ESL Pro League Season 4

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The ESL Pro League Season 4 was the fourth season of the ESL Pro League . It started on August 17, 2016 and ended with the final of the offline playoffs between Cloud 9 and SK Gaming on October 30, 2016 in Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo , from which Cloud 9 emerged as the winner.

EU League

New participants in the European league were the HellRaisers and the re-promoted team Penta Sports . After the end of the league phase, the two Swedish teams fnatic and Ninjas in pajamas stood at the front of the table in front of the mousesports team, which had two German players . In a competitive season without dominating teams, these three quintets FaZe Clan , Team EnVyUs and Team Dignitas earned a place in the playoffs. While Team Heroic and promoted Penta Sports have to compete in the relegation, FlipSid3 Tactics is relegated to the second-rate Mountain Dew League .

EU table

ESL Pro League Season 4 EU Division
Disciplines Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner SwedenSweden fnatic
organizer Electronic Sports League
venue On-line
Participating clans 14th
Beginning 17th August 2016
final October 13, 2016
Prize pool $ 75,000
Games 182
rank team Sp. S. N R + R- Diff. Points Prize money
01. SwedenSweden fnatic 26th 19th 7th 401 322 + 079 57 -
02. SwedenSweden Ninjas in Pajamas (M) 26th 19th 7th 387 282 +105 57 -
03. European UnionEuropean Union mousesports 26th 18th 8th 381 304 + 077 54 -
04th European UnionEuropean Union FaZe Clan 26th 18th 8th 378 350 + 028 54 -
05. FranceFrance Team EnVyUs 26th 16 10 337 317 + 020 48 -
06th DenmarkDenmark Team Dignitas 26th 14th 12 359 327 + 032 42 -
07th PolandPoland Virtus.pro (W) 26th 14th 12 350 339 + 011 42 $ 18,000
08th. Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 26th 13 13 330 344 - 014 39 $ 15,500
09. FranceFrance G2 esports 26th 13 13 354 346 + 800 39 $ 13,000
10. DenmarkDenmark Astralis 26th 12 14th 353 335 + 018 36 $ 10,500
11. European UnionEuropean Union HellRaisers (N) 26th 9 17th 337 371 - 031 27 $ 8,000
12. DenmarkDenmarkHeroic 1 26th 8th 18th 316 375 - 059 24 $ 5,500
13. GermanyGermany Penta Sports (N) 26th 5 21st 291 410 -119 15th $ 3,000
14th Commonwealth of Independent States FlipSid3 Tactics 26th 4th 22nd 226 378 -152 12 $ 1,500
Legend:
  •  Qualification for the offline finals
  • Participation in the relegation games
  •  Relegated to the Mountain Dew League
    		•

    (M) Champion of the ESL Pro League Season 3 EU Division: Ninjas in Pajamas
    (N) Newcomers from the ESEA EU Premier League Season 21/22 : Hell Raisers, Penta Sports
    (W) Participation through Wild Card: Virtus.pro

    1 Heroic's lineup played for SK Gaming last season.

    EU cross table

    EU League fnatic Ninjas in pajamas mousesports FaZe Clan Team EnVyUs Team Dignitas Virtus.pro Natus Vincere G2 esports Astralis HellRaisers Heroic Penta Sports FlipSid3 Tactics
    1. fnatic 16: 9 16:13 9:16 16: 8 11:16 16:14 16: 3 13:16 17:19 19:17 16:14 16:11 16: 2
    2. Ninjas in pajamas 14:16 16: 5 16: 3 15:19 16: 8 17:19 8:16 16: 5 16:14 19:16 16: 8 16: 5 16: 1
    3. mousesports 14:16 13:16 16: 3 16: 9 16:14 25:28 8:16 16:11 16: 2 16:12 16: 4 16:13 16: 9
    4th FaZe Clan 18:22 12:16 6:16 6:16 19:17 16: 8 19:15 16:12 19:16 16:14 16:13 16:10 16:14
    5. Team EnVyUs 16:14 6:16 9:16 10:16 16: 9 10:16 10:16 16:14 3:16 16: 9 16: 7 16: 5 16: 4
    6th Team Dignitas 16: 9 16:10 14:16 4:16 12:16 7:16 16: 4 16:14 10:16 19:17 16:12 16:10 16: 9
    7th Virtus.pro 8:16 8:16 8:16 5:16 16: 0 1 7:16 9:16 12:16 16:14 14:16 16:12 10:16 16: 5
    8th. Natus Vincere 6:16 11:16 13:16 23:25 17:19 8:16 3:16 16:12 16: 6 5:16 4:16 19:17 16: 7
    9. G2 esports 8:16 10:16 16: 6 12:16 6:16 16:13 16:19 11:16 16:14 16: 9 19:16 16:11 16: 6
    10. Astralis 13:16 16: 7 16:10 16:11 14:16 16: 6 14:16 7:16 4:16 16: 8 13:16 14:16 16:12
    11. HellRaisers 19:15 11:16 8:16 11:16 10:16 22:18 7:16 16: 7 5:16 13:16 6:16 16: 7 16: 3
    12. Heroic 12:16 14:16 14:16 5:16 16:10 3:16 10:16 7:16 16:12 16:13 14:16 16:14 7:16
    13. Penta Sports 12:16 7:16 11:16 18:22 10:16 7:16 7:16 7:16 14:16 5:16 16:11 19:16 16:14
    14th FlipSid3 Tactics 9:16 7:16 4:16 16: 7 5:16 5:16 16: 5 12:16 12:16 6:16 7:16 9:16 16: 7
    1 Losing team did not compete.

    NA League

    For the first time, the organizations Counter Logic Gaming , Winterfox , Selfless Gaming and Splyce were allowed to keep their starting place in the ESL Pro League despite a majority change in the lineup. This internationalized the North American league. While Winterfox was allowed to take part in the league with the Australian quintet who previously played under Team Immunity , Team Splyce signed two European players as well as the Mongolian talent Enkhtaivan "Machinegun" Lkhagv. At the top of the league, Cloud 9 dominated with just one loss. In addition to the teams OpTic Gaming , Team Liquid, who already qualified for the playoffs in the preseason and the SK Gaming quintet, which was still playing for Luminosity Gaming in the preseason , NRG eSports and the Brazilian newcomer Immortals reached the finals. At the end of the field, the eUnited team was placed , which was relegated immediately.

    NA table

    ESL Pro League Season 4 NA Division
    Disciplines Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    winner United StatesUnited States Cloud 9
    organizer Electronic Sports League
    venue On-line
    Participating clans 14th
    Beginning 17th August 2016
    final October 13, 2016
    Prize pool $ 75,000
    Games 182
    rank team Sp. S. N R + R- Diff. Points Prize money
    01. United StatesUnited States Cloud 9 26th 25th 1 415 225 +190 75 -
    02. BrazilBrazilImmortals 1 (N) 26th 20th 6th 385 234 +151 60 -
    03. BrazilBrazil SK Gaming 2 (G, M) 26th 18th 8th 341 257 + 084 54 -
    04th United NationsU.N. OpTic Gaming 26th 17th 9 376 306 + 070 51 -
    05. AustraliaAustraliaRenegades 3 26th 17th 9 371 271 +100 51 $ 18,000
    06th United NationsU.N. NRG eSports 26th 17th 9 354 278 + 076 51 -
    07th United StatesUnited States Team Liquid 26th 15th 11 370 318 + 052 45 -
    08th. United StatesUnited States Echo Fox (W) 26th 13 13 337 353 - 016 39 $ 15,500
    09. United StatesUnited States Counter Logic Gaming 26th 10 16 288 377 - 089 30th $ 13,000
    10. AustraliaAustralia Winter fox 26th 9 17th 271 364 - 093 27 $ 10,500
    11. United NationsU.N. compLexity 26th 9 17th 269 377 -108 27 $ 8,000
    12. United StatesUnited States Selfless gaming 26th 7th 19th 302 387 - 085 21st $ 5,500
    13. United NationsU.N. Splyce 26th 3 23 240 402 -162 6th $ 3,000
    14th United StatesUnited StateseUnited 4 (N) 26th 2 24 239 409 -170 3 $ 1,500
    Legend:
  • Qualification for the offline finals
  • Participation in the relegation games
  • Withdrawal from the ESL Pro League
  • Relegated to the Mountain Dew League
    		•

    (G) Winner of the ESL Pro League Season 3 offline finals: SK Gaming
    (M) Champion of the ESL Pro League Season 3 NA Division: SK Gaming
    (N) Promoted from the ESEA NA Premier League Season 21/22 : Immortals, eUnited
    ( W) Participation through Wild Card: Echo Fox

    1 The Immortals lineup played for Tempo Storm last season.
    2 The SK Gaming lineup played for Luminosity Gaming in the preseason.
    3 Renegades decided against participating in the playoffs, Team Liquid moved up.
    4th The eUnited lineup played for Ze Pug Godz this preseason.

    NA crosstab

    NA League Cloud 9 Immortals SK Gaming OpTic Gaming Renegades NRG eSports Team Liquid Echo fox Counter Logic Gaming Winter fox compLexity Selfless gaming Splyce eUnited
    1. Cloud 9 16: 5 16: 0 1 16: 3 16:12 16: 5 16: 8 12:16 16:11 16:11 16: 9 16:12 16:13 16: 6
    2. Immortals 14:16 16: 4 12:16 16:13 16: 7 16:12 16:10 16: 3 16: 1 12:16 16: 8 16: 4 10:16
    3. SK Gaming 0:16 1 11:16 16: 8 12:16 16:14 13:16 16:11 16: 7 16: 0 1 16: 1 16: 9 16:10 16: 8
    4th OpTic Gaming 12:16 13:16 15:19 16:13 16:10 20:22 16: 5 16: 9 16: 8 16: 6 22:20 16: 8 16: 2
    5. Renegades 16:19 2:16 16: 0 16:12 16: 9 16:12 16: 8 16: 2 16: 3 16: 8 16:10 16: 6 16: 5
    6th NRG eSports 10:16 6:16 7:16 16:12 16:10 16: 7 16:11 16: 9 16: 5 16:10 16: 5 16: 4 16: 8
    7th Team Liquid 10:16 16:12 16:10 16: 3 10:16 14:16 10:16 16: 5 16:14 16: 7 13:16 16: 8 16: 2
    8th. Echo fox 8:16 4:16 12:16 11:16 16:14 9:16 19:16 16:12 8:16 15:19 16:14 16: 6 16: 8
    9. Counter Logic Gaming 10:16 8:16 4:16 5:16 16: 9 16:14 16:12 16:14 11:16 16: 9 5:16 19:15 16:10
    10. Winter fox 7:16 7:16 0:16 1 6:16 8:16 5:16 11:16 11:16 16:13 14:16 19:16 16:13 16:12
    11. compLexity 5:16 7:16 7:16 4:16 16:10 4:16 11:16 9:16 16: 8 1:16 7:16 16:11 16:11
    12. Selfless gaming 12:16 1:16 7:16 13:16 3:16 5:16 6:16 13:16 15:19 16:13 9:16 16:13 12:16
    13. Splyce 2:16 7:16 6:16 9:16 3:16 8:16 6:16 10:16 9:16 7:16 16:14 14:16 16: 3
    14th eUnited 8:16 10:16 3:16 12:16 13:16 8:16 11:16 7:16 14:16 11:16 15:19 6:16 14:16
    1 Losing team did not compete.

    Offline finals

    ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals
    Disciplines Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    organizer Electronic Sports League
    venue BrazilBrazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera , São Paulo
    Participating clans 12
    Beginning October 26, 2016
    final October 30, 2016
    Prize pool $ 512,000
    Games 30th

    The venue for the offline finals, which took place from October 26th to 30th, 2016, was the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo . The American teams Cloud 9 and SK Gaming placed in Group B were able to play their way into the final. There Cloud 9 won despite a loss on the first map.

    Team lineups

    United StatesUnited States Cloud 9 European UnionEuropean Union FaZe Clan SwedenSweden fnatic 1 BrazilBrazil Immortals
    United StatesUnited States Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert DenmarkDenmark Philip "aizy" Aistrup SwedenSweden Dennis "dennis" Edman BrazilBrazil Wilton "zews" Prado
    CanadaCanada Michael "shroud" Grzesiek DenmarkDenmark Finn "karrigan" Andersen SwedenSweden Jonas "Lekr0" Eliasson BrazilBrazil Ricardo "boltz" Prass
    United StatesUnited States Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham FinlandFinland Aleksi "allu" Jalli SwedenSweden John “wenton” Eriksson BrazilBrazil Henrique "HEN1" Teles
    United StatesUnited States Timothy "autimatic" Ta NorwayNorway Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad SwedenSweden Simon "twist" Eriksson BrazilBrazil Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles
    United StatesUnited States Jake "Stewie2k" Yip NorwayNorway Håvard "rain" Nygaard SwedenSweden Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer BrazilBrazil João "felps" Vasconcellos
    European UnionEuropean Union mousesports SwedenSweden Ninjas in pajamas United NationsU.N. NRG eSports United NationsU.N. OpTic Gaming
    SpainSpain Christian "loWel" Antoran SwedenSweden Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund GermanyGermany Fatih "gob b" Dayik SpainSpain Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas
    NetherlandsNetherlands Chris "chrisJ" de Jong SwedenSweden Mikail "maikelele" Bill United StatesUnited States Peter "ptr" Gurney United StatesUnited States Tarik "tarik" Celik
    GermanyGermany Denis "denis" Howell SwedenSweden Adam "friberg" Friberg United StatesUnited States Jacob "FugLy" Medina CanadaCanada Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz
    Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Nikola "NiKo" Kovač SwedenSweden Richard "Xizt" Landström SerbiaSerbia Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninic CanadaCanada Keith "NAF" Markovic
    GermanyGermany Timo "Spiidi" judge SwedenSweden Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg GermanyGermany Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz United StatesUnited States Will "Rush" Wierzba
    BrazilBrazil SK Gaming DenmarkDenmark Team Dignitas FranceFrance Team EnVyUs United StatesUnited States Team Liquid
    BrazilBrazil Fernando "fer" Alvarenga DenmarkDenmark René "cajunb" Borg FranceFrance Dan "apEX" Madesclaire United StatesUnited States Nick "nitr0" Cannella
    BrazilBrazil Marcelo "coldzera" David DenmarkDenmark Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen FranceFrance Nathan "NBK" Schmitt United StatesUnited States Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
    BrazilBrazil Tacio "TACO" Filho DenmarkDenmark Emil "Magiskb0Y" Reif FranceFrance Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer United StatesUnited States Josh "jdm64" Marzano
    BrazilBrazil Lincoln "fnx" Lau NorwayNorway Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel FranceFrance Kenny "kennyS" Schrub United StatesUnited States Spencer "Hiko" Martin
    BrazilBrazil Gabriel "TrapN" Toledo DenmarkDenmark Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke FranceFrance Christophe "SIXER" Xia DenmarkDenmark Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
    1 fnatic canceled the tournament at short notice.

    Group A

    Group A results
    OpTic Gaming - Team Liquid 16: 02
    Immortals - Team EnVyUs 05:16
    mousesports - Team Liquid 16:12
    Immortals - OpTic Gaming 04:16
    Team EnVyUs - Team Liquid 16: 04
    mousesports - OpTic Gaming 16:10
    Immortals - mousesports 16:14
    OpTic Gaming - Team EnVyUs 05:16
    Immortals - Team Liquid 14:16
    mousesports - Team EnVyUs 16: 09
    rank team Sp. S. N R + R- Diff. Points
    01. European UnionEuropean Union mousesports 4th 3 1 62 47 +15 9
    02. FranceFrance Team EnVyUs 4th 3 1 57 30th +27 9
    03. United NationsU.N. OpTic Gaming 4th 2 2 47 38 + 09 6th
    04th United StatesUnited States Team Liquid 4th 1 3 34 62 -28 3
    05. BrazilBrazil Immortals 4th 1 3 39 62 -23 3
    Legend:
  •  Qualification for the semifinals
  •  Participation in the quarter-finals
    		•

    Group B

    Group B results
    Cloud 9 - FaZe Clan 16:14
    NRG eSports - Team Dignitas 03:16
    SK Gaming - Ninjas in pajamas 10:16
    Cloud 9 - NRG eSports 16: 09
    Ninjas in pajamas - Team Dignitas 14:16
    SK Gaming - FaZe Clan 16: 02
    Ninjas in pajamas - NRG eSports 16:14
    FaZe Clan - Team Dignitas 16: 07
    SK Gaming - Cloud 9 16: 06
    FaZe Clan - NRG eSports 22:20
    SK Gaming - Team Dignitas 16: 07
    Ninjas in pajamas - Cloud 9 09:16
    SK Gaming - NRG eSports 16:10
    Cloud 9 - Team Dignitas 16:13
    Ninjas in pajamas - FaZe Clan 16: 07
    rank team Sp. S. N R + R- Diff. Points
    01. BrazilBrazil SK Gaming 5 4th 1 74 41 +33 12
    02. United StatesUnited States Cloud 9 5 4th 1 70 61 + 09 12
    03. SwedenSweden Ninjas in pajamas 5 3 2 71 63 + 08 9
    04th European UnionEuropean Union FaZe Clan 5 2 3 61 75 -14 6th
    05. DenmarkDenmark Team Dignitas 5 2 3 59 65 - 06 3
    06th United NationsU.N. NRG eSports 5 0 5 56 86 -30 0
    Legend:
  •  Qualification for the semifinals
  •  Participation in the quarter-finals
    		•

    Playoffs

    Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
               
      European UnionEuropean Union  mousesports 9 10
    United StatesUnited States  Cloud 9 16 16     United StatesUnited States  Cloud 9 16 16  
    United NationsU.N.  OpTic Gaming 12 2     United StatesUnited States  Cloud 9 17th 16 16
        BrazilBrazil  SK Gaming 19th 6th 5
      BrazilBrazil  SK Gaming 10 16 16  
    FranceFrance  Team EnVyUs 9 17th     SwedenSweden  Ninjas in pajamas 16 7th 10  
    SwedenSweden  Ninjas in pajamas 16 19th    

    Prize money distribution

    space clan Prize money (in US dollars )
    1. United StatesUnited States Cloud 9 200,000
    2. BrazilBrazil SK Gaming 090,000
    3rd - 4th European UnionEuropean Union mousesports ninjas in pajamas
    SwedenSweden     		045,000
    5th - 6th United NationsU.N. OpTic Gaming Team EnVyUs
    FranceFrance     		036,000
    7th - 8th European UnionEuropean UnionFaZe Clan Team Liquid
    United StatesUnited States     		030,000
    9-10 BrazilBrazilImmortals Team Dignitas
    DenmarkDenmark     		025,000
    11th - 12th SwedenSweden fnatic NRG eSports
    United NationsU.N.    		 020,000

    Playoffs and relegation

    The two champions of the second-rate EU Premier League Season 23 rose directly to the EPL. The second and third placed play against 12th and 13th place of the EPL in the relegation.

    Playoffs of the ESEA Premier League Season 23

    Surname ESEA Season 23: Premier Division - Europe ESEA Season 23: Premier Division - North America
    organizer E-Sports Entertainment Association E-Sports Entertainment Association
    time and place November 17, 2016 - January 5, 2017,
    final: Burbank (otherwise online)     		November 17, 2016 - January 5, 2017,
    final: Burbank (otherwise online)
    winner PolandPoland Team Kinguin CanadaCanada Team SoloMid
    finalist European UnionEuropean Union Team LDLC United StatesUnited States Rush
    Third DenmarkDenmark Rogue BrazilBrazil Luminosity Gaming
  • Qualification for the ESL Pro League Season 5
  •  Qualification for relegation

    • Relegation

    All winners of the games qualified for the ESL Pro League Season 5 .

    EU relegation

      Time: January 18, 2017 6:00 PM CET
               
    European UnionEuropean Union  Penta Sports 16 12 14th
    European UnionEuropean Union  Team LDLC 11 16 16
      Time: January 18, 2017 9:30 p.m. CET
               
    DenmarkDenmark  Heroic 14th 16 16
    DenmarkDenmark  Rogue 16 11 1

    NA relegation

      Time: January 18, 2017 2:00 am CET
               
    United StatesUnited States  Selfless gaming 6th 11
    BrazilBrazil  Luminosity Gaming 16 16
      Time: January 19, 2017 2:00 AM CET
               
    United StatesUnited States  Splyce 16 13 10
    United StatesUnited States  Rush 10 16 16
      Time: February 3rd, 2017 3:00 AM CET
               
    United StatesUnited States  Selfless gaming 16 6th 16
    United StatesUnited States  Splyce 14th 16 12

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ EU table of the ESEA
    2. ↑ EU table of the ESEA
    3. ↑ PENTA vs. LDLC on hltv.org, accessed January 27, 2017
    4. ↑ Heroic vs. Rogue on hltv.org, accessed January 27, 2017
    5. ↑ Selfless vs. Luminosity on hltv.org, accessed January 27, 2017
    6. ↑ Splyce vs. Rush on hltv.org, accessed January 27, 2017
    7. ↑ Selfless vs. Splyce on hltv.org, accessed May 12, 2017