ESL Pro League
2016
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationSão Paulo, Brazil
DatesAugust 17, 2016–October 30, 2016
AdministratorElectronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams28 teams
PurseUS$750,000
Final positions
ChampionsCloud9
1st runners-upSK Gaming
2nd runners-upmousesports
Ninjas in Pyjamas
MVPTimothy "autimatic" Ta [1]

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.[2] Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals.[3] Europe's season began with FaZe Clan defeating Team X (which later formed into Heroic) and ended with Team Dignitas defeating Virtus.pro in a best of three 6th place decider. North America's season started with Cloud9 defeating Team Liquid and ended with Immortals defeating Echo Fox. In the finals, Cloud9 defeated SK Gaming 2–1 to become the ESL Pro League Season 4 Champions and take home $200,000 prize money; this upset would also mark the first time a North American won an international premier event since iBUYPOWER won ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division in 2014.[4]

Format

The format was slightly different to the previous renditions of the tournament.

Each continent featured the top 11 teams from 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 played each other twice to determine the top four qualifiers to the Finals in Brazil. There was a total of nine weeks in this phase of the tournament. All games were played online.

Teams that placed seventh to eleventh are 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 consisted of twelve teams, six from Europe and six from North America. These teams were separated into two groups. The group stage consisted of every team in each group playing against each other. The top three teams in each group moved on to the Playoffs. The knockout stages were a best of three format. All games in the Finals were played offline. The top team in each group received a bye and automatically moved onto the Semifinals. The other four teams played in the Round of Six. The winners of those two games moved on to the Semifinals, and the winner of the Semifinals moved onto the Finals.

Teams

North America
Europe

North America

Broadcast Talent

Host

  • Tom "Tsquared" Taylor

Commentators

  • Sam "DaZeD" Marine
  • John "BLU" Mullen
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole

Analysts

  • Steve "Ryu" Rattacasa
  • Erik "da_bears" Stromberg

Observers

  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • DJ "Prius" Kuntz

Standings

The final standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. The rosters that are shown are the rosters that were in place by the end of the season. For instance, Skyler "Relyks" Weaver left eUnited in the middle of the season and was replaced with Jacob "kaboose" McDonald. Thus, kaboose's name is shown below and Relyks's name is not shown.

North America Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team W-L RF-RA RD Pts Roster
1st TBD Cloud9 25-1 383-225 +158 75 Stewie2k, autimatic, n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud
2nd TBD Immortals 20-6 385-234 +151 60 zews, boltz, felps, HEN1, LUCAS1
3rd TBD SK Gaming 18-8 341-225 +116 54 FalleN, coldzera, fer, fnx, TACO
4th TBD OpTic Gaming 17-9 376-306 +70 51 stanislaw, NAF, tarik, RUSH, mixwell
5th US$18,000 Renegades 17-9 371-271 +100 51 AZR, jks, Yam, USTILO, Rickeh
6th TBD NRG Esports 17-9 344-278 +76 51 gob b, LEGIJA, tabseN, FugLy, ptr
7th TBD Team Liquid 15-11 370-318 +52 45 Hiko, EliGE, jdm64, nitr0, Pimp
8th US$15,500 Echo Fox 13-13 337-353 -16 39 sgares, fREAKAZOiD, roca, ryx, ShahZam
9th US$13,000 Counter Logic Gaming 10-16 288-377 -89 30 reltuC, hazed, koosta, nahtE, Subroza
10th US$10,500 Winterfox 9-17 273-364 -93 27 emagine, apoc, dexter, ofnu, zewsy
11th US$8,000 compLexity Gaming 9-17 269-377 -108 27 Uber, androidx23, APE, dephh, Surreal
12th US$5,500 Selfless Gaming 7-19 302-387 -85 21 Nifty, Brehze, kaboose, mitch, no_one
13th US$3,000 Splyce 3-23 240-402 -162 9 arya, AcillioN, CRUC1AL, DAVEY, Machinegun
14th US$1,500 eUnited 2-24 239-409 -170 6 shinobi, a2z, cJ, Marved, vice
North America Results
Results
SK C9 OpTic Liquid NRG SLF RNG WFX SPY CLG coL IMT eU FOX
SK FF-W
FF-W		 16-8
19-15		 10-16
13-16		 16-14
16-7		 16-9
16-7		 12-16
0-16		 W-FF
W-FF		 16-10
16-6		 16-7
16-4		 16-7
16-1		 11-16
4-16		 16-8
16-3		 16-12
16-11
C9 W-FF
W-FF		 16-3
16-12		 16-8
16-10		 16-5
16-10		 16-12
16-12		 16-12
19-16		 16-11
16-7		 16-13
16-2		 16-11
16-10		 16-9
16-5		 16-5
16-14		 16-6
16-8		 12-16
16-8
OpTic 8-16
15-19		 3-16
12-16		 3-16
20-22		 16-10
12-16		 16-13
22-20		 16-13
12-16		 16-8
16-6		 16-8
16-9		 16-9
16-5		 16-4
16-6		 13-16
16-12		 16-2
16-12		 16-5
16-11
Liquid 16-10
16-13		 8-16
10-16		 16-3
22-20		 14-16
7-16		 13-16
16-6		 10-16
12-16		 16-14
16-11		 16-8
16-6		 16-5
12-16		 16-11
16-7		 16-12
12-16		 16-2
16-11		 10-16
16-19
NRG 14-16
7-16		 5-16
10-16		 10-16
16-12		 16-14
16-7		 16-5
16-5		 9-16
16-10		 16-5
16-5		 16-4
16-8		 14-16
16-9		 16-10
16-4		 6-16
7-16		 16-8
16-8		 16-11
16-9
SLF 9-16
7-16		 12-16
12-16		 13-16
20-22		 13-16
6-16		 5-16
5-16		 13-16
10-16		 16-13
16-19		 16-13
16-14		 15-19
16-5		 9-16
16-7		 1-16
8-16		 12-16
16-6		 13-16
14-16
RNG 16-12
16-0		 12-16
16-19		 13-16
16-12		 16-10
16-12		 16-9
10-16		 16-3
16-10		 16-3
16-8		 16-6
16-3		 16-2
9-16		 10-16
16-8		 2-16
13-16		 16-5
16-13		 16-8
14-16
WFX FF-W
FF-W		 11-16
7-16		 8-16
6-16		 14-16
11-16		 5-16
5-16		 13-16
19-16		 3-16
8-16		 16-13
16-7		 16-11
16-13		 16-1
14-16		 7-16
1-16		 16-12
16-11		 11-16
16-8
SPY 10-16
6-16		 13-16
2-16		 8-16
9-16		 8-16
6-16		 4-16
8-16		 13-16
14-16		 6-16
3-16		 13-16
7-16		 9-16
15-19		 16-14
11-16		 7-16
4-16		 16-14
16-3		 10-16
6-16
CLG 7-16
4-16		 11-16
10-16		 9-16
5-16		 5-16
16-12		 16-14
9-16		 19-15
5-16		 2-16
16-9		 11-16
13-16		 16-9
19-15		 16-9
8-16		 8-16
3-16		 16-10
16-14		 16-14
12-16
coL 7-16
1-16		 9-16
5-16		 4-16
6-16		 11-16
7-16		 10-16
4-16		 16-9
7-16		 16-10
8-16		 11-16
16-14		 14-16
16-11		 9-16
16-8		 7-16
16-12		 16-11
19-15		 9-16
19-15
IMT 16-11
16-4		 5-16
14-16		 16-13
12-16		 12-16
16-12		 16-6
16-7		 16-1
16-8		 16-2
16-13		 16-7
16-1		 16-7
16-4		 16-8
16-3		 16-7
12-16		 16-10
10-16		 16-10
16-4
eU 8-16
3-16		 6-16
8-16		 2-16
12-16		 2-16
11-16		 8-16
8-16		 16-12
6-16		 5-16
13-16		 12-16
11-16		 14-16
3-16		 10-16
14-16		 11-16
15-19		 10-16
16-10		 7-16
8-16
FOX 12-16
11-16		 12-16
8-16		 5-16
11-16		 16-10
19-16		 11-16
9-16		 16-13
16-14		 8-16
16-14		 16-11
8-16		 16-10
16-6		 14-16
16-12		 16-9
15-19		 10-16
4-16		 16-7
16-8

Europe

Broadcast Talent

Host

  • Alex "Machine" Richardson

Commentators

  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Mitch "Uber" Leslie
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Analyst

  • Janko "YNk" Paunović

Observers

  • Alex "Rushly" Rush

Standings

The final standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. The rosters shown reflect the rosters as they were by the end of the season. For instance, Timothée "DEVIL" Démolon was replaced with Christophe "SIXER" Xia on Team EnVyUS midway through the season. Therefore, SIXER's name is shown instead of DEVIL's.

Europe Final Standings
Place Prize Money Team W-L RF-RA RD Pts Roster
1st – Fnatic 19-7 401-322 +79 57 wenton, olofmeister, twist, dennis, Lekr0
2nd – Ninjas in Pyjamas 19-7 387-282 +105 57 Xizt, f0rest, friberg, GeT RiGhT, disco doplan
3rd – mousesports 18-8 381-304 +77 54 denis, Spiidi, chrisJ, IoWel, NiKo
4th – FaZe Clan 18-8 378-350 +28 54 karrigan1, allu, aizy, jkaem, rain
5th – Team EnVyUs 16-10 337-301 +36 48 Happy, apEX, kennyS, NBK-, SIXER
6th – Team Dignitas 14-12 359-327 +32 42 MSL, cajunb, k0nfig, Magiskb0Y, RUBINO
7th US$18,000 Virtus.pro 14-12 334-339 -5 42 NEO, byali, pashaBiceps, Snax, TaZ
8th US$15,500 Natus Vincere 13-13 330-344 -14 39 seized, Edward, flamie, s1mple, GuardiaN
9th US$13,000 G2 Esports 13-13 354-346 +8 39 shox, bodyy, Rpk, SmithZz, ScreaM
10th US$10,500 Astralis 12-14 353-335 +18 36 karrigan1, dev1ce, dupreeh, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x
11th US$8,000 Hellraisers 9-16 321-352 -31 27 ANGE1, bondik, Deadfox, STYKO, Zero
12th US$5,500 Heroic 8-18 316-375 -59 24 Snappi, Friis, gla1ve, valde, MODDII
13th US$3,000 PENTA Sports 5-21 291-410 -119 15 kRTSYAL, tahsiN, stfN, mikeS, weber
14th US$1,500 FlipSid3 Tactics 4-22 226-378 -152 12 Blad3, electronic, markeloff, WorldEdit, waylander
Europe Results
Results
NiP Astralis Fnatic G2 Na'Vi dig FaZe mouz nV Heroic F3 HR PENTA VP
NiP 16-14
7-16		 14-16
9-16		 16-10
16-5		 8-16
16-11		 16-8
10-16		 16-3
16-12		 16-13
16-5		 15-19
16-6		 16-14
16-8		 16-1
16-7		 19-16
16-11		 16-7
16-5		 16-8
17-19
Astralis 14-16
16-7		 13-16
19-17		 4-16
14-16		 7-16
6-16		 16-10
16-6		 16-19
16-11		 10-16
2-16		 14-16
16-3		 13-16
13-16		 6-16
16-12		 16-13
16-8		 14-16
16-5		 14-16
14-16
Fnatic 16-14
16-9		 16-13
17-19		 13-16
16-8		 16-3
16-6		 11-16
9-16		 9-16
22-18		 16-12
16-14		 14-16
16-8		 16-14
16-12		 16-2
16-9		 19-17
15-19		 16-11
16-12		 16-14
16-8
G2 10-16
5-16		 16-4
16-14		 16-13
8-16		 12-16
11-16		 16-13
14-16		 12-16
12-16		 11-16
16-6		 14-16
6-16		 19-16
12-16		 16-12
16-6		 16-5
16-9		 16-11
16-14		 16-19
16-12
Na'Vi 16-8
11-16		 16-7
16-6		 3-16
6-16		 16-12
16-11		 8-16
14-16		 23-25
15-19		 16-8
13-16		 17-19
16-10		 4-16
16-7		 16-12
16-7		 7-16
5-16		 19-17
16-7		 3-16
16-9
dig 8-16
16-10		 10-16
6-16		 16-11
16-9		 13-16
16-14		 16-8
16-4		 4-16
17-19		 14-16
14-16		 12-16
9-16		 16-3
16-12		 16-5
16-9		 18-22
19-17		 16-10
16-7		 7-16
16-7
FaZe 3-16
12-16		 19-16
11-16		 16-9
18-22		 16-12
16-12		 25-23
19-15		 16-4
19-17		 6-16
3-16		 6-16
16-10		 16-13
16-5		 16-14
7-16		 16-14
16-11		 22-18
16-10		 16-8
16-5
mouz 13-16
5-16		 10-16
16-2		 12-16
14-16		 16-11
6-16		 8-16
16-13		 16-14
16-14		 16-6
16-3		 16-9
16-9		 16-14
16-4		 16-4
16-9		 16-8
16-12		 16-11
16-13		 16-8
25-28
nV 19-15
6-16		 16-14
3-16		 16-14
8-16		 16-14
16-6		 19-17
10-16		 16-12
16-9		 16-6
10-16		 9-16
9-16		 16-7
10-16		 16-4
16-5		 16-9
16-10		 16-10
16-5		 FF-W2
10-16
Heroic 14-16
8-16		 16-13
16-13		 14-16
12-16		 16-19
16-12		 16-4
16-7		 3-16
12-16		 13-16
5-16		 14-16
4-16		 7-16
16-10		 7-16
16-9		 14-16
16-6		 16-19
16-14		 12-16
10-16
F3 1-16
7-16		 6-16
12-16		 2-16
9-16		 12-16
6-16		 12-16
7-16		 5-16
9-16		 14-16
16-7		 4-16
9-16		 4-16
5-16		 16-7
9-16		 7-16
3-16		 14-16
16-7		 16-5
5-16
HR 16-19
11-16		 13-16
8-16		 17-19
19-15		 5-16
9-16		 16-7
16-5		 22-18
17-19		 14-16
11-16		 8-16
12-16		 9-16
10-16		 16-14
6-16		 16-7
16-3		 11-16
16-7		 16-14
7-16
PENTA 7-16
5-16		 16-14
5-16		 11-16
12-16		 11-16
14-16		 17-19
7-16		 10-16
7-16		 18-22
10-16		 11-16
13-16		 10-16
5-16		 19-16
14-16		 16-14
7-16		 16-11
7-16		 7-16
16-7
VP 8-16
19-17		 16-14
16-14		 14-16
8-16		 19-16
12-16		 16-3
9-16		 16-7
7-16		 8-16
5-16		 8-16
28-25		 W-FF1
16-10		 16-12
16-10		 5-16
16-5		 14-16
16-7		 16-7
10-16
Team Dignitas vs. Virtus.pro Tie-breaker
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Dignitas 16 Nuke 5 Virtus.pro
Team Dignitas 16 Cobblestone 12 Virtus.pro
Team Dignitas – Mirage – Virtus.pro

1Finn "karrigan" Andersen was on the Astralis until the end of the regular season. However, FaZe Clan acquired the Danish in-game leader before the São Paulo Finals. Since Astralis did not qualify for the Finals and FaZe did, karrigan's name is shown in both Astralis's and FaZe's rosters.

2Team EnVyUs was forced to forfeit its first map to Virtus.pro as two of its players could not log on to their accounts. The second map was played as normal.

Finals

The finalized teams are shown below. Each team's world ranking for October 24, 2016 is also shown.

North America
Europe

Broadcast Talent

Host

  • Beatriz "Bia" Bauer

Desk Host

  • Alex "Machine" Richardson

Commentators

  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • John "BLU" Mullen
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Analysts

  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
  • Janko "YNk" Paunović
  • Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu

Observers

  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • Davis DJ "Prius" Kuntz
  • Alex "Rushly" Rush

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 Liquid1 1 3 34 62 -28
5 Immortals 1 3 41 60 -19
6 Fnatic2 0 0 0 0 0
Group A matches
OpTic Gaming 16 Train 2 Team Liquid
Immortals 5 Cobblestone 16 Team EnVyUs
mousesports 16 Mirage 12 Team Liquid
Immortals 4 Cobblestone 16 OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUs 16 Dust II 4 Team Liquid
mousesports 16 Cache 10 OpTic Gaming
Immortals 16 Mirage 14 mousesports
OpTic Gaming 5 Cobblestone 16 Team EnVyUs
Immortals 14 Mirage 16 Team Liquid
mousesports 16 Cache 9 Team EnVyUs


1Team Liquid takes Renegades's spot in the EPL Finals due to Renegades opting out of the trip to Brazil and instead headed to play in the ELEAGUE Major 2017 Asia Minor in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

2 Fnatic withdraw from the tournament due to personal problems[5]

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
Cloud9 16 Dust II 14 FaZe Clan
NRG Esports 3 Mirage 16 Team Dignitas
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Cobblestone 10 SK Gaming
Cloud9 16 Cache 9 NRG Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 Nuke 16 Team Dignitas
SK Gaming 16 Overpass 2 FaZe Clan
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Cache 14 NRG Esports
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 7 Team Dignitas
Cloud9 6 Dust II 16 SK Gaming
FaZe Clan 22 Dust II 20 NRG Esports
SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 7 Team Dignitas
Cloud9 16 Dust II 9 Ninjas in Pyjamas
SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 10 NRG Esports
Cloud9 16 Mirage 13 Team Dignitas
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 7 FaZe Clan

Playoffs

Bracket

Round of 6 Scores

Round of 6
Team Score Map Score Team
Cloud9 16 Dust II 12 OpTic Gaming
Cloud9 16 Cobblestone 2 OpTic Gaming
Cloud9 – Overpass – OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUs 9 Nuke 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs 17 Dust II 19 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team EnVyUs – Nuke – Ninjas in Pyjamas

Semifinals Scores

Semifinals
Team Score Map Score Team
mousesports 9 Cobblestone 16 Cloud9
mousesports 10 Mirage 16 Cloud9
mousesports – Dust II – Cloud9
SK Gaming 10 Nuke 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
SK Gaming 16 Overpass 7 Ninjas in Pyjamas
SK Gaming 16 Cobblestone 10 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Finals Scores

Finals
Team Score Map Score Team
Cloud9 17 Overpass 19 SK Gaming
Cloud9 16 Mirage 6 SK Gaming
Cloud9 16 Dust II 5 SK Gaming

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

  1. ↑ "Video: Autimatic - MVP of PL S4 Finals".
  2. ↑ http://en.pro.eslgaming.com/csgo/proleague/news/the-us-750k-esl-csgo-pro-league-season-4-finals-are-coming-to-brazil/
  3. ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  4. ↑ ESL. "ESL CS:GO Pro League". en.pro.eslgaming.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  5. ↑ Beck, Kellen (October 25, 2016). "Fnatic changes up 'CS:GO' roster (again) and withdraws from ESL Pro League". Mashable.
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