ESL Pro League Season 4 Europe Relegation

LDLC & Heroic qualify for EPL S5

19-1-2017 00:13

The European relegation matches for ESL Pro League Season 5 have come to an end, with LDLC and Heroic earning spots in the upcoming season of ESL's premier competition.

The matches that decided which teams were going to be in the next season of ESL Pro League were set to be played today, starting with the showdown between the French-Belgian team LDLC and PENTA - the rag-tag European mix put together to represent the German organization.

Ex6TenZ will be playing against the elite again

The series started well for Penta, who were carried to a 16-11 win on Overpass by their stand-in Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný. The Czech, who is still under contract with mousesports, put up 31 kills on the first map alone and remained a consistent contributor throughout the series.

Penta weren't able to close out the series on their pick, Cache, with Antoine "⁠to1nou⁠" Pirard having a field day on the map, and LDLC pushed the series to the decider - Dust2. The final map was a close one, but Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans and co. managed to take the lead towards the end, grabbing a spot in ESL Pro League with a 16-14 win.

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PENTA

Matchpage

18th January 2017

LDLC

Overpass

Cache

Dust2

PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný oskar	75 - 52	+23	101.9	75.3%	1.40
Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi suNny	67 - 60	+7	85.2	72.9%	1.23
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend kRYSTAL	61 - 61	0	79.1	62.4%	1.04
Mike 'mikeS' Tuns mikeS	56 - 56	0	64.2	69.4%	0.96
Stefan 'stfN' Seier stfN	38 - 64	-26	56.6	70.6%	0.77

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Ex6TenZ	68 - 54	+14	96.0	75.3%	1.28
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirard to1nou	70 - 57	+13	75.7	64.7%	1.18
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin ALEX	57 - 63	-6	77.4	71.8%	1.03
Alexandre 'xms' Forté xms	58 - 66	-8	73.9	67.1%	0.95
Valentin 'mistou' Balbastro mistou	40 - 57	-17	59.9	69.4%	0.82

The series between HEROIC and Rogue followed, with the Danish-Bulgarian mixture edging the first map, Train, with a 16-14 scoreline. The Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and co. replied with a 16-11 win on Nuke, tieing the score of the series at 1-1.

It all came down to Mirage, where HEROIC were off to a dominant 12-0 start before Rogue could get a round on board. With the massive lead, it was just a question of time before HEROIC would close out the series to remain in ESL Pro League for another season.

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HEROIC

Matchpage

18th January 2017

Rogue

Train

Nuke

Mirage

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen niko	66 - 42	+24	93.6	74.3%	1.39
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså valde	62 - 47	+15	91.0	78.4%	1.30
Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh MODDII	59 - 45	+14	83.0	75.7%	1.22
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Snappi	49 - 37	+12	64.2	75.7%	1.09
Michael 'Friis' Jørgensen Friis	40 - 39	+1	67.0	73.0%	0.98

Rogue	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller cadiaN	56 - 54	+2	78.6	62.2%	1.03
Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann TENZKI	47 - 58	-11	67.9	70.3%	0.91
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov bubble	35 - 52	-17	65.6	63.5%	0.82
Nicolai 'glace' Jensen glace	42 - 54	-12	59.3	62.2%	0.81
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov v1c7oR	30 - 58	-28	54.1	60.8%	0.63

With these results, the following teams will compete in the European division of ESL Pro League Season 5:

Astralis	Envy
FaZe	fnatic
G2	HellRaisers
MOUZ	Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Dignitas*
Virtus.pro	Kinguin
LDLC	HEROIC

*HLTV was informed by ESL that dignitas' ESL Pro League spot is still under review.

Professeur writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

ez for god cadian

2017-01-19 00:13

Niko new Nico?

1 reply

not nico fake niko faker half baked lil nubbin

2017-01-19 02:44

Almost 16-0 DAt heroic 1 round thorw ):

2017-01-19 00:14

16-1

expected ;)

great to see ex6 in epl

go VP and Kinguin #RUNPL

lmao.

2017-01-19 15:55

oskar pissed

2 replies

At least one UK flag in ESL.

2017-01-19 01:52

yea and that UK flag is still a shitter xDDDD

2017-01-19 02:45

ez Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov Nicolai 'glace' Jensen Casper 'cadiaN' Møller #RUNROGUE

is dignitas org keeping the epl spot?

2017-01-19 00:15

7 replies

I don't understand why their spot is under review, the org dropped them, there was nothing shady, and the banner you're under doesn't determine how well you play against other teams.

2017-01-19 00:16

6 replies

The org did not drop them. The players chose to go elsewhere.

2017-01-19 00:20

5 replies

Nope the org dropped them to create a NA roster I think

2017-01-19 07:24

4 replies

why do you say no if you have no idea of what you are talking about? the players left so that they could play for fck instead

2017-01-19 07:57

3 replies

dignitas have parted ways with their CS:GO team led by Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen following a mutual decision.

2017-01-19 09:40

that is what they said, dig players obviously got a better deal by fck and they would obviously be tempted to play for fck

2017-01-19 15:50

not really, dignitas became an NA org after 76ers bought them, and most of NA orgs want NA teams

2017-01-19 17:50

five of these teams will have roster changes until the season starts lul

jesus if they take the spot away from north ESL will have fucked up so hard

2017-01-19 00:24

why if the org holds the spot ???

2017-01-19 00:33

The Players chose to earn more money be changing the Org or simply don`t renew their contracts. At least North (Org) should pay some Money for the Pro League Spot if the Spot is owned by Dignitas.

2017-01-19 00:38

So ESL chooses the team based on organization, not players?

2017-01-19 01:13

Look at Winterfox for example

2017-01-19 01:32

because the org alone SHOULDN'T hold the spot

2017-01-19 00:55

Dignitas is making na team so might as well kick dignitas out and take north back in lol

2017-01-19 08:50

GL LDLC and Kinguin

2017-01-19 00:26

Good job ex6tenz, deserved.

2017-01-19 00:41

congratulations to eX6tenz

2017-01-19 00:59

what wait no godsent???? no godsent no party

2017-01-19 01:20

they had two chances but they lost to Roque and LDLC...

2017-01-19 16:43

Ex6TenZ back to the top, what a great story

2017-01-19 01:38

wait, dignitas? North will play the premier league? wat

Bot Friis, retire already

2017-01-19 02:16

GOD TWO-One-No-U? EleGiggle

2017-01-19 02:46

is friis ever going to recover? he used to be so sick...

2017-01-19 03:35

leggo herioc

2017-01-19 03:41

Ex6TenZ got kicked out of the tier 1 scene -> Gathered what little talent the french scene had to offer, made a team -> competed in Premier and utterly demolished the competition there -> Reached LAN finals as well as online finals -> Qualified for Pro league. If it were not for Ex6TenZ, there is no way LDLC would accomplish what they have. He deserves this, and I'm happy there will be 3 french teams in EPL!

2017-01-19 05:49

2017-01-19 10:24

+111111 all love goes to Ex6TenZ <3

2017-01-19 11:22

+1 Vive la france!

2017-01-19 13:38

Ez for dignitas

2017-01-19 06:39

if ldlc wants to achieve anything they gotta get rid of mistou

2017-01-19 07:29

Inb4 they get Scream RPK and one of the other leftovers and become the new french super team

Good to see oskar back in action. Man heroic need a more consistent awp and theyd be set to a pretty good team

2017-01-19 08:03

Feels wierd to see a main awper like to1nou topfragging when in the actual match he whiffed so hard he could have easily killed 20 more guys with his AWP. Makes me remember device

2017-01-19 08:13

no wildcard this time?

2017-01-19 08:52

rip ldlc :P

2017-01-19 09:45

happy for ex6tenz :)

2017-01-19 10:01

Gotta admire ex6's resilience. He got kicked out, made a new team from nothing and with little resources to work and puff, back at the top leagues. Hope he gets some more firepower after the shuffle.

2017-01-19 10:07

Congratz Ex6tenz well deserved! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-01-19 10:34

Hope RpK will join up with Ex6TenZ perhaps even ScreaM? Btw congrats LDLC and especially to you Ex6, always been your fan, and always will be!

2017-01-19 11:24

The dignitas spot should go to the players if they haven't disbanded or still have a 3 players core. The org should only get the spot in case of full disbandment.

2017-01-19 12:33

3 French teams to the top again ! What a good feel!

2017-01-19 13:40

Props to Ex6TenZ, there wouldn't be a third french team competing on the top scene without him.

2017-01-19 14:45

Well... WHAT? dignitas? What dignitas? If the players - they're FC Copenhagen. If the org - just why? Btw how will G2 and nV participate in it after the shuffle? I mean, 1 of those teams will change at least 60% of their lineup, just HOW?

2017-01-19 16:25

I really hope that the North players get to keep their spot in ESL Pro League. This "org based" nonsense is literally dumb, and if that is the case, 5 random NA clowns who didnt even attempt for a spot will get in there and be crushed anyway as Team Dignitas. That wouldnt make much sense to me.

2017-01-19 18:08