ESL Pro League S8 Finals groups determined

27-11-2018 12:48

ESL has revealed the groups for the upcoming Pro League Season 8 Finals.

The tournament seeding was based off the team's path to the offline event, with Astralis and MIBR, the leading teams of the online divisions, securing the top seeds, while ViCi and Sharks were the bottom seeds.

The Danish side, who will attend the event as reigning EPL champions, have the kinder group, with only two more teams currently in the top 10, Liquid (#3) and BIG (#10).

The groups and match-ups for the EPL Finals are out

MIBR have been placed in the 'Group of Death', along with four other top 10 teams, Natus Vincere (#2), MOUZ (#7), NRG (#8) and North (#9), as well as fellow Brazilian side Sharks, whom they will be facing in the first round of the tournament.

Below you can find the groups:

Group A

Group B

The match-ups for the first round are the following:

Group A:

Astralis vs. ViCi
Renegades vs. HellRaisers
Liquid vs. G2
INTZ vs. BIG

Group B:

MIBR vs. Sharks
NRG vs. North
Ghost vs. MOUZ
Natus Vincere vs. ORDER

The ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals will run from December 4-9 in Odense, Denmark, where a whopping $750,000 will be on offer. Should Astralis win the tournament, they will also secure the $1 million Intel Grand Slam prize.

The tournament will begin with a double-elimination group stage, with only the opening round featuring a best-of-one format. The group winners will go straight to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third-placed sides will progress to the quarter-finals.

ez for new G2

2018-11-27 12:49

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Yessit

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Group A 1- Astralis 2- Liquid 3- HR/INTZ Group B 1- MIBR 2- NaVi 3- NRG

2018-11-27 12:51

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Maybe change NRG for mouz, hard matchup

2018-11-27 12:52

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Idk mouz has been trash lately

2018-11-27 12:56

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well they were close to beating the best in arlington

2018-11-27 13:21

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Yeah but they didn’t look good in other matches

2018-11-27 13:50

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i think mouz will make it

2018-11-27 14:14

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Mouz is shiet, shiet SHIET

2018-11-27 20:26

They told that Oskar is starting to play better. And thats a sign of them winning

2018-11-27 14:25

Doesn't matter , Astralis or MIbr will win in most cases .

2018-11-27 12:57

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I know, just hoping for a big clash again.

2018-11-27 13:22

Me too ,

2018-11-27 13:25

Mibr Joke of the year

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One of the few teams that Astralis suffers against, Chill-out, they are good enough to win this event.

2018-11-27 13:24

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ya but againts Navi on this group, no chance

2018-11-27 13:57

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It's not about no chance, i am not defending mibr or something , but if s1mple didn't shine up Hmm.. u know.. But still they have a decent chance of winning,

2018-11-27 13:59

Eh em. electronic?

2018-11-27 14:26

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You really think electronic could carry a whole team if simple doesn’t show up? He’s good but DEFINITELY not that good

2018-11-27 14:31

2018-11-27 14:43

s1mple will most likely show up. He didnt have a bad tournament in a long time and shows no signs of slowing down

2018-11-27 15:38

Well he could do if s1mple plays not bad but not like he should

2018-11-27 15:54

The event is in Denmark, so Astralis got the crowd. Therefore I don’t see that MIBR I can win, even tho they won last year

2018-11-27 16:18

It would be Liquid if your concept is not to achieve 1st in an event. 2018: Recent LANs 2nd at IEM Chicago 2018 3rd at EPICENTER 2018 2nd at ESL One New York 2018 3rd at FACEIT Major 2018 2nd at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 3rd at ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 2nd at ECS Season 5 Finals 2nd at ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals 3rd at IEM Katowice 2018 3rd at StarSeries i-League Season 4 1st at cs_summit 2

2018-11-27 17:51

I just said MIBR can’t win:)

2018-11-27 23:54

North could upset, too.

Yeah but mouz > North

2018-11-27 13:23

Mouz is unpredictable, atm, don´t know. But played a good game against Astralis. So yeah, probably Mouz ends better than North, but the Danish could upset.

2018-11-27 13:26

the thing about mouz is that they always have to play astralis in the elimination matches... this is why they dont get further

2018-11-30 01:00

Not only this. Mouz had really bad performances. In the last, they did good against Astralis. So, maybe now they grow up.

2018-11-30 19:13

Group b stacked wtf

2018-11-27 17:27

not intz if either big or hr pull their shit together they probably will make it

Tbh I don’t care who gets out in 3rd on group A, just think it would be cool for an underdog such as intz to get out of groups and they have the firepower to do so

2018-11-27 13:52

North are looking better and better, they might have a shot at going to the semis.

2018-11-27 15:52

Atralis/Big/Liquid Mibr/navi/mouz Liquid finally winning tier1 NICE!

2018-11-27 15:58

Rule NR.1 NEVER ber on NaVi in their first game ;)

2018-11-27 20:06

Lmao dude, bo1 against ORDER

2018-11-27 20:58

Lmao dude bo1 against eunited

2018-11-27 21:01

have u seen than that nearly fail? :)

2018-12-09 20:35

nt try roster lock

nice try try roster lock

2018-11-27 14:55

i feel like you didn't get it

2018-11-27 17:12

What didn’t I get ? Or maybe you forgot to use ponctuation

2018-11-27 18:38

astralis

2018-11-27 12:50

It's gonna be old G2 though

jackz and lucky in... new g2 edit : not ez for old G2 \_(~_°)_/

Rosters locked mate , it would be smithzz and ex6tenz last time with G2.

2018-11-27 12:53

ohhhh sad

2018-11-27 12:54

Roster-lock rules tell different.

Mibr not with Astralis.... Weird

They are making it so easy for astralis to go straight to semis... and they are gonna play in home crowd, i think its gonna be tought to take the grand slam from them

2018-11-27 14:07

They are putting the 2 top seeds in different groups to maximize the chance of the best teams actually makig it through. I‘d rather have astralis vs mibr / navi in te grand final rather than in the group stage

2018-11-27 15:40

Astralis vs Navi in the finals would be insane

2018-11-27 18:23

exactly, and thats the point of having them in different groups

2018-11-29 12:56

They are 1st em both regions on group stage... its right that they are in different group...

2018-11-27 15:23

G2 will play with old lineup buddy

2018-11-27 15:47

Ez for sharks #kappa

2018-11-28 00:06

Great

ast and mibr on the top of groups !! hell yeah also 3 br teams!

2018-11-27 13:02

xaxaxaxaaxaxaxaxa Rip 1st domination

2018-11-27 13:43

EleGiggle

2018-11-27 14:03

Group B looks insane.

ez for g2 ^^

really hard group B

lol

no faze? boring

Maybe they should get gud so they could qualify

They wouldn't pass through group stage

2018-11-27 12:58

Same bro without faze I'm not going to watch this tournament

2018-11-27 14:30

Maybe they shouldn’t suck

2018-11-27 14:47

n1ce

ez for the boys

2018-11-27 21:59

Group B is insane, Group A looks kinda silly

i think its 1,3,5 of ESL pro league EU and 2,4,6 of NA + some others and group b is 2, 4,6 of EU and 1,3,5 of NA.. something like that.. it has allways been like that so its just based on the rankings...

2018-11-27 13:28

Ez for intz the best BRAZILLIAN team

EZ 4 Astralis.

Group A: 1. Astralis 2. Liquid 3. BIG 4. HellRaisers 5. Renegades 6. G2 7. INTZ 8. ViCi Group B: 1. NaVi 2. MiBR 3. North 4. NRG 5. Mousesports 6. Ghost 7. Order 8. Sharks

Yyyy no

2018-11-27 12:55

INTZ will surprise you, they are waaaaaaaaaaaay better than renegades and G2

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imo too

2018-11-27 13:10

They could win against HR too. Maybe, BIG.

big its a lucky team, its hard to bet against them.

I won´t bet. I only said that maybe they win the Germans.

2018-11-27 13:27

Big will come prepared. As they always do. They're notorious for anti-strating the hell out of their opponents.

Trust the Schweinepriester, he knows stuff.

yOuR sTrAt = AnTi StRaT aLl TeAmS

2018-11-27 14:02

MIBR in in better form than NaVi atm. But NaVi could win the group, tho.

G2 Will play with old roster if I'm not wrong

2018-11-27 14:40

Wow no faze again. Online bots

Online. Nice rofl liquibots fan

2018-11-27 15:48

I like faze jerkoff. I’m saying it because it sucks faze didn’t make both seasons because of online play.

2018-11-27 15:56

death group b

Astralis vs NaVi, S1mple vs Device in final))

idk but mibr has many chances too.

2018-11-27 13:13

semifinal is gonna be astralis - mibr or astralis - navi... so we might aswell see a navi - mibr in the final ;) 1 of them will dodge astralis and 1 of them will have to play them in the semifinal

2018-11-27 13:31

Can I get an F un the chat for ViCi?

Ez for BIG.

EZ FOR ORDER

Go intz

Couldn't be better

Group B is super competitive while Group A is basically guaranteed which 3 teams qualify.

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which?

2018-11-27 13:16

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What are you trying to ask?

2018-11-27 13:17

which 3 teams are guaranteed to qualify?

2018-11-27 13:19

Astralis Liquid and Big but maybe this G2 isn't that bad. I still doubt it because its going to be their first tournament

2018-11-27 13:47

liquid opening match vs g2 since it's bo1 they can easily lose it and then lose in lb final to smth like renegades or big i just dont believe in liquid after ecs:D i think they may change roster soon

lol are you stupid? They have one bad event and that must mean they're going to shit right? Did you believe the same thing when MIBR went 0-5 at blast and went out of the groups in the next event as well?

2018-11-27 14:01

for instance, taco didnt even comment their loss on twitter at all i didnt say going to shit, i said changes may come

2018-11-27 14:19

G2 is playing with the old roster if I'm not wrong

2018-11-27 14:41

yes, i know

Group A will be astralis liquid for sure and could be any of the other ones.. Group B will be Navi mibr for sure and could be any of the other ones..

2018-11-28 11:26

Another Astralis vs Liquid final????

2018-11-27 13:04

NaVi - Astralis final again lool

2018-11-27 13:06

What happened to FaZe??

2018-11-27 13:07

g2 will win

2018-11-27 13:18

astralis lucky bastards

lucky? so, you want navi-astralis in first round and renegades in semis?

2018-11-27 13:20

Groups so unbalanced, the fuck! Anyway, I love this 16 teams format by ESL. it's so good to see a mix of so many good teams and smaller teams that don't play on this tier so often. My predictions are: Group A: Astralis Liquid BIG/HR/INTZ - I really think INTZ could surprise and would be happy seeing that Group B: MIBR NaVi mousesports

Ez for mibr

RIP G2 :(

group b lol

2018-11-27 13:30

Faze nowhere to be found again. Just hope niko not sit at home and rant something again.

2018-11-27 13:32

more shooting through smoke and win 16-14 for Australia LuL

WHERE IS FAZE ?? HAHAHAHHA LMAO SUPER TEAM

2018-11-27 13:38

missing fnatic and VP in those tournaments man BibleThump

2018-11-27 13:39

ez for Faze oh wait

2018-11-27 13:44

Easy for Astralis

2018-11-27 13:46

don't know why astralis is still allowed to play these tournaments after it was confirmed that they were cheating

2018-11-27 13:49

Why are you trying to bait people with your stupidity?

2018-11-27 15:29

I'm not baiting, using Nvidia settings to see through smokes is cheating and they should be punished for it

2018-11-28 15:49

lol rip vici

Na'Vi and Astralis never in the same group

2018-11-27 13:53

Nice

2018-11-27 13:55

kNgV vs BIG, nice match

2018-11-27 13:56

rip G2

2018-11-27 13:58

Compare ecs finals to this xD

Yikes, nice group draw kappa

GROUP A ASTRALIS , LIQUID, G2 GROUP B MIBR, NAVI, MOUZ

Pay attention to INTZ... Unless they are pushed to Inferno and/or Nuke maps, they could turn into a surprise for those paying less attention to the scene.

ez 4 sharks

2018-11-27 14:04

EZ 4 INTZ

2018-11-27 14:05

Are the opening matches generated? Because i have the feeling that every tournament starts with the worst team in the tournament ?

2018-11-27 14:06

ez for astralis

2018-11-27 14:11

Ez for Vici :D

2018-11-27 14:13

easy for Faze clan,ohhh wait

2018-11-27 14:17

Group A so stronk... fak

2018-11-27 14:24

Astralis config criminals. Xd

2018-11-27 14:28

Where is faze? home in front of computers:))

2018-11-27 14:38

a lot of shit teams from NA and SA but not all from EU expected event

2018-11-27 14:39

Astralis just secure the Grand Slam and back off, go on holiday or something. Give other teams a chance to catch up.

2018-11-27 14:49

May god bless INTZ

2018-11-27 14:52

Ez for coldzera, the greatest of all time.

2018-11-27 14:58

kngV gonna rekt everyone

2018-11-27 15:34

kngV vs BIG PogChamp btw rip vici and sharks astralis, liquid and intz navi, mibr and mouz/north

2018-11-27 15:46

Vici will stop astralis dream.

2018-11-27 15:50

Final is MIBR vs INTZ.. print that !

Ez for gods s1mple elec

2018-11-27 16:50

Group A Astralis HellRaisers Liquid Berlin International Gaming Group B MIBR North Mousesports Order

2018-11-27 16:59

If i were you i would bet whole tournament against G2. Ex6tenz and Smithzz don't care if they win or not, they can throw it for extra money

2018-11-27 17:11

smithzzz will have the performance of his life and lose 23-25 to vici

2018-11-27 18:57

nice ez for mouz

2018-11-27 17:14

navi will find a way to lose to order, mark my words

2018-11-27 18:31

Not ez for astralis since the event is in Denmark

2018-11-27 18:49

ez for navi

2018-11-27 18:53

ez 4 entz

2018-11-27 18:55

3 brazilians teams on a tier1 event, so good! GO BRAZIL

2018-11-27 19:17

1 million $. Incoming to The Best team in the World Astralis

2018-11-27 19:22

guys-- one final doenst mean mibr is back to tier1.. they will not make it to top3 in groups

2018-11-27 19:23

ez4intz , BIG will not make it to top 3 in groups

2018-11-27 21:48

ez for intz

ez4intz ez4mibr ggwp sharks

2018-11-27 21:46

BOLSONARO <3

2018-11-27 21:49

Group A Astralis Big Liquid Group B MiBR Navi Mouz finals Astralis x MiBR

2018-11-27 22:51

Waiting for hobbit Hope he will in top form again

2018-11-28 03:33

Group A Astralis G2 Liquid Group B MiBR NRG Mouz

2018-11-29 01:59

ESL Pro League S8 Finals groups determined

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