ESL Pro League Season 2

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ESL Pro League
2016
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location London, United Kingdom
DatesFebruary 9, 2016–May 15, 2016.
Administrator Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams24 teams
PurseUS$250,000 for Finals
US$125,000 for Preliminaries
Final positions
Champions Fnatic
1st runners-up Natus Vincere
2nd runners-up? (ex-TSM)
Team EnVyUs
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ESL Pro League Season 2 (officially known as ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2; shortened as EPL Season 2) was an Electronic Sports League (ESL) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the second season of the ESL Pro League. The Finals took place in Burbank, California, United States from December 10 to December 13, 2015. The regular season for Europe began on September 9, 2015, with Ninjas in Pyjamas beating Team EnVyUs and ended with Team EnVyUs defeating mousesports. North America's season began on the same date and kicked off with compLexity Gaming defeating Enemy and concluded with Team Liquid defeating Enemy. The season ended with Fnatic defeating Natus Vincere in a close best of five finals, 3–2. 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. [1]

Contents

Format

Each continent featured the top nine teams from last season's ESL Pro League Season 1, the winning team from ESEA Season 19: Premier Division for North America and the winning team from ESEA Season 21: Premier Division for Europe, and two teams from the ESL Pro League Season 1 Relegation. North America had one more spot remaining after roster of eLevate disbanded, so ESL invited one more team to complete the twelve team league. Teams within each continent will play each other twice to determine the top four teams to the Finals in Burbank. The regular season spanned to eleven weeks of play and all these matches were played online.

The top four teams after the conclusion of the regular season moved on to Burbank to play in the Finals; in addition, those teams were invited to next season's ESL Pro League. Teams that placed fifth to ninth place did not make the Finals, but were invited to next season's ESL Pro League. The teams in ninth and tenth place were required to play in Season 2's Relegation match, in which two teams from each continent play to see which team moves on to next season's ESL Pro League. The teams in twelfth place would have no chance to redeem themselves and were automatically demoted to the premier division.

The Finals consisted of eight teams, four from Europe and four from North America. These teams will be separated into two groups – the first and third seeds from North America and the second and fourth seeds from Europe will be in one group and the other teams in the other group. The group stage will consist of the highest seed going against the lowest seed and the middle two seeds against each other, both games in a best of one format. The winners will play in a best of one to determine one team in the Playoffs; the losers will play in a best of three to determine which team gets eliminated from the tournament. The remaining two teams will play in a best of three to determine which team will be the second team in the group to move on to the Playoffs. In the Playoffs, 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.

Teams

North America
Europe

North America

Broadcast Talent

Commentators

Final standings

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1stUS$18,000 Team Liquid 18-4340-212+12854adreN, ELiGE, FugLy, Hiko, nitr0GBJame^s
2ndUS$16,500 Luminosity Gaming 16-6294-197+9748boltz, coldzera, FalleN, fer, steelnak
3rdUS$15,000Conquest15-7324-236+8845daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, ShahZaM pauLy
4thUS$13,500 Counter Logic Gaming 14-8301-245+5642hazed, jdm64, reltuC, tarik, FNS
5thUS$13,000 compLexity Gaming 12-10341-293+4836autimatic, roca, sancz, valens, SemphisWarden
6thUS$11,500 Cloud9 12-10295-246+4936 fREAKAZOiD, n0thing, sgares, Skadoodle, shroud
7thUS$10,0003sUP Enterprises11-11284-280+433abE, arya, Professor_Chaos, jasonR, wabbit
8thUS$8,500 Enemy 10-12276-291-1530Anomaly, koosta, MAiNLiNE, Relyks, UberRyu
9thUS$7,000SapphireKelownaDotCom8-14250-291-4124els, hades, OCEAN, FGB, inVert
10thUS$5,500Method8-14246-276-3024just9n, SileNt3m, streboR, Toy, DAVEY
11thUS$4,000 Winterfox 8-14270-302-3224anger, desi, flowsicK, LeX, Xp3
12th–Coastless1––––draWsouL, lemz, ScrunK

1Coastless disbands before the season starts, forcing the team to forfeit all games.

Europe

Broadcast Talent

Commentators

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1stUS$18,000 Team SoloMid 18-4342-215+12754cajunb, dev1ce, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x3k2
2ndUS$16,500 Fnatic 17-5337-255+8251dennis, flusha, KRiMZ, JW, olofmeister vuggo
3rdUS$15,000 Natus Vincere 14-8325-267+5842Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, seized, Zeusstarix
4thUS$13,500 Team EnVyUs 14-8311-266+4542apEX, Happy, kennyS, kioShiMa, NBK-
5thUS$13,000 Titan 12-10270-294-2436Rpk, shox, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, ScreaM
6thUS$11,500 Team Dignitas 12-10269-287-1836Kjaerbye, k0nfig, MSL, tenzki, RUBINOzonic
7thUS$10,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas 11-11294-265+2933 f0rest, friberg, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, allu
8thUS$8,500 mousesports 9-13278-298-2027denis, gob b, nex, chrisJ, NiKo
9thUS$7,000 Virtus.pro 8-14257-322-6524byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, TaZ kuben
10thUS$5,500 SK Gaming 6-16256-304-4818AcillioN, cadiaN, Friis, Magiskb0y, MODDII
11thUS$4,000HellRaisers6-16256-304-6118ANGE1, kUcheR, oskar, schenider, STYKO
12thUS$2,500PENTA Sports5-17213-318-10515kRYSTAL, Spiidi, strux1, tabseN, tahsiN

Finals

The finalized teams are shown below. Each team's world ranking for December 8, 2015 is also shown.

North America
Europe

Broadcast Talent

Host

Commentators

Observers

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1 Team EnVyUs 206436+286
2 Fnatic 218168+136
3 Team Liquid 128593-83
4Conquest024376-330
Group A Matches
Team Liquid 02 Team EnVyUs
Fnatic 20Conquest
Fnatic02Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid21Conquest
Fnatic20Team Liquid
Group A Scores
Group A Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Liquid14 Cobblestone 16Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid5 Cache 16Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid–Mirage–Team EnVyUs
Fnatic16 Mirage 4Conquest
Fnatic16 Inferno 10Conquest
Fnatic–Cache–Conquest
Fnatic11 Cobblestone 16Team EnVyUs
Fnatic6 Inferno 16Team EnVyUs
Fnatic–Mirage–Team EnVyUs
Team Liquid12 Inferno 16Conquest
Team Liquid16 Cache 7Conquest
Team Liquid16 Overpass 6Conquest
Fnatic16 Cache 14Tean Liquid
Fnatic16 Mirage 8Tean Liquid
Fnatic–Dust II–Team Liquid

Group B

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1 ?206443+216
2 Natus Vincere 2110485+196
3 Luminosity Gaming 128596-113
4 Counter Logic Gaming 023864-260
Group B Matches
?20 Counter Logic Gaming
Luminosity Gaming 02 Natus Vincere
?20Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming20Counter Logic Gaming
Natus Vincere21Luminosity Gaming
Group B Scores
Group B Scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
?16 Mirage 12Counter Logic Gaming
?16 Infenro 6Counter Logic Gaming
 ?–Train–Counter Logic Gaming
Luminosity Gaming5 Dust II 16Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming15 Inferno 19Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming–Overpass–Natus Vincere
?16 Train 12Natus Vincere
?16 Inferno 13Natus Vincere
 ?–Mirage–Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming16 Mirage 8Counter Logic Gaming
Luminosity Gaming16 Overpass 12Counter Logic Gaming
Luminosity Gaming–Cache–Counter Logic Gaming
Natus Vincere16 Cobblestone 11Luminosity Gaming
Natus Vincere12 Cobblestone 16Luminosity Gaming
Natus Vincere16 Mirage 6Luminosity Gaming

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
Team EnVyUs 0
Natus Vincere 2
Natus Vincere 2
Fnatic 3
? 0
Fnatic 2

Semifinals

Semifinals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team EnVyUs9 Dust II 16Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs18 Cobblestone 22Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs–Mirage–Natus Vincere
 ?12 Inferno 16Fnatic
 ?14 Mirage 16Fnatic
 ?–Dust II–Fnatic

Finals

Finals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Natus Vincere14 Inferno 16Fnatic
Natus Vincere14 Dust II 16Fnatic
Natus Vincere16 Mirage 6Fnatic
Natus Vincere16 Train 14Fnatic
Natus Vincere6 Cobblestone 16Fnatic

Finals Standings

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamRosterCoach
1stUS$100,000 Fnatic dennis, flusha, KRiMZ, JW, olofmeister vuggo
2ndUS$60,000 Natus Vincere Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, seized, Zeusstarix
3rd – 4thUS$25,000 ?cajunb, dev1ce, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x
Team EnVyUs apEX, Happy, kennyS, kioShiMa, NBK-Next
5th – 6thUS$12,500 Luminosity Gaming coldzera, FalleN, fer, fnx, TACOzews
Team Liquid adreN, ELiGE, FugLy, Hiko, m0E, nitr0GBJame^s
7th – 8thUS$7,500Conquestdaps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, ShahZaM
Counter Logic Gaming hazed, jdm64, reltuC, tarik, FNS

Between the end of the online season and the start of the finals, an unexpected number of changes took place.

The players of Team SoloMid opted out of their contracts, leaving the players without a team. Before the players started their own organization, which would be called Astralis, the team played under the name "?", which is pronounced "Question Mark." [2]

Team EnVyUs pick up a new coach, Jordan "Next" Savelli.

Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski had final exams for his high school on the first day of finals, so Team Liquid brought in former Counter-Strike: Source professional turned streamer Mohamad "m0E" Assad as a replacement in Liquid's match against EnVyUs.

Luminosity Gaming replaced Ricardo "boltz" Prass, Lucas "steel" Lopes, and Renato "nak" Nakano and brought up Lincoln "fnx" Lau, Epitácio "TACO" de Melo, and Wilton "zews" Prado from Games Academy, an organization FalleN is the owner of. [3] [4]

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