With the conclusion of Group D of ESL Pro League S15, with NaVi topping the group and Danish powerhouses Heroic and Astralis advancing in 2nd and 3rd respectively, we have finalised the final 12 teams that will make it to the playoffs. The group toppers made it to the quarter finals straight, while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams will be fighting their way out of the Round of 12 to make it to the next stage.
The 15th season of ESL Pro League was full of surprises and upsets from each group. Fresh off IEM Katowice 2022’s grand final, G2 esports were unable to make it past the groups as they were without IGL Aleksib and had to make do with stand-in AMANEK. They won just 2 games and were left without a playoffs spot.
IEM Katowice winners FaZe Clan had to fight tooth and nail to make it to the playoffs in 3rd place behind FURIA and ENCE, meanwhile Team Vitality and Outsiders(ex-VP) were unable to advance from the group.
Group C brought the biggest surprise as Spanish team Movistar Riders shocked everyone by going 5-0, not dropping a single game, even besting the likes of Players (ex-Gambit) and Team Liquid. BIG and GODSENT had to make do with the 4th and 5th spot as Team Liquid and Players secured Qualification
Natus Vincere came back with all guns blazing, after their loss to G2 at IEM Katowice 2022. They went undefeated in the groups, only dropping a single map vs Astralis which could’ve gone either way. Heroic were the second best team, only losing to NaVi and making short work of all the others in the group. Astralis scraped through with a 2-1 win vs Complexity for the final spot.
North America disappointed once again as Evil Geniuses went winless and Complexity could only win 1 Bo3, that too vs domestic rivals EG. Complexity looked more convincing than EG as they were able to take a map off Astralis and AGO as well.
ESL PRO LEAGUE SEASON 15 PLAYOFFS TEAMS
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (Group Toppers – straight to quarters)
- Entropiq
- fnatic
- FURIA
- ENCE
- FaZe Clan
- Movistar Riders
- Players
- Team Liquid
- NaVi
- Heroic
- Astralis
ESL PRO LEAGUE S15 PLAYOFFS BRACKET
The current Top 3 ranked teams in CSGO – NaVi, FaZe Clan and Players have all been placed on one side of the bracket.
This means that only one of them will be able to advance to the semis. Meanwhile Liquid will face Heroic, fnatic will battle ENCE and Astralis will take on Entropiq in the round of 12. The full list:
ROUND OF 12
5th of April, 15:30 CEST – FNATIC vs. ENCE
5th of April, 19:00 CEST – FaZe Clan vs. Players
6th of April, 15:30 CEST – Entropiq vs. Astralis
6th of April, 9:00 CEST – Heroic vs. TeamLiquid
QUARTER FINALS
7th of April, 15:30 CEST – Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Heroic/Team Liquid
7th of April, 19:00 CEST – Movistar Riders vs ENCE/fnatic
8th of April, 15:30 CEST – FURIA vs Entropiq/Astralis
8th of April, 19:00 CEST – NaVi vs FaZe Clan/Players
SEMI FINALS
9th of April, 15:30 CEST – Semi Final #1
9th of April, 19:00 CEST – Semi Final #2
GRAND FINAL
10th of April, 17:00 CEST – Grand Final
