Hello, friends- ESL Pro League Season 8 concluded this week. Who’s in, who’s out, who’s up and who’s down? Also, which EU teams will go to the ECS Season 6 finals and who qualified for the IEM Katowice Asia Minor?
Results
| Winner | Score | Loser | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGO | 16 – 10 | Astralis | Overpass |
| AGO | 16 – 10 | ex-Space Soldiers | Dust2 |
| Astralis | 16 – 11 | AGO | Cache |
| BIG | 19 – 17 | Natus Vincere | Inferno |
| BIG | 16 – 5 | Natus Vincere | Cache |
| ex-Space Soldiers | 16 – 6 | AGO | Train |
| ex-Space Soldiers | 16 – 12 | Heroic | Dust2 |
| fnatic | 16 – 4 | ex-Space Soldiers | Mirage |
| fnatic | 19 – 16 | ex-Space Soldiers | Inferno |
| G2 | 16 – 4 | AGO | Dust2 |
| G2 | 16 – 6 | AGO | Overpass |
| HellRaisers | 16 – 5 | G2 | Inferno |
| HellRaisers | 22 – 18 | G2 | Cache |
| HellRaisers | 16 – 14 | Heroic | Mirage |
| Heroic | 16 – 10 | ex-Space Soldiers | Mirage |
| Heroic | 16 – 6 | FaZe | Train |
| Heroic | 16 – 3 | FaZe | Mirage |
| Heroic | 16 – 14 | HellRaisers | Inferno |
| mousesports | 16 – 14 | NiP | Nuke |
| NiP | 16 – 14 | mousesports | Mirage |
| NiP | 16 – 11 | Windigo | Mirage |
| North | 16 – 7 | Windigo | Cache |
| Windigo | 16 – 1 | HellRaisers | Dust2 |
| Windigo | 19 – 15 | HellRaisers | Mirage |
| Windigo | 16 – 11 | NiP | Overpass |
| Windigo | 16 – 5 | North | Train |
Standings
| # | Team | G | W | L | P | RD | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astralis | 26 | 20 | 6 | 62 | +126 | W L |
| 2 | Natus Vincere | 26 | 18 | 8 | 54 | +55 | L L |
| 3 | BIG | 26 | 17 | 9 | 49 | +77 | W W |
| 4 | North | 26 | 16 | 10 | 44 | +42 | W L |
| 5 | HellRaisers | 26 | 14 | 12 | 41 | -21 | L W L L W W |
| 6 | mousesports | 26 | 13 | 13 | 40 | +46 | W L |
| 7 | G2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 40 | -25 | W W L L |
| 8 | Windigo | 26 | 11 | 15 | 35 | -6 | W W W L L W |
| 9 | ex-Space Soldiers | 26 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -21 | W L W L L L |
| 10 | Heroic | 26 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -44 | W L L W W W |
| 11 | FaZe | 26 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -34 | L L |
| 12 | NiP | 26 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -66 | L W L W |
| 13 | fnatic | 26 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -32 | W W |
| 14 | AGO | 26 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -97 | L W L L L W |
AGO automatically relegate to MDL, while NiP and fnatic will have to fight in the playoffs to retain their spots for next season.
Results
| Winner | Score | Loser | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud9 | 16 – 14 | Ghost | Inferno |
| Cloud9 | 16 – 14 | Ghost | Train |
| Cloud9 | 16 – 11 | NRG | Mirage |
| compLexity | 16 – 10 | Liquid | Inferno |
| Envy | 16 – 13 | Renegades | Mirage |
| Envy | 16 – 6 | Renegades | Cache |
| eUnited | 16 – 11 | Luminosity | Cache |
| eUnited | 16 – 2 | Luminosity | Overpass |
| Ghost | 16 – 11 | Liquid | Dust2 |
| INTZ | 16 – 12 | Rogue | Dust2 |
| Liquid | 16 – 10 | compLexity | Mirage |
| Liquid | 16 – 12 | Ghost | Inferno |
| MIBR | 16 – 12 | compLexity | Inferno |
| MIBR | 16 – 5 | compLexity | Mirage |
| NRG | 16 – 4 | Cloud9 | Overpass |
| NRG | 1 – 0 | Renegades | (FORFEITED) |
| NRG | 1 – 0 | Renegades | (FORFEITED) |
| Rogue | 16 – 12 | INTZ | Inferno |
Standings
| # | Team | G | W | L | P | RD | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIBR | 22 | 19 | 3 | 55 | +122 | W W |
| 2 | Ghost | 22 | 16 | 6 | 46 | +72 | L L L W |
| 3 | NRG | 22 | 14 | 8 | 40 | +60 | W W W L |
| 4 | Liquid | 22 | 13 | 9 | 40 | +39 | L W W L |
| 5 | Renegades | 22 | 12 | 10 | 38 | +33 | L L L L |
| 6 | INTZ | 22 | 10 | 12 | 32 | -5 | W L |
| 7 | eUnited | 22 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -13 | W W |
| 8 | Cloud9 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -26 | W W L W |
| 9 | compLexity | 22 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -24 | W L L L |
| 10 | Rogue | 22 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -57 | L W |
| 11 | Envy | 22 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -102 | W W |
| 12 | Luminosity | 22 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -99 | L L |
Luminosity automatically relegate to MDL, while Rogue and Envy will have to fight in the playoffs to retain their spots for next season.
These teams will compete at the ESL Pro League Season 8 finals in Odense:
- Astralis
- BIG
- G2
- Ghost
- HellRaisers
- INTZ
- Liquid
- MIBR
- mousesports
- Natus Vincere
- North
- NRG
- ORDER
- Renegades
- Sharks
- ViCi
Results
| Winner | Score | Loser | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| fnatic | 16 – 14 | NiP | Overpass |
| G2 | 16 – 9 | LDLC | Nuke |
| LDLC | 16 – 10 | G2 | Mirage |
| LDLC | 16 – 10 | OpTic | Overpass |
| LDLC | 16 – 6 | Virtus.pro | Nuke |
| LDLC | 16 – 8 | Virtus.pro | Mirage |
| mousesports | 16 – 12 | FaZe | Dust2 |
| mousesports | 16 – 4 | FaZe | Mirage |
| NiP | 16 – 13 | fnatic | Inferno |
| NiP | 16 – 7 | LDLC | Nuke |
| NiP | 16 – 10 | LDLC | Mirage |
| OpTic | 16 – 10 | LDLC | Nuke |
Standings
| # | Team | G | W | L | P | RD | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astralis | 18 | 17 | 1 | 51 | +130 | |
| 2 | North | 18 | 13 | 5 | 39 | +33 | |
| 3 | mousesports | 18 | 11 | 7 | 33 | +21 | W W |
| 4 | NiP | 18 | 10 | 8 | 30 | +12 | W W W L |
| 5 | FaZe | 18 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -5 | L L |
| 6 | LDLC | 18 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -3 | L L W W W L W L |
| 7 | OpTic | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -31 | L W |
| 8 | fnatic | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -43 | L W |
| 9 | Virtus.pro | 18 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -44 | L L |
| 10 | G2 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -70 | L W |
Virtus.Pro and G2 will have to fight for their spot in the next season of ECS during the Challenger Cup.
These are the teams that will compete at the ECS Season 6 finals in Dallas/Arlington:
- Astralis
- Cloud9
- Liquid
- MIBR
- mousesports
- NiP
- North
- NRG
Congratulations to the following teams on qualifying for the Asia Minor:
- Beyond (South East Asia)
- CyberZen (China)
- exDT (Middle East)
- GOSU (East Asia)
- MVP PK (East Asia)
- ViCi (China)
