Eternal Fire og SAW kvalifiserte seg til ESL Pro League Season 17
/Teams Eternal Fire and sAw became the first winners of ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Europe, thanks to which they qualified for the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17. During the qualifying championship, the teams won three wins each, thus taking two of the three offered slots for the upcoming event.
The Portuguese went through the tournament bracket quite casually, winning over Babos Gaming (2:0), Endpoint (2:1) and forZe (2:1). In turn, Eternal Fire outplayed KRC Genk Esports (2:0), Partizan Esports (2:0) and Sprout (2:1).
Intermediate line-up of ESL Pro League Season 17 participants:
- Astralis, BIG, ENCE, Heroic, FURIA, fnatic, Complexity Gaming, Evil Geniuses, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, MOUZ, Ninjas in Pajamas, Team Liquid, Team Vitality, Movistar Riders, paiN Gaming, Outsiders, Cloud9, Team Spirit, OG, Eternal Fire and SAW.
Now the organizers must complete the remaining Conference qualifying championships. Two vouchers will go to teams from Asia, North America, Oceania and Latin America. Also, the last ticket to the championship will go to the third team from Europe.
ESL Pro League Season 17 will take place from February 22 to March 26 in Malta. As part of the championship, 32 teams from the CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania will compete for a total prize pool of $850,000, as well as a slot for the winner at IEM Cologne 2023.
Intermediate results of ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Europe
- 1st-2nd place: Eternal Fire and SAW — ticket to ESL Pro League Season 17
- 3rd place: ticket to ESL Pro League Season 17
- 4th place: TBD
- 5th-6th place: TBD
- 7th-8th place: TBD
- 9th-12th place: Permitta Esports, KRC Genk Esports, Case Esports and SINNERS
- 13th-14th place: HEET and Babos Gaming