ESL Pro League Season 4

ESL Pro League
2016
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location São Paulo, Brazil
Dates August 17, 2016–October 30, 2016
Administrator(s) Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams 28 teams
Purse US$750,000
Final positions
Champions United States Cloud9
1st runners-up Brazil SK Gaming
2nd runners-up Germany mousesports
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
← ESL Pro League Season 3

ESL Pro League Season 4 (shortened as EPL Season 4) was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It was the fourth season of the ESL Pro League, and had an overall prize pool of $750,000 . For the first time, the Finals took place in South America – São Paulo, Brazil, from October 28 to October 30.[1] Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals.[2] In the Grand Final Cloud9 defeated SK Gaming 2-1 to become the ESL Pro League Season 4 Champions and take home $200,000 prize money.[3]

Format

The format was slightly different to the previous renditions of the tournament.

Each continent will feature the top 11 teams from last season's ESL Pro League Season 3, one team from the ESEA Season 21: Premier Division Qualifier, one team from the ESL Pro League Season 3 Relegation, and one team from the Wild Card Qualifier. Teams within each continent will play each other twice to determine the top four qualifier to the Finals in Brazil. There will be a total of nine weeks in this phase of the tournament. All games will be played online.

Teams that placed seventh to eleventh will be automatically invited to next season's ESL Pro League. 12th and 13th place are invited to Season 4's Relegation and 14th place will be placed in the ESEA Premier Season 24.

The Finals will consist of twelve teams, six from Europe and six from North America. These teams will be separated into two groups. The group stage will consist of every team in each group playing against each other. The top three teams in each group will play move on to the Playoffs. In the Playoffs, the Round of Six and 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. The top team in each group will receive a bye and automatically move onto the Semifinals. The other four teams will play in the Round of Six. The winners of those two games will move on to the Semifinals, and the winner of the Semifinals will move onto the Finals. The winner of the grand finals is crowned as champion of ESL Pro League Season 4.

Teams

North America
Europe

Broadcast Talent

North America

Host

Commentators

Analysts

Observers

Europe

Host

Commentators

Analyst

Observers

North America Standings

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team W-L RF-RA RD Pts Roster
1st TBD United States Cloud9 25-1 383-225 +158 75 United States n0thing, United States Stewie2k, United States Skadoodle, United States autimatic, Canada shroud
2nd TBD Brazil Immortals 1 20-6 385-234 +151 60 Brazil HEN1, Brazil LUCAS1, Brazil boltz, Brazil felps, Brazil zews2
3rd TBD Brazil SK Gaming 3 18-8 341-225 +116 54 Brazil FalleN, Brazil coldzera, Brazil TACO, Brazil fnx, Brazil fer, Brazil SHOOWTIME4
4th TBD OpTic Gaming 17-9 376-306 +70 51 Canada stanislaw56, Canada NAF, United States tarik5, United States RUSH, Spain mixwell, Canada daps6
5th US$18,000 Australia Renegades 7 17-9 371-271 +100 51 Australia AZR, Australia jks, Australia Yam, Australia USTILO, Australia Rickeh
6th TBD United States NRG eSports 7 17-9 344-278 +76 51 United States ptr, United States FugLy, Germany tabseN, Germany gob b, Serbia LEGIJA
7th TBD United States Team Liquid 7 15-11 370-318 +52 45 United States Hiko, United States nitr0, United States EliGE, United States jdm64, Denmark Pimp
8th US$15,500 United States Echo Fox 13-13 337-353 -16 39 United States sgares, United States ryx, United States roca, United States ShahZam, United States fREAKAZOiD
9th US$13,000 United States Counter Logic Gaming 10-16 288-377 -89 30 United States reltuC, United States koosta, United States hazed, United States nahtE8, Canada Subroza
10th US$10,500 Australia Winterfox 9 9-17 273-364 -93 27 Australia emagine, Australia apoc, Australia dexter, New Zealand zewsy, New Zealand ofnu
11th US$8,000 compLexity Gaming 9-17 269-377 -108 27 United States witmer, Canada Uber, Canada APE Canada androidx23 United Kingdom Surreal, United Kingdom dephh
12th US$5,500 United States Selfless Gaming 7-19 302-387 -85 21 United States kaboose, United States no_one, United States Nifty, United States mitch, United States Brehze, United States relyks 10
13th US$3,000 United Nations Splyce 11 3-23 240-402 -162 9 United States arya, Canada DAVEY, Denmark AcillioN, Netherlands CRUC1AL, Mongolia Machinegun
14th US$1,500 United States eUnited12 2-24 239-409 -170 6 United States shinobi, United States cJ, United States vice, Canada a2z8, Canada Marved

1 Immortals acquire the roster of Tempo Storm.

2 Immortals replace Brazil SHOOWTIME for Brazil zews.[4]

3 The roster of Luminosity Gaming is acquired by SK Gaming.

4 Brazil SHOOWTIME stands in for SK Gaming as Brazil fer recovers from ear and nose surgery.[5]

5 OpTic Gaming release Canada stanislaw and replace him with United States tarik, who left Counter Logic Gaming[6]

6 Canada daps leaves OpTic Gaming and the team brings back Canada stanislaw.[7]

7 Renegades qualify for the Playoffs in Brazil, but cannot make it due to conflict with the Asia Minor for ELeague Major 2017. They are replaced by NRG eSports for the fifth spot and Team Liquid takes the sixth spot.[8]

8 United States nahtE leaves eUnited for Counter Logic Gaming (along with United States subroza, who left ACE Gaming); eUnited replace him with Canada a2z.[9]

9 Winterfox replaces its entire roster from last season and replace it with a new Oceanic roster.[10]

10 United States relyks leaves Selfless Gaming for Team SoloMid [11]

11 Splyce release three of its players from its starting roster and replace the players with Denmark AcillioN, Netherlands CRUC1AL, and Mongolia Machinegun [12]

12 Ze Pug Godz join eUnited.

Europe Standings

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team W-L RF-RA RD Pts Roster
1st – Sweden Fnatic 1 19-7 401-322 +79 57 Sweden wenton, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden twist, Sweden dennis, Sweden Lekr0
2nd – Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 19-7 387-282 +105 57 Sweden GeT RiGhT, Sweden f0rest, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Sweden disco doplan, Sweden Maikelele
3rd – Germany mousesports 18-8 381-304 +77 54 Germany denis, Germany Spiidi, Netherlands chrisJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina NiKo, Czech Republic oskar2 3, Spain IoWel3, Germany nex2
4th – European Union FaZe Clan 18-8 378-350 +28 54 Finland allu4, Norway rain, Norway jkaem, Denmark aizy, France kioShiMa, Denmark karrigan9
5th – France Team EnVyUs 16-10 337-301 +36 48 France kennyS, France Happy, France apEX, France NBK-, France SIXER5, France DEVIL5
6th – Denmark Team Dignitas 6 14-12 359-327 +32 42 Denmark cajunb, Denmark k0nfig, Denmark Magiskb0Y7, Denmark MSL, Norway RUBINO
7th US$18,000 Poland Virtus.pro 6 14-12 334-339 -5 42 Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland Snax, Poland byali
8th US$15,500 Ukraine Natus Vincere 13-13 330-344 -14 39 Ukraine s1mple8, Ukraine Edward, Russia flamie, Russia seized, Slovakia GuardiaN
9th US$13,000 France G2 Esports 13-13 354-346 +8 39 France shox, France bodyy, France Rpk, France SmithZz, Belgium ScreaM
10th US$10,500 Denmark Astralis 12-14 353-335 +18 36 Denmark dev1ce, Denmark karrigan9, Denmark Xyp9x, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Kjaerbye, Denmark notaN9
11th US$8,000 Ukraine Hellraisers 9-16 321-352 -31 27 Ukraine ANGE1, Ukraine bondik, Slovakia Zero, Slovakia Styko, Hungary Deadfox10, Ukraine smike10
12th US$5,500 Denmark Heroic11 8-18 316-375 -59 24 Denmark Friis, Denmark gla1ve, Denmark valde, Denmark Snappi, Sweden MODDII
13th US$3,000 Germany PENTA Sports 5-21 291-410 -119 15 Germany kRTSYAL, Germany tahsiN, Germany stfN, Spain IoWel3, Netherlands mikeS
14th US$1,500 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics 4-22 226-378 -152 12 Ukraine Blad3, Ukraine markeloff, Russia WorldEdit, Russia electronic12, Finland waylander, Ukraine Shara12

1 Fnatic acquire Sweden twist and Sweden Lekr0 in exchange Sweden flusha, Sweden JW, and Sweden KRiMZ with GODSENT. [13]

2 mousesports replace Germany nex for Czech Republic oskar.[14]

3 mousesports bench Czech Republic oskar and replace him with Spain IoWel, who came from PENTA Sports.[15]

4 FaZe Clan moves Portugal fox to backup and replace him with Finland allu.[16]

5 Team EnVyUs replace France DEVIL with France SIXER.[17]

6 Team Dignitas wins a best of three against Virtus.pro in determining the final spot for the Finals.

7 Team Dignitas replace Denmark tenzki with Denmark Magiskb0Y.[18]

8 Ukraine s1mple is acquired from Team Liquid and replaces Ukraine Zeus on Natus Vincere's roster.[19][20]

9 Astralis bench Denmark karrigan and replace him with Denmark notaN for the final four games of the season.[21] After the regular season, FaZe Clan acquire karrigan from Astralis and place France kioShiMa on the inactive roster.

10 Hellraisers release Ukraine smike for Hungary Deadfox.[22]

11 The former Danish players of SK Gaming, who were under Team X, form their own organization called Heroic.

12 Flipsid3 Tactics release Ukraine Shara and replace him with Russia electronic.

Finals

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Germany mousesports 3 1 62 47 +15
2 France Team EnVyUs 3 1 57 30 +27
3 OpTic Gaming 2 2 47 38 +9
4 United States Team Liquid 1 3 34 62 -28
5 Brazil Immortals 1 3 41 60 -19
6 Sweden Fnatic 1 0 0 0 0 0
Group A matches
OpTic 16 2 Liquid
IMT 5 16 nV
mouz 16 12 Liquid
IMT 4 16 OpTic
nV 16 4 Liquid
mouz 16 10 OpTic
IMT 16 14 mouz
OpTic 5 16 nV
IMT 14 16 Liquid
mouz 16 9 nV

1 Fnatic withdraw from the tournament due to persona problems[23]

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD
1 Brazil SK Gaming 4 1 74 35 +41
2 United States Cloud9 4 1 54 48 +6
3 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 3 2 71 63 +8
4 European Union FaZe Clan 2 3 61 75 -14
5 Denmark Team Dignitas 2 3 46 49 -3
6 United States NRG eSports 0 5 56 86 -30
Group B matches
C9 16 14 FaZe
NRG 3 16 Dig
NiP 16 10 SK
C9 16 9 NRG
NiP 14 16 Dig
SK 16 2 FaZe
NiP 16 14 NRG
FaZe 16 7 Dig
C9 6 16 SK
FaZe 22 20 NRG
SK 16 7 Dig
C9 16 9 NiP
SK 16 10 NRG
C9 16 13 Dig
NiP 16 7 FaZe

Playoffs Bracket

  Round of 6     Semifinals     Finals
                                       
         Germany mousesports 9 10 –  
   United States Cloud9 16 16 –      United States Cloud9 16 16 –    
    OpTic Gaming 12 2 –          United States Cloud9 17 16 16
       Brazil SK Gaming 19 6 5
         Brazil SK Gaming 10 16 16    
   France Team EnVyUs 9 17 –      Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 7 10  
   Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 19 –  

Finals Standings

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team
1st US$200,000 United States Cloud9
2nd US$90,000 Brazil SK Gaming
3rd – 4th US$45,000 Germany mousesports
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
5th – 6th US$35,000 OpTic Gaming
France Team EnVyUs
7th – 8th US$30,000 United States Team Liquid
European Union FaZe Clan
9th – 10th US$25,000 Brazil Immortals
Denmark Team Dignitas
11th – 12th US$20,000 Sweden Fnatic
United States NRG eSports

References

  1. ↑ http://en.pro.eslgaming.com/csgo/proleague/news/the-us-750k-esl-csgo-pro-league-season-4-finals-are-coming-to-brazil/
  2. ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  3. ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18296-immortals-add-zews-shoowtime-out
  5. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18349-fer-sidelined-due-to-surgery
  6. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18456-optic-change-stanislaw-for-tarik
  7. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18777-daps-leaves-optic
  8. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18943-renegades-choose-minor-over-esl-pl
  9. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18433-nahte-subroza-finalize-clg-roster
  10. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18451-winterfox-reveal-new-roster
  11. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/relyks-selfless-csgo/
  12. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18258-splyce-complete-new-roster
  13. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18410-fnatic-and-godsent-change-three
  14. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18473-oskar-joins-mousesports
  15. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18897-lowel-signs-for-mousesports
  16. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18419-allu-replaces-fox-in-faze
  17. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18855-envyus-add-sixer-official
  18. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18271-magiskb0y-in-tenzki-out-in-dignitas
  19. ↑ http://read.navi-gaming.com/en/team_news/s1mple_to_natus_vincere
  20. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18359-s1mple-replaces-zeus-in-navi
  21. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18924-astralis-bench-karrigan
  22. ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18856-hellraisers-confirm-deadfox-signing
  23. ↑ http://mashable.com/2016/10/25/fnatic-krimz-return/
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