ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals groups revealed

11-6-2019 16:27

The draw for the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals has taken place, with 16 teams having been split into two double-elimination groups.

Defending champions Astralis will be confident about their chances to cruise through the group stage, with NRG and fnatic expected to provide the greatest threat to a semi-final run for the current No.2 team in the world.

As for Liquid, the North Americans have been paired with two other teams currently in the top 10, FaZe and North, and with longtime rival MIBR, who will be desperate to bounce back from their recent group stage exit at the ECS Season 7 Finals.

Liquid are in the same group as FaZe and MIBR

Kicking off on June 18, the ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals will feature a double-elimination group stage, with only the opening round of fixtures being played in a best-of-one format. The group winners will automatically progress to the semi-finals, while the second and third-placed sides will advance to the first round of the playoffs, which will be held at the Sud de France Arena, in Montpellier.

The winner of the best-of-five grand final will secure the lion's share of the tournament's $600,000 prize pool and a point towards the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 ranking, which is currently led by Liquid with two tournament victories.

ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals groups:

Group A

Group B

MIBR won't make it out of groups, neither will G2.

2019-06-11 16:28

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MIBR LUL

2019-06-11 16:29

13 replies

LUL

2019-06-11 16:30

11 replies

Liquid wins, quote me on this one lads

2019-06-11 16:37

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lets go!

2019-06-12 08:03

BR will eliminate North.

You talk about Luminosity, right?

2019-06-12 21:27

MIBR TRASH

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Wasted ECS spot

2019-06-11 16:43

5 replies

They were not invited, they conquered it by beating choquid twice in bo3s. STFU

2019-06-11 19:35

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online

2019-06-11 20:38

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that's the idea of a qualifier tho

2019-06-11 21:43

Minors are offline

2019-06-11 22:58

ik that; but they can't be onliners. they had literally no competition at ECS and made the event unexciting; the main storyline was if blastralis could win it, but once Furia beat em then it became the dethroning of m16r, which proves so after losing to a 15yr old folks player. liquid could've beaten all teams there since it's a LAN, but since m16r seems to be onliners now they'll steal spots away

2019-06-12 08:57

m16r

2019-06-11 18:50

Good groups!

ez 3rd Grand Slam event for Liquid

2019-06-11 17:04

MiBR will probably go on to be 9th-12th and G2 on 7th-8th spot

2019-06-11 16:33

You mean grayhound, heroic, fnatic and NRG are better team then G2, in Group-A.

I'd say he meant C9 instead of Grayhound

Sorry i forgot to include cloud 9, becz for a while i forgot that c9 even exist.

2019-06-11 16:42

"Tim and friends (burdens)"

2019-06-11 16:58

Indian trash can

2019-06-11 17:46

9 replies

Indian trash can filled with poop on your face.

2019-06-11 17:51

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nice comeback Vitality bandwagoner

2019-06-11 17:54

go hit the gym Adarsh im sure you skinny af like all indians

2019-06-11 17:55

Have you even explore india.

2019-06-11 18:02

why would i go to third world?

It is. 3rd world. Go and watch some vods on YT.

2019-06-11 18:11

To get burgers because apparently thats all u can do, live with parents and eat till u either explode or gets bullied

2019-06-11 18:14

I've just realized MIBR has actually never won a t1 event haha what the fuck

2019-06-11 18:18

Name checks out men 😎😎

2019-06-11 18:28

G2 will

2019-06-11 16:48

they will

2019-06-11 16:54

Cry Mibr will qualify this time

2019-06-11 17:00

G2 will 100% make it out of the groups.

2019-06-11 17:42

Did you even use your brain for one fucking second to even think about Who each team is going to be playing? God you’re a fucking idiot. Specially all these finish kids that are coming out of hiding because ENCE is actually something for once I swear the finish have the IQ of under 50 every single person there.

I'd focus on getting my BMI sub 50 if I was you.

haha

2019-06-11 18:37

NaL6Nguent

2019-06-11 18:01

Gotta agree with u this time...

2019-06-11 21:41

What do u expect G2 will just go home at Group Stage or Quarter Finals at best (i dont think thats even possible but why not)

2019-06-11 21:47

2019-06-11 23:04

these groups arent balanced at all haha G2 is 10x as likely as mibr

2019-06-12 00:04

Team Liquid Gonna Win

2019-06-12 08:35

haha you're wrong.

2019-06-12 16:05

Nice

Lez go

Group B Good luck

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Stacked group B yet again in ESL Pro League. Seeding may be bad

2019-06-11 17:43

2019-06-11 18:22

esl just want Astralis won again

2019-06-12 08:04

damn

Mibr LUL

Ez 4 Astralis lul

EZ4DETONA

2019-06-11 16:31

Who

Another brazilian team that is gonna beat Astralis easier LUL

Where is furia ? They disband ?

MDL TEAM LUL

2019-06-11 16:32

arf... they fall so hard, from ecs finalist to top4 brasil in mdl :/

they need to wait till mdl season 32

2019-06-11 16:35

33* Next mdl season (32), you will not be able to qualify for epl

2019-06-11 18:05

Group B looks so much harder than group A

I would have said the exact opposite tbh.

2019-06-11 16:34

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Then you're smoking crack

2019-06-11 16:45

I do actually.

:) okay mens

2019-06-12 04:30

dude seriously? LG?, mibr, mouseports, hellraisers, tyloo, even mibr? dude that group is just easy pickings for liquid. Unlike group A with actual teams like fnatic, NRG, Astralis, and, maybe c9.

2019-06-12 00:57

From my perspective (as a french fan), I look at the matchups for G2 And the most probable result is : G2 can beat anyone but Astralis in group A (they've been having great series against Fnatic and NRG everytime they faced them) G2 would probably lose against Mousesports, Faze, Liquid, and it would be difficult matchups against North and MIBR as well So yeah I'm glad they're in group A and not in Group B

Fair enough, we will see.

2019-06-11 16:49

mibr_in_2k19

Let's go Heroic !

Wtf is grp2. all good team in 1 grp

OMEGALUL

2019-06-11 18:08

NRG, G2, Astralis and Heroic to advance from Group A and FaZe, TyLOO, Liquid, mouz to advance from B.

Only 6 teams advance. 2nd and 3rd team from each group go to quarters and thw winners of them play the 2 teams that placed 1st in their group. Check the format at Liquipedia

2019-06-11 16:41

Oh thank you, I remember the format now. Then NRG and Liquid will be at semis I predict and Astralis, Heroic, TYLOO, mouz to quarters.

Who has made the groups ? Wesg?

2019-06-11 23:36

Its nice to see how much time people spend thinking/talking about MIBR. To ALL of you, our dear fans, thanks for the audience.

Group a ez playoffs for g2 or NRG

EZ for mibr

2019-06-12 04:07

If G2 and NRG dont make it to playoffs pls disband then

G2 has a good chance, dk about NRG stanislaw new IGL

2019-06-11 18:48

-mibr +FURIA

Astralis NRG fnatic Liquid FaZe North If 3 go through

NRG, fnatic lul

2019-06-11 17:05

in my eyes, more likely than G2 Now that I know that NRG changed, they will probably need some time before achieving stuff

2019-06-11 17:07

North ? Really ?

2019-06-11 18:23

They always reach the playoffs and then they choke

2019-06-11 18:53

nice seeding ffs

give us fantasy!

A: fnatic nrg astralis detona B: faze north liquid mouz print it.

print your mistake? 3 teams from each group

2019-06-11 16:46

Oh, lul, thanks A: nrg astralis detona B: faze liquid mouz print it. ((againz))

2019-06-11 16:50

Mouz kkkkk

>not believing in frozen

2019-06-12 05:40

Let's see whether this new Tyloo can make it to the playoffs.,

Maybe with this new addition they can surprise other teams

Astralis NRG G2 Fnatic Liquid FaZe Mousesports North

free tourney for liquid

2019-06-11 16:38

free group*

2019-06-12 00:59

DETONA will destroy Astralis

2019-06-11 16:39

Just wanna see karrigan giving faze a beat up :d

EZ4FURIA

I have a feeling Astralis is gonna win this one, trust me.

g2 have very good chance, good records against NRG and Fnatic, i think g2 could make playoffs again

Ez LG

Holy shit, group B is the group of death. I hope mouz gets out alive.

2019-06-11 16:44

How many teams come out of groups?

6 2 in semis 4 in quarters

RIP M16R LUL IN THIS GROUP

group A OMEGALUL

2019-06-11 16:47

Pretty even I’d say.

Ez liquid

ez playoffs for g2 will only lose to astralis mark my words

group a astrais and bundge of crap... and group b death.

2019-06-11 16:51

Liquid ez win pog

2019-06-11 16:53

G2 will make the finals at this event, mark my words!!!

2019-06-11 16:55

Group A so weak lol

2019-06-11 16:57

This trash Brazilian teams lul Fuck

2019-06-11 16:59

DETONA LUL

And where is vitalulty? In shit esea mdl. Overrated af

2019-06-11 17:08

Mad cuz danish team back to tier3:)))

2019-06-11 17:17

lmao they didnt even have a chance to qualify what are you on about?

2019-06-11 20:09

Wtf omg look at group B so unbalanced. Gj esl

2019-06-11 17:09

FAZE WILL WIN EZ #FaZeUP!

2019-06-11 17:11

lulquid out of groups 😂😂😂

RIP group A

NaVi :(

Grp A : Astralis. Fnatic. NRG/G2. Grp B Liquid. FaZe. Mouz. Mibr, Heroic, North can cause some upsets in their respective groups.

2019-06-11 17:13

Faze ??? And mouz can’t beat mibr for shit tho

hltv.org/matches/2334336/mousesports-vs-..

2019-06-19 20:08

gl FaZe

Why only 2 groups? Cant they make like 4 groups ffs

Here it marks the return of MiBR! Print it and reply me later

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2019-06-11 19:11

gruop a lol

2019-06-11 17:18

GROUP B WAT DE FAK 3/3 european teams in grop b Genius

2019-06-11 17:22

tyloo will attend this event with new roster.Looking forward to their performance

2019-06-11 17:23

who they replace??

2019-06-11 18:42

xccruate placed by Danking

2019-06-12 06:29

hmmm expected... freeman not gonna play??

2019-06-12 11:14

idk...Freeman join the team as coach and backup player..So if tyloo have some visa issues Freeman will play

2019-06-12 12:39

Group B they are going home early like every event.

2019-06-11 20:23

Xccurate and AttackeR i suppose

2019-06-11 22:22

xccruate.Not Attacker.Attacker is a decent player

2019-06-12 06:30

expected

2019-06-12 03:28

GG Group B = Hell Group

2019-06-11 17:27

Group a 1.Atralis 2.G2 3.fNATIC nrg just added stanislaw c9 are poo Group B 1.Liquid 2.Mouz 3.North Olof will go back to bot with Neo

lmao nice seeding group b is 100x times better

No ence & vitality :(.............

2019-06-11 17:58

mouz vs FaZe lets go!!!

2019-06-11 18:07

Very unbalanced

Group B stacked wtf?! How can I cheer for Liquid and Mouz?!

2019-06-11 18:33

wtf these groups so unbalanced

2019-06-11 18:56

Group b stacked AF!!!

2019-06-11 19:00

mibr 3 defeats. “Thank you guys. Next time we will win.“ Fallen: “congratz Astralis.”

2019-06-11 19:06

Group A is a joke

2019-06-11 19:32

Mibr will win this event mark my words bitches

2019-06-11 19:40

where is vitality?

2019-06-11 19:46

In MDL

2019-06-11 20:28

where is ence

2019-06-11 19:54

Not even in MDL anymore.

group A rigged, Blast Pro paid for this event 2?

2019-06-11 20:01

Wheres navi?

2019-06-11 20:51

bombed out in groups

2019-06-11 21:56

link please

2019-06-11 23:31

Go liquid!

2019-06-11 21:09

FaZe or MIBR are screwed for sure though.

2019-06-11 21:34

Group b lol

2019-06-11 21:35

Group B is a joke right? Or the people who picked this probably got wasted while they were picking groups

2019-06-11 21:48

ez 4 Astralis plastic fans

2019-06-12 13:09

EZ 4 TETONA

hahahah Astralis bought the draws

2019-06-11 22:23

wtf are these groups, in group a there’s like 4/5 good teams and group B there’s atleast 6

2019-06-11 22:51

Dude group B has some easy pickings for liquid. WTF ESL? #C9WIN

2019-06-12 00:54

navi wins entire thing

2019-06-12 01:02

Astralis Fnatic G2 ________ Liquid FaZe Mouz ________ FaZe vs G2 Mouz vs Fnatic ________ Astralis - Fnatic Liquid - FaZe Astralis 2-3 Liquid

2019-06-12 03:57

good

2019-06-12 10:32

G2 and Astralis top of their groups for sure.

2019-06-12 13:12

Kick taco and Felps MIBR stupid omg anchors

2019-06-12 13:42

Liquid #1

2019-06-12 18:27

ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals groups revealed

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