ESL Pro League Season 1 explained

ESL Pro League
Sport:
Year:2015
Location:Cologne, Germany
Start Date:May 4, 2015
End Date:July 5, 2015
Administrator:Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Teams:24 teams
Purse:500,000 for Finals
Champions:Fnatic
Runners-Up1:Cloud9
Runners-Up2:Counter Logic Gaming
Virtus.pro
Next:Season 2

ESL Pro League Season 1, officially known as ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 and shortened as EPL Season 1, was an Electronic Sports League (ESL) tournament. It was the first season of the ESL Pro League. The Finals took place in Cologne, Germany from July 2, 2015, to July 5, 2015. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe, competed in twelve team leagues and play against each other twice to determine the top four teams from each continent would play in the Finals.

The regular season for Europe began on May 4, 2015, with Team Dignitas beating Titan and ended on June 24, 2015, with the same two teams with the same result. North America's season began on the same date and kicked off with Luminosity Gaming defeating Method and ended with Method defeating mouseSpaz. The season officially concluded with Fnatic defeating Cloud9 in a close best of five finals, 3–1.[1]

Format

On April 28, 2015, ESL announced a joint venture with ESEA to provide a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league with US$1,000,000 in total prize money in 2015. ESL invited twelve teams to each league to participate in its professional league. Each team would face off against every other team twice to play in twenty-two games throughout the eight week season. The top four teams from each continent would move on to the finals in Germany and would be automatically invited to the next season. Teams that placed fifth to ninth would not qualify for the finals, but would still be invited to Season 2. Teams that placed tenth and eleventh would have to play in a relegation phase, in which those teams and teams that placed second and third in ESEA Season 19's Premier League, the league under the Pro League, would face off to qualify for two spots in next season's Pro League. The team that placed first in the Premier League would qualify for Season 2. The team that placed twelfth in the Pro League would automatically be demoted to the Premier League.

The finals consisted of eight teams, four from Europe and four from North America. The teams would be placed in two groups and play in a four team, double elimination GSL group stage. In each group, the highest seed played against the lowest seed and then the other two teams would play a best of one game. Then, the winners would play against each other to determine which team takes the top spot. The losers would fight it out to determine which team goes home. The top seed would earn an automatic berth to the semifinals. The playoffs consisted of six teams. The loser of the winners' match and the winner of the losers' match in the group stage would face off against each other in the Round of 6 in a best of three. The winners of those matches went on to face the opposite group stage winner, such that the top seed of Group A would face off against the runner-up of Group B, and vice versa. The winners of those matches would move on to the finals in a best of five series.[2]

North America

Final standings

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1st18,000Cloud919–3334–214+12057fREAKAZOiD,, seang@res, Skadoodle, shroudGBJame^s
2nd16,500Keyd Stars17–5347–272+7551, FalleN,,,
3rd15,000Luminosity Gaming16–6345–257+8848anger, LeX,, NAF,
4th13,500Counter Logic Gaming14–8333–253+8042,, reltuC,, FNS
5th13,000Team Liquid14–8311–245+6642adreN, ELiGE,, FugLy, dmode
6th11,500Nihilum Gaming13–9292–293−139, Hiko, sancz,, SemphisLEGIJA
7th10,000eLevate11–11311–291+2033Professor_Chaos,, RUSH, Storm, Xp3
8th8,500Tempo Storm10–12272–277−530,,, ryx, ShahZaM
9th7,0008–14260–293−3324,, focs, DAVEY,
10th5,500Method6–16256–316−6018Eley, just9n, MAiNLiNE, SileNt3m,
11th4,0002–20186–342−1566,, pauLy,,
12th2,500ACE Gaming2–20145–345−2006Grt, PEX,,, Maxaki

Europe

Final Standings
PlacePrize MoneyTeamW-LRF-RARDPtsRosterCoach
1st18,000Fnatic17–5325–179+14651flusha, KRiMZ, JW, olofmeister, vuggo
2nd16,500Virtus.pro17–5329–251+7851byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, TaZkuben
3rd15,000Team SoloMid16–6319–248+7148cajunb, dev1ce, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x3k2
4th13,500Team EnVyUs16–6312–215+9748Happy, kioShiMa, NBK-,, SmithZz
5th13,000Ninjas in Pyjamas14–8292–261+3142f0rest, friberg, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, allunatu
6th11,500HellRaisers12–10317–297+2036ANGE1, AdreN, Dosia,, lmbt
7th10,000Natus Vincere11–11300–268+3233Edward,, GuardiaN,, Zeusstarix
8th8,500Team Dignitas9–13247–282−3527aizy, Kjaerbye, MSL, Nico, Pimp
9th7,000Titan12–10270–294−2436Rpk, shox, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, ScreaM
10th5,500mousesports9–13262–294−4421denis,, Spiidi,
11th4,000PENTA Sports2–20166–340−1746,,, Troubley,
12th2,500FlipSid3 Tactics2–20154–330−1766B1ad3,, DavCost,, WorldEditJohnta

Finals

The finalized teams are shown below.

Broadcast Talent

Host

Commentators

Analysts

Observers

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1Virtus.pro203214+186
2Cloud9112629−33
3Team EnVyUs112923+63
4Luminosity Gaming024376−330
Group A Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Virtus.pro16Cobblestone4Luminosity Gaming
Cloud916Cache13Team EnVyUs
Cloud910Overpass16Virtus.pro
Luminosity Gaming7Dust II16Team EnVyUs

Group B

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1Counter Logic Gaming203221+116
2Keyd Stars112528−33
3Fnatic112930−23
4Team SoloMid022632−60
Group B Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Fnatic12Mirage16Counter Logic Gaming
Keyd Stars16Inferno12Team SoloMid
Keyd Stars9Cache16Counter Logic Gaming
Fnatic16Overpass12Team SoloMid

Round of 6

Round of 6
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916Dust II12Team EnVyUs
Cloud916Cache12Team EnVyUs
Cloud9TrainTeam EnVyUs
Keyd Stars5Inferno16Fnatic
Keyd Stars16Train19Fnatic
Keyd StarsDust IIFnatic

Semifinals

Semifinals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Counter Logic Gaming5Cache16Cloud9
Counter Logic Gaming8Dust II16Cloud9
Counter Logic GamingOverpassCloud9
Virtus.pro16Cache12Fnatic
Virtus.pro3Train16Fnatic
Virtus.pro9Dust II16Fnatic

Finals

Finals
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Cloud916Cobblestone14Fnatic
Cloud96Cache16Fnatic
Cloud914Overpass16Fnatic
Cloud915Dust II19Fnatic
Cloud9InfernoFnatic

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FNATIC WIN ESL ESEA SEASON 1 FINALS. Tomi. Kovanen. HLTV.org. July 15, 2015. February 13, 2018.
  2. Web site: ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 overview. HLTV.org. February 13, 2017.

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