ESL Pro League S8 Finals

CS2 / News / 27 November 2018 — 22:00

December 4-9, the LAN-finals of the eighth season of the ESL Pro League await us. Competitions will be held in Odense and will collect 16 teams that will compete for $ 750,000.

The tournament will be held in two phases: a group stage and the playoffs. The first stage will be in GSL format, and only 6 teams — 3 per group, will advance further.

So, the winners of the groups will go immediately to the semifinals of the tournament, and the teams that take 2nd and 3rd places will have to start playing from the quarterfinal. The initial and elimination matches will be in the best of 1 format, all the remaining matches — best of 3.As for the playoffs, the classic single elimination bracket, best of 3, with the exception of the grand final, where teams will have to fight it out till three victories.

It is worth noting that the ESL Pro League, is part of the Intel Grand Slam. This is a side challenge offering a prize of $ 1,000,000 to a team achieving champion's title four times in ESL and DreamHack Masters events (the number of attempts is 10 counting after the first win). We are sure that in the ESL Pro League S8 NAVI will make every effort to demonstrate a good game and raise the champions cup over their head! #NAVINATION

Schedule for NAVI.GG.BET
Teams	Start time CET	Match announcement	Match page
December 4:
NAVI.GG.BET1614 ORDER
December 5:
NAVI.GG.BET02 mousesports
December 6:
NAVI.GG.BET20 Sharks
December 6:
NAVI.GG.BET21 Ghost		Match announcement
December 7:
NAVI.GG.BET02 Team Liquid

GROUP STAGE:

— 2 groups of 8 teams each;
— the first matches will be played in the format of best of 1, all remaining matches — best of 3;
— the best teams of each group go to the semifinals;
— teams that take 2nd and 3rd places go to the quarterfinals;
— the rest of the teams of each group departs from the competition.