ESL Pro League 19 Playoffs are starting May 7th
The 19th season of ESL Pro League for Counter-Strike has reached its playoffs stage which will be starting on May 7th. The EPL 198 started with 32 teams teams in the group stage and now the final 16 teams remain for the chance to win $170,000 and a direct qualification to IEM Cologne 2024.
EPL 19 has an overall prizepool of $750,000 which will be divided among all 32 teams, whereas only the top 8 teams will accumulate Blast Premier points. This is the first ESL Pro League for Counter Strike 2 and is hosted in St. Julian's, Malta like every season.
ESL Pro League 19 Playoffs Schedule
The playoffs of EPL Season 19 will start on May 7th and the Grand Finals will be played on May 12th. The first phase of the playoffs will be Round of 16.
Round of 16 EPL 19 -
BIG vs G2 Esports
GamerLegion vs VP
BetBoom vs FlyQuest
Faze vs Monte
The winners of these series will face 3DMAX, The MongolZ, Team Liquid and Navi respectively in the Round of 12 whereas the losing teams will be eliminated from the EPL 19.
Upsets so far in EPL 19-
The season 19 of the ESL Pro League had some upsets during the group stage. Teams like ENCE, Heroic, Eternal Fire and Team Falcons failed to qualify for the playoffs. The underdogs that reached the Round of 12 of playoffs are 3DMAX and The Mongolz and can upset some of the favorites of this tournament.
ESL Pro League 19 Group Stage Final Result
The 32 participating teams in EPL 19 were divided into 4 groups of 8 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualified for the playoffs. The group stage were triple bracket elimination style.
Winner of Upper bracket - Qualified to Quarterfinals
Second seed of Upper Bracket - Qualified to Round of 12
Winner of Middle Bracket - Qualified to Round of 16
Winner of Lower Bracket - Qualified to Round of 16
Group A -
Astralis - Quarterfinal
3DMAX - Round of 12
Faze Clan - Round of 16
VP - Round of 16
Group B-
Team Vitality - Quarterfinal
The MongolZ - Round of 12
BetBoom - Round of 16
G2 Esports - Round of 16
Group C-
Mouz - Quarterfinal
Team Liquid - Round of 12
Gamer Legion -Round of 16
Monte - Round of 16
Group D-
Complexity - Quarterfinal
Navi - Round of 12
BIG - Round of 16
FlyingQuest - Round of 16
ESL Pro League 19 - Teams, Leaderboard And Prizepool
The grand prizepool of EPL season 19 is $750,000 and the winner will also be directly qualified for the IEM Cologne 2024.
PLACE | TEAM | BLAST POINTS | PRIZE (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
1st | - | 2000 | $170,000 |
2nd | - | 1400 | $80,000 |
3rd-4th | - | 750 | $45,000 |
5th-8th | - | 275 | $32,000 |
9th-12th | - | - | $23,500 |
13th-16th | - | - | $17,500 |
17th-20th | SAW, M80, Furia, NiP | - | $12,000 |
21st-28th | Fnatic, Eternal Fire, Tyloo, Falcons, Forze, ENCE, Pera, Heroic | - | $7,000 |
29th=-32nd | Imperial, Sharks, Bad News Kangaroos, BOSS | - | $3,500 |
