ESL Pro League Season 4
| 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 |
 Cloud9  | ||
| 1st runners-up |
 SK Gaming  | ||
| 2nd runners-up |
 mousesports   Ninjas in Pyjamas  | ||
| |||
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
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Broadcast Talent
North America
Host
- Tom "Tsquared" Taylor
Commentators
- Jason "moses" O'Toole
- John "BLU" Mullen
- Sam "DaZeD" Marine
Analysts
- Steve"Ryu" Rattacasa
- Erik "da_bears" Stromberg
Observers
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
- DJ "Prius" Kuntz
Europe
Host
Alex "Machine" Richardson
Commentators
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott
Mitch "Uber" Leslie
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett- Henry "HenryG" Greer
Analyst
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Observers
- Alex "Rushly" Rush
North America Standings
| Final Standings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Prize Money | Team | W-L | RF-RA | RD | Pts | Roster |
| 1st | TBD | Cloud9 |
25-1 | 383-225 | +158 | 75 | n0thing, Stewie2k, Skadoodle, autimatic, shroud |
| 2nd | TBD | Immortals  1 |
20-6 | 385-234 | +151 | 60 | HEN1, LUCAS1, boltz, felps, zews2 |
| 3rd | TBD | SK Gaming 3 |
18-8 | 341-225 | +116 | 54 | FalleN, coldzera, TACO, fnx, fer, SHOOWTIME4 |
| 4th | TBD |  OpTic Gaming  |
17-9 | 376-306 | +70 | 51 | stanislaw56, NAF, tarik5, RUSH,  mixwell, daps6 |
| 5th | US$18,000 | Renegades  7 |
17-9 | 371-271 | +100 | 51 | AZR, jks, Yam, USTILO, Rickeh |
| 6th | TBD | NRG eSports  7 |
17-9 | 344-278 | +76 | 51 | ptr, FugLy, tabseN, gob b, LEGIJA |
| 7th | TBD | Team Liquid  7 |
15-11 | 370-318 | +52 | 45 | Hiko, nitr0, EliGE, jdm64,  Pimp |
| 8th | US$15,500 | Echo Fox  |
13-13 | 337-353 | -16 | 39 | sgares, ryx, roca, ShahZam, fREAKAZOiD |
| 9th | US$13,000 | Counter Logic Gaming  |
10-16 | 288-377 | -89 | 30 | reltuC, koosta, hazed, nahtE8, Subroza |
| 10th | US$10,500 | Winterfox  9 |
9-17 | 273-364 | -93 | 27 | emagine, apoc, dexter,  zewsy, ofnu |
| 11th | US$8,000 | compLexity Gaming  |
9-17 | 269-377 | -108 | 27 | witmer, Uber, APE androidx23 Surreal, dephh |
| 12th | US$5,500 | Selfless Gaming  |
7-19 | 302-387 | -85 | 21 | kaboose, no_one, Nifty, mitch, Brehze, relyks 10 |
| 13th | US$3,000 |  Splyce  11 |
3-23 | 240-402 | -162 | 9 | arya, DAVEY, AcillioN,  CRUC1AL,  Machinegun |
| 14th | US$1,500 | eUnited12 |
2-24 | 239-409 | -170 | 6 | shinobi, cJ, vice, a2z8, Marved |
1 Immortals acquire the roster of Tempo Storm.
2 Immortals replace SHOOWTIME for zews.[4]
3 The roster of Luminosity Gaming is acquired by SK Gaming.
4 SHOOWTIME stands in for SK Gaming as fer recovers from ear and nose surgery.[5]
5 OpTic Gaming release stanislaw and replace him with tarik, who left Counter Logic Gaming[6]
6 daps leaves OpTic Gaming and the team brings back 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 nahtE leaves eUnited for Counter Logic Gaming (along with subroza, who left ACE Gaming); eUnited replace him with a2z.[9]
9 Winterfox replaces its entire roster from last season and replace it with a new Oceanic roster.[10]
10 relyks leaves Selfless Gaming for Team SoloMid [11]
11 Splyce release three of its players from its starting roster and replace the players with AcillioN, CRUC1AL, and Machinegun [12]
12 Ze Pug Godz join eUnited.
Europe Standings
| Final Standings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Prize Money | Team | W-L | RF-RA | RD | Pts | Roster |
| 1st | – | Fnatic  1 |
19-7 | 401-322 | +79 | 57 | wenton, olofmeister, twist, dennis, Lekr0 |
| 2nd | – | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
19-7 | 387-282 | +105 | 57 | GeT RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, disco doplan, Maikelele |
| 3rd | – | mousesports |
18-8 | 381-304 | +77 | 54 | denis, Spiidi, chrisJ,  NiKo,  oskar2 3, IoWel3, nex2 |
| 4th | – |  FaZe Clan  |
18-8 | 378-350 | +28 | 54 |  allu4,  rain, jkaem, aizy,  kioShiMa, karrigan9 |
| 5th | – | Team EnVyUs  |
16-10 | 337-301 | +36 | 48 | kennyS, Happy, apEX, NBK-, SIXER5, DEVIL5 |
| 6th | – | Team Dignitas  6 |
14-12 | 359-327 | +32 | 42 | cajunb, k0nfig, Magiskb0Y7, MSL, RUBINO |
| 7th | US$18,000 |  Virtus.pro  6 |
14-12 | 334-339 | -5 | 42 | TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali |
| 8th | US$15,500 |  Natus Vincere  |
13-13 | 330-344 | -14 | 39 | s1mple8, Edward,  flamie, seized,  GuardiaN |
| 9th | US$13,000 | G2 Esports  |
13-13 | 354-346 | +8 | 39 | shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, .svg.png){kind=small} ScreaM |
| 10th | US$10,500 | Astralis  |
12-14 | 353-335 | +18 | 36 | dev1ce, karrigan9, Xyp9x, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, notaN9 |
| 11th | US$8,000 | Hellraisers |
9-16 | 321-352 | -31 | 27 | ANGE1, bondik, Zero, Styko,  Deadfox10, smike10 |
| 12th | US$5,500 | Heroic11 |
8-18 | 316-375 | -59 | 24 | Friis, gla1ve, valde, Snappi, MODDII |
| 13th | US$3,000 | PENTA Sports |
5-21 | 291-410 | -119 | 15 | kRTSYAL, tahsiN, stfN, IoWel3, mikeS |
| 14th | US$1,500 | Flipsid3 Tactics  |
4-22 | 226-378 | -152 | 12 | Blad3, markeloff, WorldEdit, electronic12, waylander, Shara12 |
1 Fnatic acquire twist and Lekr0 in exchange flusha, JW, and KRiMZ with GODSENT. [13]
2 mousesports replace nex for oskar.[14]
3 mousesports bench oskar and replace him with IoWel, who came from PENTA Sports.[15]
4 FaZe Clan moves 
fox to backup and replace him with allu.[16]
5 Team EnVyUs replace DEVIL with 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 tenzki with Magiskb0Y.[18]
8 s1mple is acquired from Team Liquid and replaces Zeus on Natus Vincere's roster.[19][20]
9 Astralis bench karrigan and replace him with notaN for the final four games of the season.[21] After the regular season, FaZe Clan acquire karrigan from Astralis and place kioShiMa on the inactive roster.
10 Hellraisers release smike for 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 Shara and replace him with electronic.
Finals
Group Stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mousesports |
3 | 1 | 62 | 47 | +15 |
| 2 | Team EnVyUs |
3 | 1 | 57 | 30 | +27 |
| 3 | OpTic Gaming |
2 | 2 | 47 | 38 | +9 |
| 4 | Team Liquid |
1 | 3 | 34 | 62 | -28 |
| 5 | Immortals |
1 | 3 | 41 | 60 | -19 |
| 6 | 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 | SK Gaming |
4 | 1 | 74 | 35 | +41 |
| 2 | Cloud9 |
4 | 1 | 54 | 48 | +6 |
| 3 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
3 | 2 | 71 | 63 | +8 |
| 4 | FaZe Clan |
2 | 3 | 61 | 75 | -14 |
| 5 | Team Dignitas |
2 | 3 | 46 | 49 | -3 |
| 6 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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mousesports |
9 | 10 | – | |||||||||||||||
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Cloud9 |
16 | 16 | – | |
Cloud9 |
16 | 16 | – | ||||||||||
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OpTic Gaming |
12 | 2 | – | |
Cloud9 |
17 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
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SK Gaming |
19 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
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SK Gaming |
10 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Team EnVyUs |
9 | 17 | – | |
Ninjas in Pyjamas |
16 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
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Ninjas in Pyjamas |
16 | 19 | – | |||||||||||||||
Finals Standings
| Final Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | Prize Money | Team |
| 1st | US$200,000 | Cloud9 |
| 2nd | US$90,000 | SK Gaming |
| 3rd – 4th | US$45,000 | mousesports |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | ||
| 5th – 6th | US$35,000 | OpTic Gaming |
| Team EnVyUs | ||
| 7th – 8th | US$30,000 | Team Liquid |
| FaZe Clan | ||
| 9th – 10th | US$25,000 | Immortals |
| Team Dignitas | ||
| 11th – 12th | US$20,000 | Fnatic |
| NRG eSports | ||
References
- ↑ http://en.pro.eslgaming.com/csgo/proleague/news/the-us-750k-esl-csgo-pro-league-season-4-finals-are-coming-to-brazil/
- ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18296-immortals-add-zews-shoowtime-out
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18349-fer-sidelined-due-to-surgery
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18456-optic-change-stanislaw-for-tarik
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18777-daps-leaves-optic
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18943-renegades-choose-minor-over-esl-pl
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18433-nahte-subroza-finalize-clg-roster
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18451-winterfox-reveal-new-roster
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/relyks-selfless-csgo/
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18258-splyce-complete-new-roster
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18410-fnatic-and-godsent-change-three
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18473-oskar-joins-mousesports
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18897-lowel-signs-for-mousesports
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18419-allu-replaces-fox-in-faze
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18855-envyus-add-sixer-official
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18271-magiskb0y-in-tenzki-out-in-dignitas
- ↑ http://read.navi-gaming.com/en/team_news/s1mple_to_natus_vincere
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18359-s1mple-replaces-zeus-in-navi
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18924-astralis-bench-karrigan
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/18856-hellraisers-confirm-deadfox-signing
- ↑ http://mashable.com/2016/10/25/fnatic-krimz-return/