fnatic beats Endpoint and guarantees participation in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16

The fnatic team turned out to be stronger than Endpoint with a score of 2:0, thanks to which they guaranteed participation in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16. After five played rounds, keita's team has three wins and two losses, which was enough to get into the TOP-3 of group A In turn, the Endpoint team finishes its performance in the championship, taking the last place.

One of the three final matches of group A started on the Ancient map, which became the Endpoint of choice. At the same time, the team rather quickly regretted their decision to choose this particular map, since it did not come up with anything for the attack and actually deprived itself of a chance to fight - 11:4. After the side switching, Endpoint tried to return the intrigue to the server, but it turned out to be too late. As a result, fnatic confidently played back at the opponent's peak and took the lead in the series — 16:9.

The teams then moved to Overpass, which turned out to be fnatic's choice. Here the struggle turned out to be a little more, because in defense Endpoint was able to take its rounds and bring intrigue - 8:7. After the change of sides, the European team continued to stick to its line, but only for the time being. Then fnatic got together to give out a series of seven successful rounds on defense, and at the same time drag the series in their favor — 16:10.

Currently, the fate of the position of the teams in the top three of group A is being decided. In case of the victory of the NAVI team over Ninjas in Pajamas, the fnatic team drops to the third line, but still goes to the playoffs. Otherwise, fnatic will enter the playoffs from the second line, while the "Born to Win" will take the third place in group A. As for Ninjas in Pajamas, the Swedish team will remain in the fifth position in any case and will not be able to break into the playoffs -off.

ESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.