Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; Followers react throughout the League of Legends World Championships between T1 and DRX at Chase Heart. Obligatory Credit score: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Pictures FaZe Clan and Staff Spirit clinched playoff berths on the ESL Professional League Season 20 by successful their respective teams’ mid-bracket semifinals on Friday in Saint Julian’s, Malta.
FaZe defeated Sangal Esports 2-0 to seize third place in Group A, whereas Spirit rallied to beat 3DMAX 2-1 to put third in Group B. The dropping sides are nonetheless alive, transferring into the decrease brackets of their respective teams.
The group stage break up 32 groups into 4 teams of a triple-elimination bracket format, with every match best-of-three. The highest 4 groups from every group will transfer into the playoff bracket.
Group winners will advance straight into the playoff quarterfinals. Runners-up will advance to the Spherical of 12, third-place groups will transfer to the Spherical of 16 as excessive seeds and fourth-place groups will begin within the Spherical of 16 as low seeds.
The one-elimination playoff bracket shall be best-of-three till the best-of-five grand ultimate on Sept. 22.
The winner will obtain $170,000 and can qualify for the primary ESL Professional Tour Championship of 2025.
On Friday, FaZe took down Sangal 13-11 on Anubis and 13-5 on Mud II. Norway’s Havard “rain” Nygaard led FaZe with 43 kills and a plus-20 kills-to-deaths differential.
3DMAX defeated Staff Spirit 13-6 on Anubis earlier than Spirit tied issues up with a 13-6 victory on Historical. The ultimate map was Nuke, and Spirit sped away with a 13-2 win. Russian Danil “donk” Kryshkovets had 52 kills on a plus-19 Okay-D to steer Spirit.
Staff Spirit and 3DMAX gained their mid-bracket quarterfinals earlier within the day to maneuver into the third-place match.
Spirit additionally needed to come from behind within the quarterfinals, beating The MongolZ 2-1. After taking a 13-9 defeat on Historical, Spirit gained 13-4 on Anubis and 13-11 on Nuke. Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov of Russia had 57 kills on a dominant plus-30 Okay-D for Spirit in that match.
3DMAX swept 9z Staff within the quarters, eking out a 16-14 additional time win on Inferno earlier than taking Nuke 13-5. France’s Bryan “Maka” Canda had 41 kills on a plus-18 for 3DMAX.
To open the Group B lower-bracket quarterfinals, Wildcard swept KOI 2-0 (13-8 on Historical, 13-7 on Nuke). Wildcard bought 43 kills from Sweden’s Love “phzy” Smidebrant on a plus-20 Okay-D.
Within the Group A lower-bracket quarters, FlyQuest bought previous Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming 2-1. After dropping 13-7 on Anubis, FlyQuest prevailed 13-10 on Vertigo and 16-13 in additional time on Historical, powered by 64 kills and a plus-17 differential from Australia’s Jay “Liazz” Tregillgas.
The match continues Saturday with 5 matches:
–Everlasting Fireplace vs. Natus Vincere (Group A upper-bracket ultimate)
–Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. HEROIC (Group A lower-bracket semifinal)
–Sangal Esports vs. FlyQuest (Group A lower-bracket semifinal)
–9z Staff vs. The MongolZ (Group B lower-bracket semifinal)
–3DMAX vs. Wildcard (Group B lower-bracket semifinal)
ESL Professional League Season 20 prize pool (cash, BLAST Premier factors)
1. $170,000, 2,000 factors
2. $80,000, 1,400
3-4. $45,000, 750
5-8. $32,000, 275
9-12. $23,500
13-16. $17,500
17-20. $12,000
21-28. $7,000
29-32. $3,500 — Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming, KOI, two groups TBD
–Discipline Degree Media