ESL Pro League S11 split into regional groups, three teams withdraw

13-3-2020 18:32

ESL has announced that the upcoming Pro League season will be played regionally with three European groups and one North American group. Meanwhile, Renegades and Sharks withdrew from the competition and HEROIC were unable to field a lineup.

Renegades have decided not to travel overseas for the competition and have been replaced by Swole Patrol, while Sharks chose to travel back to Brazil despite already being in Europe, with their replacement still yet to be announced. According to ESL, both teams will be invited back for Season 12.

HEROIC were unable to field an eligible lineup following the loss of their Danish squad around Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer, who made the move to FunPlus Phoenix. BIG have been invited to take their place in the eleventh season after withdrawing from Flashpoint earlier this week.

Liquid and five others will play in a North American group

The redistribution of groups according to regions was made by the organizers following the United States' government's announcement of a widespread travel ban between the country and the majority of Europe.

To limit further travel, the teams who were still yet to travel to Europe from North America have been moved into one group, which now features Evil Geniuses, Liquid, 100 Thieves, FURIA, and Swole Patrol, while the other three were slightly remade accordingly. Complexity and BOOM are already in Europe and will take part in the league there.

The redistributed groups look as follows:

Group A

Group B

Group C

TBD

Group D

The general schedule will remain largely unchanged, as three best-of-three series will be played each day starting from March 16. When the latter two groups take over on March 26, the North American group will be played late in the day due to timezone differences.

ESL has also added that the playoffs will be played entirely online after deciding against holding the bracket stage in a studio, after all, with each region having a separate champion.

What a shame, if only ESL realized that inviting HAVU would be the only way to save this season. :(

2020-03-13 18:42

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Finally they announced BIG invite! WE WILL DOMINATE EPL! #GoBIG #BIGdomination

2020-03-13 18:45

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Well you are delusional

2020-03-13 18:46

The only teams they can beat in that group are forze and maybe north

2020-03-13 18:47

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And Norf

2020-03-13 18:49

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2020-03-13 19:41

delusional

2020-03-13 18:53

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Name

2020-03-13 18:54

name flag flair

2020-03-13 18:55

4 replies

checked

2020-03-13 19:00

3 replies

Out

2020-03-13 19:01

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now )))

2020-03-13 21:40

And

2020-03-15 18:18

Don't forget its online, ez for Onlinetares

2020-03-13 19:18

And complexity, funny how arrogant you col fans are, now that you won like 3 important matches (good performances anyway), but you are not fucking top 5 or sth, dont think you are like 4 times better than big

2020-03-13 19:31

col fans forget that their team was dogshit for the entire csgo history

2020-03-13 20:36

Have you ever heard of being a fan of players not the company the players represent?

2020-03-14 01:14

imagine being fan of players OmegaLUL

2020-03-17 01:08

The only achievement that big got in all his entire history is lose a semifinal to Immortals using a fucking BUG.

2020-03-15 17:48

yet they always beat mibr xDDDDDD

2020-03-15 18:03

They are 5 times better, they have 5 players, not 4

2020-03-15 18:19

and navi

2020-03-13 19:42

and now they beat Fnatic, hahaha. My boyz will surprise you also against Navi ;-)

2020-03-18 11:05

#BIGForLife #ToEasyForBIG #NoSweatEasyLAN #BIGClanRules

2020-03-14 05:08

BiG is fuckin shit m8

2020-03-14 10:31

Havu is in flashpoint

Yea but they're somewhat onliners so

2020-03-13 18:59

loooooooooooooooooooooool

2020-03-13 19:43

+111111111 Finlands only hope

2020-03-13 21:28

2020-03-14 05:09

2020-03-14 05:07

+1 they invited BIG at least

2020-03-14 10:43

that sucks

2020-03-13 18:33

Sharks were in Europe and ready to play in ESL Pro League. However, the team and ESL have agreed that it is safer for the players to be at home right now. Similar to Renegades, they are not disqualified from Pro League, so we will see them back next season. We will announce their replacement shortly. doesnt even make any sense... cancel pls

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elaborate please that makes perfect sense ! Maybe Sharks don't want to stay in Europe getting ill far away from home ?

2020-03-13 18:38

they are always in EU except for some NA qualifiers, they bootcamp in EU...

2020-03-13 18:39

SA qualifiers* for some reason they love to steal spots from SA

2020-03-13 21:39

Plus its specifically in Portugal which to my knowledge has contained corona pretty well so

2020-03-13 22:22

Not even Corona virus wants to go tp Portugal

2020-03-14 13:36

That's why they picked it. So they dont get sent to a Brazilian Gulag

2020-03-14 17:27

Argentina ban the travels from usa and eu, etc. So maybe they are afraid that Brazil will do the same and theb they wouldnt be able to come home

2020-03-13 19:14

if travel bans happen they would be stuck in europe

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#41

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they dont live in eu though?

2020-03-13 18:40

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retarded or what? "Sharks were in Europe and ready to play in ESL Pro League." they were bootcamping in EU for 2 months, they are staying in EU anyways because they are on a bootcamp? get it? low iq

2020-03-13 18:43

yes i understand that, for example brazil goes on lockdown, but the sharks players (who live in brazil) are in eu which means they cant get back home, so they dont want to risk being stuck outside their home so they decided to go back early edit: just read your original comment, its obvious they are going back to brazil now as they probably cancelled the bootcamp for their own safety

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nah thats not the reason here, theres just no place for them in EU groups, and since they are "NA" team they should be playing in NA group but they cant because they are in EU, esl did them dirty here

2020-03-13 18:48

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just noticed that now, guess maybe they could be the last team in group c

2020-03-13 18:51

#128

2020-03-13 20:04

I think you're right, twitter.com/sharksesportsgg/status/12381.. Until yesterday they were going to play it and now "they decided to come back to Brazil" LOL this is fucking bullshit

please help with #107 I am losing my brain cells

Don´t say bullshit. They could be part of group B, instead of BIG.

2020-03-13 19:39

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retarded or what? read again maybe?

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"theres just no place for them in EU groups" Are u dumb?

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you're dumb because there is no place for them in EU groups because they are "NA" team u low iq subhuman, I bet u didnt even read the article and didnt even understand that ESL splitted EU and NA regions, BIG are permanent EU team, sharks is only bootcamping there, they cant replace BIG because BIG are fucking EU and sharks are not, I tried to explain in the most easiest way and if u still dont understand thats none of my problem u small brain

2020-03-13 19:45

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This is an exceptional case, dumb kid. ESL could easily put them in group C. BIG wasn´t even in the league. Go sleep, brainless

2020-03-13 19:50

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omg how dumb are you? XD they cant put them in group C because THEY ARE IN EU right now, u want them to play from EU in NA group? nice brain retard. BIG replaced Heroic 4 days ago and it was already known before these news came out u dumbass, everyone knew that but u didnt because you're one delusional and clueless casual cs fan who doesnt even follow all the news and trying to sound smart and act like you know something xD

2020-03-13 19:53

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Not group C, I said wrong in #115. I mean group B, kiddo.

2020-03-13 19:55

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you dont even understand what you're saying xD how can I understand you then? Group B is EU group, Sharks can't play in EU group because they are NA team only bootcamping in EU. BIG replaced Heroic and they are fucking EU team can ur small brain fucking understand it? NA team CANT replace EU team In FUCKING EU Group, news about BIG in EPL were 3 days before these news came out u dumbass dbltap.com/posts/sources-copenhagen-flam.. Im losing my brain cells explaining simple stuff to you, I should be paid for this

2020-03-13 19:59

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I´ll repeat for u, little kid. It´s an EXCEPTION CASE. ESL could easily put Sharks in group B IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL CASE, dumboy.

2020-03-13 20:01

HAHHAHAHAHAHA holy shit you're the most retarded dumbass I've ever met on HLTV, I'm not wasting my time here anymore, I tried my best explaining it all for you but your brain is too small to understand such simple stuff

2020-03-13 20:03

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KID. Just look and stfu twitter.com/sharksesportsgg/status/12385..

It´s basically what a guy answer here "hey dont want to risk being stuck outside their home so they decided to go back early". Now, STFU and get out of here, little DUMB KID.

I dont speak your 3rd world language and not interested in it, cya, you're a waste of time for me

2020-03-13 20:05

HAHAHAHAHA nice one. You lost, as expected. Bye, trash kid

2020-03-13 20:13

0/8 cant bait me

2020-03-13 20:15

"casual cs". I literally follow the whole scene, retard u15. When you started to watch competitive CS, I already watched years of cs.

2020-03-13 19:57

nt boosted 12yo silver

2020-03-13 20:00

OMEGALUL

2020-03-13 20:02

That is why Boom play in EU Groups right.

because BOOM were in Malta already...

2020-03-13 20:07

Dumb as fuck

2020-03-13 20:18

0/8

Don´t listen this dumb kid of Malta. twitter.com/sharksesportsgg/status/12385.. Just put this in google translate.

You´re totally right, my brotha. Sharks said what you said on Twitter less than 1 hour before. Don´t listen this dumb Malta kid.

2020-03-13 20:16

ok mens)) ty

2020-03-13 20:51

yeah let corona win, that makes more sense

huh?

"Renegades have decided not to travel overseas for the competition"

and? who asked? i dont care about renegades

2020-03-13 18:44

maYBE SHARKS WONT STUCK IN EUROPE FOR 2 MONTHS?

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I just read your whole entire arguement and you're actually mentally ill. I can tell you didn't read it cause your arguement is based of some delusional narrative that you spun in your mentally challenged brain. (Seriously go see a doctor). Read this dumbfuck "while Sharks chose to travel back to Brazil despite already being in Europe, with their replacement still yet to be announced" what the fuck do you mean "BeCUasE Na LiNeUp DnT dEseVeR Lol". They already were in a fucking group europe ages ago you fucking moron but due to the outbreak in europe. And guess what the previous groups WERE ALL BASED IN EUROPE AND HAD MIXTURE OF EU AND NA AND SA TEAMS YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING DEGENERATE. that's why they left pro league and guess what the U.S is having a outbreak as you delusional cunt. Go back to the hole you belong you fucking bellend. Also love it how you dont give a shit about players lives and their livelyhood

2020-03-14 05:11

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didnt read, didnt ask

2020-03-14 05:10

you need to go see a doctor dumbfuck

2020-03-14 05:15

nobody asked

2020-03-14 05:17

Lol and no one asked you to be this mentally deranged lol.

2020-03-14 05:21

cry is free

2020-03-14 05:22

Lol you can't even argue back please reply to me more

2020-03-14 05:26

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk literally malding cry more

2020-03-14 05:27

Hahaha holy shit please keep replying I need to make a post lol

2020-03-14 05:32

cry

2020-03-14 05:36

wqe

bruuuh

still ez win for navi

ez for Navi

STOP_INVITING_BIG

2020-03-13 18:34

BOOM best EU team

wtf, NA EASIEST GROUP EVER? THIS IS RIGGED

classic na shit. ez win for liquid or 100thieves

2020-03-13 19:17

Ahahaha Stewie onliner ez win for Liquid. Too bad NAF, Twistzz and EliGE aren't onliners or it would've been 16-0 every match

2020-03-13 19:29

ez FURIA

2020-03-13 19:40

Wtf did Sharks do?

They don’t want to be locked out of Brazil if travel bans are placed.

2020-03-14 01:26

yikes free group win for liquid maybe let me re do my fantasy league..

Cmon, it's even bigger bullshit

2020-03-13 18:35

braindead?

Everything checks out lol

Sad but the show must go on Also Thorin will spin this someway

rip

respect to BOOM for not deciding to head home and play the easiest group possible (NA group)

That's sad :(

What happens if someone picked for example a Renegade member in their fantasy?

safety is first, but still FeelsBadMan for RNG, this was their chance to shine

The good part is that thy have a spot in s12

2020-03-13 18:37

big failing upwards lol

2020-03-13 18:36

what???

Burger english

2020-03-13 19:13

Sharks are in Europe...

"while Sharks chose to travel back to Brazil despite being in Europe(...)"

Sounds like an excuse to me from ESL

Until yesterday Sharks was going to play ESL. twitter.com/ESLCS/status/123809489570685.. It doesn't make sense. #70 could be a pretty good explanation.

2020-03-13 18:57

shit man i was so hyped for this

Ez4BOOM

Poor BOOM hahaha

Navi ez top 1, 5:0

Groups are a joke ! Flashpoints competition is way better than this crap

2020-03-13 18:41

heroic losing their spot is BS. Due to travel ban i assume renegades didn't even had a choice.

They can't field a line up for the pro league, why should they be in the league?

2020-03-13 21:51

No the issue is the team got it and heroic guys left. It was the heroic lineup who earned it and its messed up that they don't got the spot.

2020-03-13 22:04

LMAOOO FLASHPOINT WITH TIER 2 TEAM > EPL

I never cared about fp earlier ,is it LAN or online ?

2020-03-13 23:27

well its currently LAN

2020-03-14 06:35

Oh i didnt knew lol ,where is it taking place?

2020-03-14 07:27

2020-03-14 07:35

Well ENCE at least got fucked :D

Nice i think

wow

Wtf? Wait the playoffs to be played online as well???????? AHHH Why did some guy have to eat that batsoup :*(((((

EZ 4 BIG (Top 5 team in the World*) *World stands for EPL S11 Group B. Bye Bye Forze

+1 World = world

2020-03-13 18:52

Faze again with the hardest possible group whereas Astralis and Navi have a walk in the park 🤦‍♂️

astralis have the easiest group but navi have fnatic in his group.

2020-03-13 19:20

Apart from Fnatic there isn't any threat. Faze have G2, mouz and maybe even OG and VP could be a threat. They should've moved G2 into Astralis' group

2020-03-13 22:35

+1 i agree

2020-03-14 06:47

#GoBIG #GoBIGorGoHome #RunInGermany #VamosBIG #NoCoronaNoProblem

Disgusting to see this. Just cancel this season already

why would they do that... corona only kills old ppl... none of these players are old so who cares about the virus

you are an idiot... that is what your comment proved

+1, if it’s b8, it’s 0/8

2020-03-14 01:28

how is my comment a b8 lol.

2020-03-14 01:54

No, the other guy

2020-03-14 03:11

i am not idiot... whats so hard to understand my basic logic

2020-03-14 02:59

your englando

2020-03-14 12:04

Sucks for Sharks though, hope they will be safe travelling back to Brazil.

2020-03-13 19:03

The Giant Is Awakened

2020-03-13 19:06

wtf sharks?

2020-03-13 19:19

great decision

2020-03-13 19:27

understable

Astralis still #1

Invite HR

Lol ESL fucked teams over and over again

2020-03-13 19:34

"ESL has also added that the playoffs will be played entirely online" ahahahahaha

group A is a fucking joke only astralis WTF?

2020-03-13 20:10

Yeah Astralis got lucky. The only contender they have is Vitality really

2020-03-13 20:27

And ENCE

2020-03-13 20:37

To be fair they have to show something. But they even lost 16-4 with Aleksib so they shouldn't be a contender

2020-03-13 21:04

vitality hasnt played well so far so if you consider 2020 vitality isnt a big contender and with alex transfer its doubtful theyll even beat astralis ,only good thing for astralis is that navi isnt here lol

2020-03-13 22:52

It's the only team i can see beating Astralis in the group which is good for me. But yeah it's doubtful it will happen but maybe misutaa is the new zywoo who knows.

2020-03-13 22:53

NIP and BOOM to go through. **grabs popcorn**

2020-03-13 21:00

And D is so fucking STACKED

2020-03-13 21:05

EZ EPL FOR BIG <3

2020-03-13 20:33

2020-03-13 23:34

Astralis real winners...

2020-03-13 20:38

tyloo europe confirmed

2020-03-13 20:47

wow. tough groups. not a single "easier" group. nice!

2020-03-13 20:58

a group is easy af for astralis. what you mean?

2020-03-13 21:08

lmao sure.. Dream on.. Teams like NiP or even fkin GODSENT can easily surprise Astralis if they're having a bad day. Astralis hasn't really showed up in 2020 so far. You can't expect them to cheese through the groups without breaking a sweat.

2020-03-14 01:24

????:DDDDDDD astralis was rekting every team in katowice till semifinal. no way botsent and botip can surprise them.

2020-03-14 06:46

"nO wAy BoTsEnT aNd BoTiP cAn SuRpRiSe ThEm"

2020-03-16 22:59

??? Botsent lost 0-2

2020-03-16 23:42

Did Godsent play against Astralis?

They did play against vitality and get rekt. So couldnt surprise

2020-03-17 00:17

How about NiP? I said one of those teams will surprise ASTRALIS. Did you ever hear me say anything about Vitality?

2020-03-17 01:21

okay you were right. is that what you wanna hear?

2020-03-17 07:12

Nope, all I was doing was correcting your statement.. Well, have a good day.

2020-03-17 09:22

but still botsent will not upset astralis. hahaha

2020-03-17 09:58

Onlineonline grand final Pog

2020-03-13 21:25

ez4BOOM

2020-03-13 22:34

thank god navi and astralis are not in same group lol

2020-03-13 22:50

Whoa, Astralis has the easiest group stage it's been RIGGED FOR ASTRALIS!

2020-03-13 22:59

Group C play later on the end of this month, right? Can sharks flight into NA, and join group C?

2020-03-13 23:11

So BIG is playing MDL WHAT IS HAPPENING? This competition is a SHAME

2020-03-13 23:45

BIG not deserved...

2020-03-14 00:31

It's a shame. It should have been canceled rather than modified like that. Bad choices.

2020-03-14 00:39

RIP Rng :-(

2020-03-14 00:51

wtf?? rlly ESL? that sucks a lot

2020-03-14 00:54

how the hell will the finals be played online if there are a mix of na and eu teams???

2020-03-14 08:44

on atlantic ocean server

2020-03-14 12:22

Tyloo gonna play with 300+ ping?

2020-03-14 13:04

how & why? Is coronavirus affected their internet also? I think u r new inventor of:Corona Virus can spread through internet!!! xD

2020-03-14 14:36

are you dumb? have you seen they are in group with most european teams, and do you then think they will have a nice ping in online matches from home in those games?

2020-03-14 15:28

ik so i had typed "xD" in last of my comment! I just joking anyway

2020-03-16 09:44

EZ4COVID19

2020-03-14 13:41

"ESL has also added that the playoffs will be played entirely online after deciding against holding the bracket stage in a studio, after all, with each region having a separate champion." this tournament doesn't have any sense anymore, online, two champions 😅😅😅

2020-03-15 04:28

feelsbadman

2020-03-15 18:28

Group C Gen.G pls

2020-03-16 00:46

Why always tyloo

2020-03-16 06:03

ESL has also added that the playoffs will be played entirely online after deciding against holding the bracket stage in a studio, after all, with each region having a separate champion. 1 chance out of 6 to be NA champ, 1 chance out of 18 to be European champ. Not even mentioning the fact that there's CIS & Asian teams in the European groups. Or will you let them play European teams and then point a CIS champ yourselves? I get it that there's more European teams but if you are going to divide the teams in regions, do it right and not as you please.

2020-03-16 13:58