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Team Liquid beat Cloud9 and advanced to the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16

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Team Liquid beat Cloud9 2:0, thanks to which they advanced to the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16. Thanks to this victory, the North American team takes the third place in group D, ensuring itself a place in the next stage of the competition. In turn, Cloud9 remains in first place, directly getting into the quarterfinals.

The main confrontation of the last gaming day started on the Inferno map, which became the choice of the North American team. At the same time, despite the starting advantage, the "liquid" slightly let go of the situation and allowed the opponent to get closer to arm's length - 8:7. However, after the side switch, Team Liquid showed a confident attack, with which they successfully took the lead in the series — 16:10.

Next, the teams moved to the Overpass map, which became the choice of Cloud9. At the same time, the teams showed two equal halves, naturally moving to overtime. Here, the North American team managed to take one round on the attack, after which they switched to defense and closed the series in their favor — 19:17.

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.

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Intermediate results of ESL Pro League Season 16

  • 1st place: $175,000 + 2,800 BLAST Premier points + ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 + ticket to IEM Katowice 2023
  • 2nd place: $70,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier points
  • 3rd-4th place: $35,000 + 875 BLAST Premier points
  • 5th-8th place: $17,500 + 262.5 BLAST Premier points
  • 9th-12th place: $12,000
  • 13th-16th place: Team Spirit, Astralis, Evil Geniuses BIG — $19,000
  • 17th-20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas and Eternal Fire - $17,500
  • 17th-20th place: MIBR and ENCE - $12,500
  • 21st-24th place: Endpoint and HEET — $11,000
  • 21st-24th place: FTW and Movistar Riders — $6,000

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