PERA and FORZE eliminated from EPL

FlyQuest and Monte live to fight another day at the Maltese tournament.

The penultimate day of the ESL Pro League Season 19 group stage has begun with PERA and FORZE ending their campaigns after their respective losses to FlyQuest and Monte.

PERA exit EPL by exceeding the expectations of many, as they were competitive in most of their series. They began the tournament with a one-sided loss to Complexity but bounced back to beat the makeshift Ninjas in Pyjamas roster and send them down to the Last Chance Stage.

They then took BIG to the brink but eventually came up short, and the same can be said about their three-map affair against FlyQuest.

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 19
30/04/2024	Complexity Finished 2:0 PERA	Match
02/05/2024	PERA Finished 2:1 Ninjas in Pyjamas	Match
03/05/2024	BIG Finished 2:1 PERA	Match
04/05/2024	FlyQuest Finished 2:1 PERA	Match

On the B stream, it was FORZE who were eliminated from the tournament. The majority-Russian squad came into the event with two stand-ins, Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield and Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov, and can hold their heads up high after a spirited performance in Malta.

They beat FURIA with a 13-0 victory on Overpass and took Monte incredibly close on the decider but ultimately fell short of the playoffs. smooya also had a solid return to LAN, averaging a 1.20 rating across ten maps of play.

FlyQuest and Monte now require one more victory to get to the playoffs. The Aussies will meet the winner of HEROIC vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas, while Monte are set to face off against the winner of ENCE vs. FURIA.