ESL Pro League Season 12 final placements & results ESLAfter an intense and competitive regular season and playoffs, the ESL Pro League Season 12 champions have been determined, headlined by Astralis in the European region and FURIA in North America. 36 of Counter-Strike’s premier esports teams were pitted together in ESL’s 12th season of their Pro League. Because of the current global pandemic, Season 12 was played online, with five dedicated regions this time: Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Asia from Sept. 1 through Oct. 4. North America had one group for the regular season, while Europe was split into two different divisions, so each region has their own champion. On the EU side of things, Natus Vincere and Astralis met in the Grand Final after they won groups A and B, respectively. It looked like Na’Vi would win it all after going up 2-0, but a huge reverse sweep from the Danish side flipped the script and handed them the regional crown. WOW 🤯 Down 0-2, @AstralisCS complete an incredible reverse sweep vs @natusvincere to win the ESL Pro League S12 title!pic.twitter.com/C33htUcXRY — Dexerto (@Dexerto) October 4, 2020 Prior to that, over in North America, the regular season group finished with Evil Geniuses up on top, but the team failed to make to the Grand Final as second-place FURIA and fourth-place 100 Thieves had that honor. The final match of the tournament ended as a pretty one-sided affair, as FURIA denied 100T’s first trophy in CS:GO with a dominant 3-0 sweep. THE CHAMPIONS OF #ESLProLeague SEASON 12 FOR NORTH AMERICA@furia 🇧🇷🏆🇧🇷🏆🇧🇷🏆 pic.twitter.com/izlVCHaJFe — ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) September 27, 2020 Participating teams Between Europe, NA, and the other three regions included in Season 12, there were 36 total teams participating in ESL Season 12. The 16 European teams were split into two different groups to compete in the regular season, and the eight teams from North America played against one another. Here’s who was playing in each group: Group A (Europe) AGO – BIG – ENCE – GODSENT – Heroic – Natus Vincere – OG – Group B (Europe) Astralis – Complexity Gaming – FaZe Clan – Fnatic – mousesports – Ninjas in Pyjamas – Team Spirit – Team Vitality – North America Evil Geniuses – Team Liquid – 100 Thieves – Triumph – FURIA Esports – Gen.G Esports – Cloud9 – Chaos Esports Club – South America BOOM Esports – Havan Liberty – Sharks Esports – Isurus – Oceania Renegades – Chiefs ESC – ORDER – Avant Gaming – Asia TYLOO – Beyond Esports – ViCi Gaming – Invictus Gaming – ESL Pro League Season 12 schedule and results Tuesday, September 1 Wednesday, September 2 Thursday, September 3 Friday, September 4 Saturday, September 5 Sunday, September 6 Tuesday, September 8 Wednesday, September 9 Thursday, September 10 Friday, September 11 Saturday, September 12 Sunday, September 13 Tuesday, September 15 Wednesday, September 16 Thursday, September 17 Friday, September 18 Saturday, September 19 Sunday, September 20 Tuesday, September 22 Thursday, September 24 Friday, September 25 Saturday, September 26 Sunday, September 27 Tuesday, September 29 Wednesday, September 30 Thursday, October 1 Friday, October 2 Saturday, October 3 Sunday, October 4 ESL Pro League Season 12 final placements Europe North America South America Oceania Asia Format Europe European teams played a round-robin best-of-three format within their groups ending on Sept. 19, with the top four teams from each qualifying for the double-elimination playoff tournament that eventually determined the champion. Teams from Europe fought over the majority ($450,000) of the season’s $750,000 purse, followed by North America, with $225,000. The remaining three regions each have $25,000 on offer. North America The eight North American teams all played the regular season in one big group, with the top two teams being placed into the upper bracket of the playoffs, and the bottom two in the lower. Here, the first and second-placed teams went head-to-head in the Winner’s Final, while third and fourth battled in the Loser’s Final — where the winner of this matchup faced the loser of the Winner’s Final to earn their spot in the Grand Final. South America, Oceania, Asia The remaining three regions, with only four teams each, didn’t have a regular season at all. Instead, they all competed in their own, four-team double-elimination tournaments starting Sept. 21-22.
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