ESL Pro League Season 20Imperial and Wildcard qualify for EPL S20
Two more sides from the Americas have secured spots in ESL's flagship league.
Imperial and Wildcard have laid claim to places in ESL Pro League Season 20, winning out the consolidation finals of their respective domestic ESL Challenger Leagues.
Standing in Imperial's path in ESL Challenger League South America was 9z, who were coming off of a phenomenal showing in IEM Dallas, where the LATAM side notched a semi-final finish after beating out MOUZ, Liquid, and Vitality.
Despite their solid showing in Dallas, 9z were unable to recapture their form in the online league, as Imperial made quick work of Maximiliano "max" Gonzalez's men, snagging 13-4 and 13-5 scorelines to qualify for ESL Pro League.
 Imperial |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 - 21 | +5.63% | 109.7 | 85.7% | 1.71 | |
| 26 - 14 | +9.26% | 70.6 | 77.1% | 1.33 | |
| 33 - 25 | +3.43% | 96.3 | 77.1% | 1.29 | |
| 25 - 21 | +3.07% | 81.5 | 74.3% | 1.21 | |
| 16 - 18 | +0.88% | 52.2 | 85.7% | 0.99 |
  9z |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 - 26 | -2.41% | 70.1 | 71.4% | 0.94 | |
| 18 - 26 | -3.84% | 75.5 | 60.0% | 0.90 | |
| 23 - 25 | -4.32% | 67.3 | 65.7% | 0.89 | |
| 19 - 30 | -5.40% | 60.1 | 68.6% | 0.79 | |
| 14 - 28 | -6.30% | 44.8 | 62.9% | 0.62 |
Up north, Wildcard's matchup against Nouns for North America's second ESL Pro League spot was far more hotly contested.
Kicking off the series with an 11-13 loss on their opponent's pick of Ancient, Wildcard clawed back with two consecutive double overtime victories, powered by a strong showing from young Josh "JBa" Barutt.
 Wildcard |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 - 63 | +3.16% | 92.4 | 76.6% | 1.31 | |
| 59 - 60 | +0.50% | 71.3 | 73.4% | 1.03 | |
| 58 - 65 | +0.18% | 74.2 | 72.3% | 1.02 | |
| 54 - 60 | +0.16% | 63.8 | 60.6% | 0.93 | |
| 63 - 70 | -2.52% | 69.5 | 60.6% | 0.93 |
 Nouns |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 - 63 | +0.71% | 82.9 | 75.5% | 1.17 | |
| 62 - 61 | +0.41% | 74.1 | 68.1% | 1.12 | |
| 67 - 71 | -0.03% | 77.6 | 75.5% | 1.08 | |
| 62 - 61 | +0.51% | 72.0 | 72.3% | 1.07 | |
| 46 - 70 | -3.30% | 53.3 | 68.1% | 0.77 |
Imperial and Wildcard are now set to join Counter-Strike's top sides in Malta for ESL Pro League Season 20, with the event set to run from September 3-22. The list of teams set to the event is:
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Tiago 'JUST' Moura
Adam 'adamS' Marian
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Rory 'dephh' Jackson
Michael 'chelleos' Hawkins
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