Team Vitality and MOUZ advanced on Saturday to the grand final of the ESL Pro League Season 21 at Stockholm.
MOUZ emerged with a 2-1 victory over Team Spirit in one semifinal. MOUZ took a close result, 16-14, on Nuke, then fell 13-7 on Dust II before ousting Team Spirit with a 13-10 win on Ancient.
MOUZ’s Adam “torzsi” Torzsas of Hungary posted a plus-21 kill-death differential (60-39). Russia’s Danil “donk” Kryshkovets produced 64 kills and a plus-15 K-D differential.
Team Vitality knocked off The MongolZ 2-1, starting fast with a 13-4 win on Anubis. The MongolZ responded with a 16-14 victory on Nuke before Vitality crushed them 13-2 on Inferno.
Shahar “flameZ” Shushan of Israel posted a plus-26 differential (63-37 K-D), and teammate Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France was at plus-24 (54-30) for Vitality. None of The Mongolz were plus territory.
The $400,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament seeded eight of its 24 teams straight into Group Stage 2. The other 16 teams began in Group Stage 1, which featured a Swiss system format of best-of-three matches. The top eight teams then advanced to Group Stage 2, which also employed a Swiss system format of best-of-three matches.
Eight teams advanced from Group Stage 2 to the single-elimination playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals are best-of-three before the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning team will receive $100,000.
ESL Pro League Season 21 prize pool
1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $25,000 — The MongolZ, Team Spirit
5-8. $18,000 — Team Liquid, Natus Vincere, G2 Esports, Eternal Fire
9-11. $13,500 — Team Falcons, 3DMax, GamerLegion
12-14. $10,500 — paiN Gaming, SAW, FURIA
15-16. $8,500 — MIBR, TYLOO
17-19. $6,500 — FlyQuest, M80, Nemiga Gaming
20-22. $4,500 — HEROIC, Lynn Vision Gaming, NRG
23-24. $3,000 — Housebets, Mindfreak
–Field Level Media
