ESL Pro League Season 1

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ESL Pro League
2015
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Cologne, Germany
DatesMay 4, 2015–July 5, 2015
Administrator Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams24 teams
PurseUS$500,000 for Finals
Final positions
Champions Fnatic
1st runners-up Cloud9
2nd runners-up Counter Logic Gaming
Virtus.pro
Season 2  →

ESL Pro League Season 1, officially known as ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 and shortened as EPL Season 1, was an Electronic Sports League (ESL) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the first season of the ESL Pro League. The Finals took place in Cologne, Germany from July 2, 2015, to July 5, 2015. 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 would play in the Finals.

Contents

The regular season for Europe began on May 4, 2015, with Team Dignitas beating Titan and ended on June 24, 2015, with the same two teams with the same result. North America's season began on the same date and kicked off with Luminosity Gaming defeating Method and ended with Method defeating mouseSpaz. The season officially concluded with Fnatic defeating Cloud9 in a close best of five finals, 3–1. [1]

Format

On April 28, 2015, ESL announced a joint venture with ESEA to provide a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league with US$1,000,000 in total prize money in 2015. ESL invited twelve teams to each league to participate in its professional league. Each team would face off against every other team twice to play in twenty-two games throughout the eight week season. The top four teams from each continent would move on to the finals in Germany and would be automatically invited to the next season. Teams that placed fifth to ninth would not qualify for the finals, but would still be invited to Season 2. Teams that placed tenth and eleventh would have to play in a relegation phase, in which those teams and teams that placed second and third in ESEA Season 19's Premier League, the league under the Pro League, would face off to qualify for two spots in next season's Pro League. The team that placed first in the Premier League would qualify for Season 2. The team that placed twelfth in the Pro League would automatically be demoted to the Premier League.

The finals consisted of eight teams, four from Europe and four from North America. The teams would be placed in two groups and play in a four team, double elimination GSL group stage. In each group, the highest seed played against the lowest seed and then the other two teams would play a best of one game. Then, the winners would play against each other to determine which team takes the top spot. The losers would fight it out to determine which team goes home. The top seed would earn an automatic berth to the semifinals. The playoffs consisted of six teams. The loser of the winners' match and the winner of the losers' match in the group stage would face off against each other in the Round of 6 in a best of three. The winners of those matches went on to face the opposite group stage winner, such that the top seed of Group A would face off against the runner-up of Group B, and vice versa. The winners of those matches would move on to the finals in a best of five series. [2]

Teams

North America
Europe

North America

Final standings

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1stUS$18,000 Cloud9 19–3334–214+12057 fREAKAZOiD, n0thing, seang@res, Skadoodle, shroud GBJame^s
2ndUS$16,500Keyd Stars17–5347–272+7551boltz, FalleN, fer, steel, zqk
3rdUS$15,000 Luminosity Gaming 16–6345–257+8848anger, LeX, ptr, NAF, pyth
4thUS$13,500 Counter Logic Gaming 14–8333–253+8042hazed, jdm64, reltuC, tarik, FNS
5thUS$13,000 Team Liquid 14–8311–245+6642adreN, ELiGE, flowsicK, FugLy, nitr0dmode
6thUS$11,500Nihilum Gaming13–9292–293−139autimatic, Hiko, sancz, valens, SemphisLEGIJA
7thUS$10,000eLevate11–11311–291+2033Professor_Chaos, roca, RUSH, Storm, Xp3
8thUS$8,500 Tempo Storm 10–12272–277−530glorinsz, hades, stanislaw, ryx, ShahZaM
9thUS$7,000affiNity8–14260–293−3324abE, arya, focs, DAVEY, jasonR
10thUS$5,500Method6–16256–316−6018Eley, just9n, MAiNLiNE, SileNt3m, streboR
11thUS$4,000mouseSpaz2–20186–342−1566dmize, impsta, pauLy, zecK, fruit
12thUS$2,500ACE Gaming2–20145–345−2006Grt, PEX, vEz, decipLe, Maxaki

Europe

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1stUS$18,000 Fnatic 17–5325–179+14651flusha, KRiMZ, JW, olofmeister, pronaxvuggo
2ndUS$16,500 Virtus.pro 17–5329–251+7851byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, TaZ kuben
3rdUS$15,000 Team SoloMid 16–6319–248+7148cajunb, dev1ce, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x3k2
4thUS$13,500 Team EnVyUs 16–6312–215+9748 Happy, kioShiMa, NBK-, shox, SmithZz
5thUS$13,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas 14–8292–261+3142 f0rest, friberg, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, allu natu
6thUS$11,500HellRaisers12–10317–297+2036ANGE1, AdreN, Dosia, kUcheR, mouslmbt
7thUS$10,000 Natus Vincere 11–11300–268+3233Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, seized, Zeusstarix
8thUS$8,500 Team Dignitas 9–13247–282−3527aizy, Kjaerbye, MSL, Nico, Pimp
9thUS$7,000 Titan 12–10270–294−2436Rpk, shox, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, ScreaM
10thUS$5,500 mousesports 9–13262–294−4421denis, gob b,nex, Spiidi, chrisJ
11thUS$4,000PENTA Sports2–20166–340−1746kRYSTAL, strux1, tabseN, Troubley, stavros
12thUS$2,500 FlipSid3 Tactics 2–20154–330−1766B1ad3, bondik, DavCost, markeloff, WorldEditJohnta

Finals

The finalized teams are shown below.

North America
Europe

Broadcast Talent

Host

Commentators

Analysts

Observers

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1 Virtus.pro 203214+186
2 Cloud9 112629−33
3 Team EnVyUs 112923+63
4 Luminosity Gaming 024376−330
Group A Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Virtus.pro16 Cobblestone 4Luminosity Gaming
Cloud916 Cache 13Team EnVyUs
Cloud910 Overpass 16Virtus.pro
Luminosity Gaming7 Dust II 16Team EnVyUs

Group B

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1 Counter Logic Gaming 203221+116
2Keyd Stars112528−33
3 Fnatic 112930−23
4 Team SoloMid 022632−60
Group B Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Fnatic12 Mirage 16Counter Logic Gaming
Keyd Stars16 Inferno 12Team SoloMid
Keyd Stars9 Cache 16Counter Logic Gaming
Fnatic16 Overpass 12Team SoloMid
Round of 6SemifinalsFinals
B1 Counter Logic G. 0
A2 Cloud9 2A2 Cloud92
A3 Team EnVyUs 0 A2 Cloud9 1
B3 Fnatic3
A1 Virtus.pro 1
B2 Keyd Stars 0 B3 Fnatic2
B3 Fnatic 2

Round of 6

Round of 6
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916 Dust II 12Team EnVyUs
Cloud916 Cache 12Team EnVyUs
Cloud9–Train–Team EnVyUs
Keyd Stars5 Inferno 16Fnatic
Keyd Stars16 Train 19Fnatic
Keyd Stars–Dust II–Fnatic

Semifinals

Semifinals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Counter Logic Gaming5 Cache 16Cloud9
Counter Logic Gaming8 Dust II 16Cloud9
Counter Logic Gaming–Overpass–Cloud9
Virtus.pro16 Cache 12Fnatic
Virtus.pro3 Train 16Fnatic
Virtus.pro9 Dust II 16Fnatic

Finals

Finals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916 Cobblestone 14Fnatic
Cloud96 Cache 16Fnatic
Cloud914 Overpass 16Fnatic
Cloud915 Dust II 19Fnatic
Cloud9–Inferno–Fnatic

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