The ESL Pro League Season 5 is the fifth season of the ESL Pro League . It started on February 7, 2017 and ended with the final of the offline playoffs between G2 Esports and North on June 4, 2017 at the Verizon Theater in Dallas , in which G2 Esports prevailed 3-1 by Maps.
In addition to Team Kinguin and Team LDLC , North , which belongs to FC Copenhagen, made its debut in the European league, taking over the line-up from Team Dignitas and taking first place in the first season. The team mousesports , made up of the German player Denis “denis” Howell , finished the league phase in third place and qualified for the playoffs together with Meister North, G2 Esports , fnatic , Natus Vincere and Team EnVyUs . At the bottom of the table were the Polish quintets from Team Kinguin and Virtus.pro .
(M) Champion of the ESL Pro League Season 4 EU Division: fnatic
(R) Winner of the relegation of the ESL Pro League Season 4 EU Division: Heroic
(N) Promoted from the ESEA EU Premier League Season 23/24 : Team Kinguin, Team LDLC
1 North's lineup played for Team Dignitas the preseason.
In the American league, after the rise of Luminosity Gaming , three organizations with Brazilian lineups were represented for the first time, all of which were in the upper half of the table and with SK Gaming also made the champions of the American league. The other playoff qualifications were Team Liquid , Immortals , NRG eSports, Cloud 9 and OpTic Gaming. The oceanic team Animal Squad withdrew from league operations towards the end of the season, so there was no direct relegation. However, Rush and the team The Foundation, which emerged from Selfless Gaming , had to compete in the relegation.
(G) Winner of the ESL Pro League Season 3 offline finals: Cloud 9
(M) Champion of the ESL Pro League Season 4 NA Division: Cloud 9
(R) Winner of the relegation of the ESL Pro League Season 4 NA Division: The Foundation
(N ) Newcomers from the ESEA NA Premier League Season 23/24 : Luminosity Gaming, Misfits, Rush
1 The Misfits lineup played for Team SoloMid this preseason.
2 The Foundation lineup played for Selfless Gaming in the preseason.
3The Animal Squad lineup played for Winterfox this preseason. With the team withdrawing in the middle of the season, all Animal Squad games were not counted.
The offline finals of the fifth season of the ESL Pro League took place from May 31 to June 4, 2017 at the Verizon Theater in Dallas , Texas . $ 750,000 in prize money will be played.
The two champions of the second-rate EU Premier League Season 24 rose directly to the EPL. The second and third placed played in the relegation against 12th and 13th place of the EPL.