "megaman" Gilbert
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett- Mitch "Uber" Leslie
- Niels "NaToSaphiX" Sillasse
Joona "natu" Leppänen
Observer
- Alex "Rushly" Rush
Finals
Host
- Oliver "OJ Borg" D'Anastasi
Desk Host
- Alex "Machine" Richardson
Analyst
- Janko "YNk" Paunović
Commentators
- Anders Blume
- Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
- Jason "moses" O'Toole
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott
- Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
- Henry "HenryG" Greer
- John "BLU" Mullen
Observers
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
- Alex "Rushly" Rush
Final Standings
The green color denotes that the team placed in the top four of its league and qualifies for the Finals in London; in addition, these teams are invited to next season's EPL.
The yellow color denotes the team did not qualify for the Finals but are invited to next season's EPL.
The red color denotes the team did not qualify for the Finals and did not receive an invitation to next season's EPL and must play in next season's Relegation match in order to qualify for the season again.
† - indicates that the team was paid based on its results in the Finals.
North America Standings
| Final Standings |
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| Place |
Prize Money |
Team |
W-L |
RF-RA |
RD |
Pts |
Roster |
| 1st |
–† |
 Luminosity Gaming |
18-4 |
304-223 |
+81 |
54 |
FalleN, coldzera, TACO, fnx, fer |
| 2nd |
–† |
Cloud9 |
16-6 |
306-229 |
+77 |
48 |
n0thing, Stewie2k, Skadoodle, fREAKAZOiD, shroud |
| 3rd |
–† |
OpTic Gaming |
15-7 |
311-211 |
+100 |
45 |
daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH,  mixwell |
| 4th |
–† |
Team Liquid |
14-8 |
321-245 |
+76 |
42 |
Hiko, nitr0, EliGE, koosta, adreN,  s1mple |
| 5th |
US$27,000 |
NRG eSports |
14-8 |
291-259 |
+32 |
42 |
ptr, just9n, Silent3m,  gob b, LEGIJA |
| 6th |
US$23,500 |
Selfless Gaming |
13-9 |
305-260 |
+45 |
39 |
MAiNLiNE, Relyks, Nifty, mitch, Lucky, Uber |
| 7th |
US$20,000 |
Renegades |
13-9 |
287-249 |
+38 |
39 |
AZR, jks, Yam, USTILO, SPUNJ |
| 8th |
US$16,500 |
Winterfox |
11-11 |
246-271 |
-25 |
33 |
LeX, anger, flowsicK, hades,  Xp3 |
| 9th |
US$13,000 |
Splyce |
8-14 |
226-297 |
-71 |
24 |
arya, abE, Professor_Chaos, jasonR, DAVEY |
| 10th |
US$9,500 |
Counter Logic Gaming |
5-17 |
220-333 |
-113 |
15 |
reltuC, jdm64, hazed, FugLy, tarik |
| 11th |
US$6,000 |
compLexity Gaming |
4-18 |
257-346 |
-89 |
12 |
witmer, Uber, androidx23 Surreal, dephh |
| 12th |
US$3,500 |
KKona |
1-21 |
199-350 |
-151 |
3 |
inVert, rooRoooo, vice, dayV1D, OCEAN, els |
Europe Standings
| Final Standings |
|---|
| Place |
Prize Money |
Team |
W-L |
RF-RA |
RD |
Pts |
Roster |
| 1st |
–† |
 Ninjas in Pyjamas |
19-3 |
346-209 |
+137 |
57 |
GeT RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth |
| 2nd |
–† |
Astralis |
16-6 |
316-233 |
+83 |
48 |
dev1ce, karrigan, Xyp9x, dupreeh, cajunb |
| 3rd |
–† |
Fnatic |
15-7 |
308-251 |
+57 |
45 |
flusha, olofmeister, JW, dennis, KRiMZ |
| 4th |
–† |
G2 Esports |
14-8 |
306-263 |
+43 |
42 |
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| 5th |
US$27,000 |
Natus Vincere |
14-8 |
304-291 |
+13 |
42 |
Zeus, Edward,  flamie, seized,  GuardiaN |
| 6th |
US$23,500 |
Team Dignitas |
11-11 |
264-293 |
-29 |
33 |
Kjaerbye, k0nfig, Magiskb0Y, MSL, RUBINO |
| 7th |
US$20,000 |
 FaZe Clan |
10-12 |
308-280 |
+28 |
30 |
 fox, rain, jkaem, aizy, kioShiMa |
| 8th |
US$16,500 |
mousesports |
9-13 |
302-321 |
-19 |
27 |
denis, nex Spiidi,  chrisJ,  NiKo |
| 9th |
US$13,000 |
Team EnVyUs |
7-15 |
275-318 |
-43 |
21 |
kennyS, Happy, apEX, DEVIL, NBK- |
| 10th |
US$9,500 |
SK Gaming |
7-15 |
263-347 |
-84 |
21 |
Friis, AcilioN, Magiskb0Y, Pimp, MODDII |
| 11th |
US$6,000 |
Flipsid3 Tactics |
6-16 |
240-308 |
-68 |
18 |
Blad3, markeloff, Shara, WorldEdit, waylander |
| 12th |
US$3,500 |
 Virtus.pro |
4-18 |
233-351 |
-118 |
12 |
TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali |
Finals
Group Stage
Playoffs
Finals Standings
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