





The ESL Pro League Finals return again to the Sparekassen Fyn Arena in Odense, this time for Season 8, featuring 16 teams from around the world and a prize pool of $750,000 USD as well as being the last tournament of Season 1 of the Intel Grand Slam.

About [ edit ]

Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Format [ edit ]

Group Stage: December 4th - 6th, 2018 Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups Each group has 8 teams The group stage is seeded based on Online League Placements The initial matches are Bo1 All following matches are Bo3 The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs: Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds Group stage 3 rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds





Playoffs: December 7th - 9th, 2018 Single-Elimination bracket The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3 The Grand Final is Bo5



Prize Pool [ edit ]

$750,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Upper Bracket Round 1 Astralis 16 ViCi Gaming 8 Renegades 5 HellRaisers 16 Team Liquid 16 G2 Esports 8 INTZ eSports 10 BIG 16 Upper Bracket Round 2 Astralis 2 HellRaisers 1 Team Liquid 2 BIG 0 Upper Bracket Round 3 Astralis 2 Team Liquid 0 Proceed to Playoffs Astralis Team Liquid Lower Bracket Round 1 ViCi Gaming 0 Renegades 2 G2 Esports 2 INTZ eSports 1 Lower Bracket Round 2 BIG 1 Renegades 2 HellRaisers 1 G2 Esports 2 Lower Bracket Round 3 Renegades 2 G2 Esports 1 Renegades Group B [ edit ] Upper Bracket Round 1 MIBR 16 Sharks Esports 2 NRG Esports 16 North 13 Ghost Gaming 5 mousesports 16 Natus Vincere 16 ORDER 14 Upper Bracket Round 2 MIBR 2 NRG Esports 1 mousesports 2 Natus Vincere 0 Upper Bracket Round 3 MIBR 2 mousesports 0 Proceed to Playoffs MIBR mousesports Lower Bracket Round 1 Sharks Esports 2 North 0 Ghost Gaming 2 ORDER 0 Lower Bracket Round 2 Natus Vincere 2 Sharks Esports 0 NRG Esports 1 Ghost Gaming 2 Lower Bracket Round 3 Natus Vincere 2 Ghost Gaming 1 Natus Vincere

Playoffs [ edit ]

Quarterfinals mousesports 2 Renegades 1 Team Liquid 2 Natus Vincere 0 Semifinals Astralis 2 mousesports 0 MIBR 0 Team Liquid 2 Grand Final Astralis 3 Team Liquid 1

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