Complexity and NAVI book EPL playoff spots

Meanwhile NIP suffered yet more misery after falling to defeat at the hands of PERA.

NAVI's first outing since winning PGL Major Copenhagen is going swimmingly

Another jam-packed day of ESL Pro League Season 19 action is in the books and after the craziness of yesterday, normal service was largely resumed in Groups C and D.

Natus Vincere and Complexity came up trumps in the two progression matches of the day, sealing their playoff berths with confident series victories.

Natus Vincere recovered from an opening loss on Anubis to sweep aside BIG on the remaining maps, their 2-1 victory secured in no small part due to powerful performances by Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan, Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov and Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy.

In the other progression bout it was Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski who stood up and made themselves count against HEROIC, carrying their team on Vertigo and Anubis respectively after suffering a 5-13 spanking on the opener of Nuke.

Complexity and Natus Vincere will now proceed to an upper final matchup on Sunday, where playoff seeding will be up for grabs.

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 19
05/05/2024	Natus Vincere 20:20 Complexity	Match

The other notable result of the day saw Ninjas in Pyjamas slip to a disappointing defeat at the hands of PERA, who secured their first-ever LAN victory as a team by taking down the Ninjas.

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PERA relegate makeshift NIP to Last Chance Stage

Elsewhere in Groups C and D ENCE, GamerLegion and FlyQuest all avoided the Last Chance Stage for the time being. ENCE and FlyQuest did so by comfortably brushing aside Monte and BOSS respectively, whilst GamerLegion had to struggle their way to victory over FORZE.

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 19
02/05/2024	Natus Vincere Finished 2:1 BIG	Match
02/05/2024	FlyQuest Finished 2:0 BOSS	Match
02/05/2024	PERA Finished 2:1 Ninjas in Pyjamas	Match
02/05/2024	Complexity Finished 2:1 HEROIC	Match
02/05/2024	ENCE Finished 2:0 Monte	Match
02/05/2024	GamerLegion Finished 2:1 FORZE	Match