ESL Professional League Season 16 Group B Recap

Slight adjustments to the established order, however devoid of any actual surprises.

With the second group ending its run, it’s time to look again on the matches that passed off within the final 3 days. When you’re a fan of upsets and underdog tales, we don’t have a lot for you aside from the truth that G2 Esports managed to defeat the dominant FaZe Clan to take prime spot within the group. Nonetheless, for admirers of top-level Counter-Strike: International Offensive, there’s loads of motion to speak about. 

Group B Day 3, 4, and 5 Outcomes

When you’re not conscious of what went down within the first two days of Group B matches, yow will discover our recap for them right here. 

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The outcomes between this group of CSGO groups nearly all went as predicted, with the favorites to win a match doing so each time besides as soon as out of 15 matches. Day 3 dawned with G2 trouncing a dejected For The Win Esports, which was adopted by arguably the closest series the group noticed as BIG and FaZe triumphed 2-1 over MIBR and Outsiders respectively.

On the penultimate day, BIG ended any inklings of hope that FTW should still have been harboring about qualifying, however not with out some robust combat from the underdogs. Outsiders then took MIBR to the cleaners earlier than the one actual “upset” passed off as G2 not solely beat FaZe, however did so cleanly and convincingly. 

On the ultimate day, there have been some thrilling matches, however all of them ended with the identical 2-0 ends in favor of MIBR, G2, and FaZe, with FTW, Outsiders, and BIG being on the dropping finish in that order.

Ultimate Group B Desk

The group ended with ends in good numerical order, making even the point out of spherical distinction pointless. G2 received all their matches, FaZe got here in second, and Outsiders introduced up the qualifying rear. Within the sadder half of the group, BIG confronted one more disappointing event consequence, MIBR as soon as once more tasted the form of failure on the large stage they’re used to by now, and FTW, nicely, couldn’t play to stay as much as their title even as soon as. 

ESL PRO League Season  16 Recap — Group B

With a minimum of 4 top-tier groups within the group, it was all the time going to go all the way down to the wire so far as qualification was involved.

Day 3

Justin “jks” Savage stood tall above his nevertheless-rock-solid teammates as G2 ransacked FTW 16-5 on Inferno, earlier than younger celebrity Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov took excessive spot as his crew bullied the Portuguese squad 16-6 on Historical. 

The second match had much more oomph to it — a minimum of within the first two maps. BIG barely edged out MIBR 16-14 on Vertigo, with Karim ”Krimbo” Moussa all however carrying the crew and undoing the exhausting work of Henrique “HEN1″ Teles and the remainder of MIBR. The Brazilians struck again within the subsequent sport, successful by the identical margin on Nuke with HEN1 as soon as once more ruling the roost. Sadly for them, the third match was a 16-1 battering on Mud 2 as BIG slammed the door shut. Johannes ”tabseN” Wodarz, Nils ”k1to”Gruhne and Florian ”syrsoN” Rische had been all good.

The most important sport of the day on paper, FaZe vs Outsiders, started with two 16-5 thrashings, with FaZe taking the primary on Mud 2 and the Russians reversing the outcomes on Historical. Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken was scientific on the previous, whereas the second was a crew effort with Dzhami “Jame” Ali and Pyotr “fame” Bolyshev on prime. The final match was a a lot nearer affair, however FaZe outclassed their opponents for a 16-11 win on Inferno with Robin “ropz” Kool going ham. 

Day 4 

Each single day appeared to have opened with FTW getting completely massacred, however this time that they had a factor or two to say to BIG as they took a map off of the Germans. BIG received Inferno 16-7 with syrsoN on prime, however Mud 2 belonged to the underdogs as André “Ag1l” Gil carried his aspect to a proud 16-12 victory. Sadly, their success was short-lived as syrsoN and tabseN set about to destroy them on Nuke, with BIG successful 16-6. 

MIBR aren't any pushovers, however they could as nicely have been as they had been butchered 16-2 by Bolyshev and the remainder of Outsiders on Vertigo. The second map was Inferno, however regardless of one of the best efforts of HEN1, MIBR as soon as once more crumbled to a 16-7 defeat due to some strong capturing by Evgeniy “FL1T” Lebedev and David “n0rb3r7” Daniyelyan.

The ultimate sport of Day 4 was what everybody had been ready for, however G2 made FaZe seem like amateurs as they routed the reigning Main champions 16-7 on Mud 2, with fan favourite Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov means forward on the prime of the charts. Up subsequent was Nuke, and though it was way more aggressive, m0NESY as soon as once more performed out of his thoughts to hold G2 to a powerful 16-12 win. 

Day 5

The ultimate day as soon as once more noticed FTW dropping, however this time issues had been a lot nearer as MIBR received 16-12 on Vertigo and 19-17 on Nuke. Raphael “exit” Lacerda and Breno “brnz4n” Poletto had been wonderful on the primary, however it was as soon as once more the veteran HEN1 who carried his crew exhausting on the second map. 

With G2 and Outsiders not too far aside when it comes to talent on paper, it got here as a little bit of a shock when the previous smashed their opponents 16-2 on Inferno, with m0NESY and Nikola “NiKo” Kovač dominating the sector. Historical was a special story, although, as Outsiders had been nicely forward with the rating at 15-8. Nonetheless, they didn't get a single spherical as G2’s ironclad protection equaled the scores, and misplaced the sport in Time beyond regulation. As soon as once more, NiKo and m0NESY had been the deciding elements.

Lastly, FaZe beat massive 16-11 on each Mud 2 and Nuke, with Twitzz and Håvard “rain” Nygaard stepping up on the primary map and ropz and Helvijs “broky” Saukants main the way in which within the second. 

With the likes of Astralis and Heroic locking horns in Group C quickly, there can be loads of protection of ESL Professional League from us, so stick round.