Gambit clinch first place in Group C over FURIA, NAVI through to playoffs in ESL Pro League

24-3-2021 22:27

Cloud9 have been eliminated after a nail-biting final match in the group.

Group C at ESL Pro League has come to a close after the final round of matches. Gambit have locked down the first spot and a place in the Play-in stage, ensuring themselves at least a top-six finish at the event, while FURIA finished second and Natus Vincere third to advance to the first round of playoffs.

The first place as well as the last spot in the playoffs were still undecided ahead of the final showdowns of the group. In a straightforward match for the top spot, Gambit took down FURIA despite the Brazilians' comeback from a 7-13 deficit on the second map, while NAVI and Cloud9 fought for survival in two separate series.

Gambit went undefeated to clinch the top spot

It all came down to a handful of scenarios that could have seen either team go through with all three matches playing a part. In the end, Cloud9 were eliminated after they conceded their must-win match against MIBR in extremely close fashion, and Natus Vincere secured their third victory of the round-robin versus TeamOne.

Below you can see the final standings of Group C at ESL Pro League:

Group C

TEAM

Only Group D remains as Astralis, Liquid, Virtus.pro, Evil Geniuses, fnatic, and Endpoint are set to lock horns for the last three playoffs spots at the $750,000 tournament. The group is set to run from March 25-29, with the first round's matchups and schedule looking as follows:

Thursday, March 25
12:00 Virtus.pro vs. Endpoint
15:30 Liquid vs. fnatic
19:00 Astralis vs. Evil Geniuses.

VAMOS GAMBIT

2021-03-24 22:27

3 replies

First!

2021-03-24 22:28

1 reply

2021-03-24 22:33

"clinch" is an overstatement

2021-03-24 23:14

I don't like navi, but it's good to see how many people are happy about it

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I also don't like them but let's be honest did C9 is team worth the place in playoffs at least Navi will put some resistance

2021-03-24 22:31

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"Atleast" dude they easily can win it lmao

2021-03-24 23:08

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Yeah i mean they can enter Kato 2020 form and just annihilate everyone but judging by their current form and IGL problems it's unlikely for me

2021-03-24 23:10

Gambit will beat them

2021-03-25 00:00

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s1mple was sick or had a bad day is whatever but gambit barely won againts that s1mple imagine if is in full force u think gambit will still win ?

2021-03-25 01:27

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With NaVi's current T side calls, I don't see how.

2021-03-25 04:24

elec igl kek

2021-03-25 04:28

just wait till s1mple drops another 100 in 3 maps

2021-03-25 09:07

Lmao, trash0mple can’t win it mark my words

2021-03-25 11:32

Noone really likes C9 and HenryG, that's why

kinda shot himself in the foot with this ambitions tbf, along with releasing the player salaries etc. - not that its a bad thing, but like Football (Soccer for Americans), if you spend tons on a player, and he plays like shit or is left on the bench, of course you'll get criticised

2021-03-24 22:42

Agree

2021-03-24 23:01

It's like with that one player who was bought for over 100mil to Man United couple years ago and didn't perform at all

2021-03-25 04:13

That or Joelinton when Newcastle spent 40 million to get a forward who only scores 2 goals a season

2021-03-25 04:46

Lmao slab head maguire is my fav example, I don't think poobag is as bad as people make him out to be.

2021-03-25 05:31

cap. c9 roster is likeable and henry is goat of casting. i just love navi more

2021-03-24 22:50

henry is goat of casting, not goat of managing csgo orgs. So he would better get back to casting imo

god i hope so

I personally like Navi a lot

2021-03-24 22:36

We couldn't tell

2021-03-24 22:43

PepeLaugh

2021-03-24 22:45

well its better then see a clowns show, even if they fluke

2021-03-24 23:30

C9 didnt deserve anyrthing after that shitshow vs FURIA. Its good that they didnt to to playoffs....

2021-03-25 07:38

hardly a clinch

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What?

2021-03-24 22:30

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He means Gambit destroyed Furia, which they did

2021-03-24 22:34

Doubly wrong because "clinch" could be perfectly used to describe what Gambit did, even if they won 16-0 16-0. Also "destroyed" is absolutely the wrong word to use here because Furia took a map and the aggregated round score is 45-33, which would be equivalent to a 16-11 16-12 in two maps. And many may not agree with me on this, but if you take a map, you are actually closer to winning even if you lose the other maps 0-16, than playing two very close maps. Case in point, Furia was 7 rounds away from winning the series here, while C9 was 17 rounds away despite having map points in the first map vs MIBR

I agree mate. Its common sense. That's why its fine to lose 16-0 on your opponent's pick. As long as you win the next two, you win the match and haters can hate.

2021-03-25 03:56

The aggregated round score is 48-33 (not 45 as you said), dude. Gambit took 2 maps easily, and inferno should be goes the same way to be honest, but they struggling on T side for some reason.

2021-03-25 09:47

How did they get 48 rounds? 16+16+13=45 last time I checked

2021-03-26 21:03

so ez for god sh1ro

Time for the most hype group to begin!

Only you, nobody care hahahaha

2021-03-25 00:40

I care so...

2021-03-25 01:33

EZ4NAVI EZ4MIBR NAVI AND MIBR BROTHERS <3 <3 NAVINATION WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS

2021-03-24 22:29

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+1 now i hope Navi make it to finals))

2021-03-24 23:37

2021-03-25 00:45

+1 we love MiBR

2021-03-25 04:30

2021-03-25 05:03

2021-03-25 05:47

+11111

NAVI🤝MIBR NAVI🤝MIBR NAVI🤝MIBR NAVI🤝MIBR NAVI🤝MIBR NAVI🤝MIBR

navi didnt deserve to go to playoffs with such a shit performance.

Your flair don't deserve to be in a tournament like this.

2021-03-24 22:32

nt sam2k dont respond to me.

so who deserved it then?

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This guy said best team in the world don't deserve to be in playoffs LMAO

your baits are getting shitter everyday sam2k. You should consider getting a life.

there will be 100% someone from group d who will deserve more than navi and they wont go through. Imagine getting easiest group possible and still almost didnt qualify. Like how do you even lose 14 rounds vs teamone.

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> Easiest group = top1 + top3 + top10 > Group D = top2 + top4 + top5 kkkkkkkkk

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if you think navi is top 1 then you are out of your mind. Btw having teamone mibr and clown9 in the same group and almost not qualifying LUL

delusional ence fan or baiting?

2021-03-24 22:51

yes baiting cuz saying having mibr, clown9 and teamone in one group is making navi look bad.

2021-03-24 22:52

Navi: TOP 1 in the world You: malding cuz they made it to playoffs over a team who only won 2 matches with one of them for free /closed

2021-03-24 22:54

navi top 1? more like top 3 at this point. i never said clown9 should have made playoffs over navi. C group should have never been made like that, because if you would add some teams from group b or d and navi would have never made to playoffs.

2021-03-24 22:58

U know u are basically judging by 2 or 3 bad series? also even on 1.6 Navi could barely beat other cis team

2021-03-25 02:08

delusional nova 4 dan commenting on top tier teams' performances based on one series

2021-03-25 09:10

Flair

2021-03-25 14:22

2021-03-26 12:51

well they didnt lose to any of these team, so...

+3 low ranks team in group lol in group D we have EG and Fnatic and only 1 weak team.

fnatic is bad team btw

2021-03-24 23:04

fnatic is horrible so far so idk

2021-03-25 03:02

C9 deserve it? Dont make me laugh bro c9 playing extremely shitty they won team one which was outsider and Furia which did 322 match against Navi, 2 mf shitty matches against shitty teams

2021-03-24 22:35

More like getting easiest group possible and still getting rekt by some of these teams is just amazing at this point.

fnatic reached summit finals unlike mibr or c9 or team one

2021-03-25 06:29

VAMOS MIBR!! thank you guys)))

Mibr goats

THANK YOU MIBR FOR SAVING NAVI <3

nice

C9 KKKKKKKKK Imagine paying shit ton of bucks to HenryG who in turn pays shit ton of bucks to such an awful lineup who cant even defeat the BR guys whom everyone bested Disband already.

mibr why? I wanted to see tears men

Name checks out

2021-03-25 05:49

Clown9 tried so hard And Furia threw so far But in the end It doesn't even matter...

+1 Flukeria fans malding KEKW MIBR > Flukeria

Yeah man! NaVi is Brazil!

2021-03-24 23:38

ahahah niiice

2021-03-25 07:54

ezz

MIBR THE BEST. THANK YOU BRAZIL. CIS WILL NOT FORGET THIS

+111 MIBR > Flukeria

Happy for NAVI making it

2021-03-24 22:44

Gambit real Top 1 team today, deserved win.

Expected from Major winner

lmao people really wanted clown9 in playoffs? or is it just haters malding

no but neither thae didn't want this shit Na'Vi

2021-03-24 22:37

it's okay to mald for u cuz u know that ence has more chances to beat clown9 than navi

2021-03-24 22:41

+1 Fan of meme team saying best team in the world didn't deserve playoffs LUL

pandemic, pros switches to valaront CS become garbage

Now to the group everyone wants to see

Who? Boring team on group D?

2021-03-25 00:39

WE SMART WE FRIENDLY WE LOYAL WE FROM BRAZIL

+1 VAMOS

fuck NaVi, undeserved.

2021-03-24 22:48

Sure, they just went 3-2 while clown9 even with furia throw were good only for 2 wins and lost h2h match. Totally undeserved lmao

that's your average navi malding hater bro

People probably think it’s undeserved because navi should be a top team that shouldn’t even get in this position in the first place... and you have to admit that their matches against furia and gambit where embarrassing.

I do think they do not deserve the playoffs spot due to the fact that Electronic is the one who IGLed against Furia and Gambit alone and almost struggled against Clown9 just by RD/MD.

2021-03-25 00:47

elec IGLed? Kekw

2021-03-25 17:22

nt furia

S1mple deserves to be in the playoffs, good luck NAVI. Nice game MIBR and nice try Furia. Now we want to see Fallen shining in group D...

2021-03-24 22:55

undeserved from navi

2021-03-24 22:57

C9 paid furia to lose to mibr lol

2021-03-24 22:59

Damn, GG Gambit, well deserved. I think I’ve never seen some clean CS like this before. They just don’t make mistakes. And it’s not like they need sh1ro to carry them (he is An absolute monster), everyone’s there plays godly. Im happy for FURIA tho, they showed nerves and high skill level, but unfortunately they made too many mistakes. As for NAVI classifying, they are not on their best form but s0mple deserves to be in.

That's so true... Gambit showed their real talent..furia showed they can beat good teams on their good days and Navi showed how to comeback strong whenever needed...

2021-03-25 04:05

Haha navi made it through thorin and richard will be sad

2021-03-24 23:16

mibr is not 322 team like furia

where is HenryG now being all cocky? c9 beating furia biggest fluke in the history of tier 3 teams?

2021-03-24 23:35

Furia Fail in your 322! Come on NaVi, thank you MIBR, you're a partner 🤝🏼!

2021-03-24 23:44

Thorin sad rn lmao. GL NAVI btw.

2021-03-25 00:24

junior has no impact in FURIA games. I hope something they gonna improve in their playstyle because this team dont have future if they keep playing like this

2021-03-25 00:26

S1mple say on stream navi gambit furia deserve to playoff

2021-03-25 00:37

gambit onfire

gambit youngster lineup, better than the original 2017 lineup, good shit man

2021-03-25 02:14

You can't say which one is better, but both are very solid

2021-03-25 05:53

CIS better than EU and NA

2021-03-25 05:16

Thank you brazilian brothers NaviNation will never forget this Navi🤝mibr

2021-03-25 06:13

2021-03-25 07:36

Gambit continues to dominate, Navi is bad, but I hope that the guys will strengthen in the playoffs. Thanks to the great Brazilians

2021-03-25 07:50

I feel like Gambit won't win this tournament, I'm surprised they got 1st place in the group, but I think that some team is going to surprise them in the playoffs. I'm really surprised that FURIA qualified, I expected them to get upset in some matches and don't make it to the playoffs, but I was wrong, GG for them. NaVi won't go far in playoffs aswell considering how they've been playing.

2021-03-25 07:57