Crew Energy and The MongolZ cruised thru their quarterfinal suits on Friday in ESL Professional League Season 21 at Stockholm.
Energy downed Crew Liquid 2-0, and The MongolZ routed Natus Vincere 2-0.
Within the semifinals on Saturday, Energy will oppose The MongolZ, and MOUZ will face off with Crew Spirit.
The $400,000 Counter-Strike: International Offensive match seeded 8 of its 24 groups directly into Team Level 2. The opposite 16 groups started in Team Level 1, which featured a Swiss device layout of best-of-three suits. The highest 8 groups then complex to Team Level 2, which additionally hired a Swiss device layout of best-of-three suits.
8 groups complex from Team Level 2 to the single-elimination playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals are best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five grand ultimate on Sunday. The profitable group will obtain $100,000.
On Friday, Energy were given previous Liquid 13-9 on Anubis, 13-9 on Mud II. Estonia’s Robin “ropz” Kool paced Energy with 46 kills and a plus-21 kill-death differential. Australia’s Justin “jks” Savage registered 34 kills and a plus-3 Ok-D differential for Liquid.
The MongolZ posted a couple of 13-6 wins over Natus Vincere, on Mirage and Historical. Sodbayar “Techno” Munkhbold produced 36 kills and a plus-15 Ok-D differential for the all-Mongolian victors. Ukraine’s Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov collected 32 kills and a plus-8 Ok-D differential for Natus Vincere.
ESL Professional League Season 21 prize pool
1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $25,000 — Crew Liquid, Natus Vincere
5-8. $18,000 — G2 Esports, Everlasting Fireplace, two extra groups TBD
September 11. $13,500 — Crew 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 Imaginative and prescient Gaming, NRG
23-24. $3,000 — Housebets, Mindfreak
–Box Stage Media