Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; DRX on stage after profitable the League of Legends World Championships in opposition to T1 at Chase Middle. Necessary Credit score: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Pictures Natus Vincere defeated Everlasting Fireplace 2-0 within the Group A upper-bracket last on Saturday in Saint Julian’s, Malta, although each groups clinched playoff berths on the ESL Professional League Season 20.
In different Group A motion on Saturday, HEROIC rallied previous Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-1, and Sangal Esports swept FlyQuest 2-0 to succeed in the lower-bracket last on Sunday.
Within the Group B lower-bracket semifinals, The MongolZ beat 9z group 2-0, and 3DMAX bounced Wildcard by the identical rating. The winners will face off Sunday within the last.
The group stage cut up 32 groups into 4 teams of a triple-elimination bracket format, with every match best-of-three. The highest 4 groups from every group will transfer into the playoff bracket.
Group winners will advance straight into the playoff quarterfinals. Runners-up will advance to the Spherical of 12, third-place groups will transfer to the Spherical of 16 as excessive seeds and fourth-place groups will begin within the Spherical of 16 as low seeds.
The one-elimination playoff bracket might be best-of-three till the best-of-five grand last on Sept. 22.
The winner will obtain $170,000 and can qualify for the primary ESL Professional Tour Championship of 2025.
On Saturday, Natus Vincere and Everlasting Fireplace battled into a 3rd additional time on Anubis earlier than Natus Vincere prevailed 22-20. Natus Vincere had a a lot simpler time on Mirage, profitable 13-5 to clinch the victory. Justinas “jL” Lekavicius of Lithuania spearheaded the win with 60 kills on a plus-26 kills-deaths ratio.
Ninjas in Pyjamas prevailed 16-13 in additional time on Historical, however HEROIC battled again with a 13-7 win on Nuke and secured the win, 13-6 on Anubis. Damjan “kyxsan” Stoilkovski of North Macedonia and Man “NertZ” Iluz of Israel every posted 51 kills on a plus-8 Ok-D to steer HEROIC.
Sangal Esports opened with a 13-11 triumph on Anubis, then sealed the victory with a 16-12 additional time win on Vertigo. Yasin “xfl0ud” Koc of Turkey was Sangal’s high participant with 53 kills on a plus-19 Ok-D.
The MongolZ superior previous 9z Group with 13-10 victories on Nuke and Historical, led by Munkhbold “Senzu” Azbayar, who paced the all-Mongolian group with 45 kills on a plus-18 Ok-D.
3DMAX adopted a 13-9 win on Historical with a 13-4 triumph on Inferno to eradicate Wildcard. Pierre “Ex3rcice” Bulinge posted 38 kills and a plus-14 Ok-D to steer the all-French squad.
The event continues Sunday with three matches:
–MIBR vs. G2 Esports (Group B upper-bracket last)
–The MongolZ vs. 3DMAX (Group B lower-bracket last)
— HEROIC vs. Sangal Esports (Group A lower-bracket last)
ESL Professional League Season 20 prize pool (cash, BLAST Premier factors)
1. $170,000, 2,000 factors
2. $80,000, 1,400
3-4. $45,000, 750
5-8. $32,000, 275
9-12. $23,500
13-16. $17,500
17-20. $12,000
21-28. $7,000 — Ninjas in Pyjamas, FlyQuest, 9z Group, Wildcard, 4 groups TBD
29-32. $3,500 — Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming, KOI, two groups TBD
–Subject Stage Media
