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Natus Vincere will play with Heroic in the first round of the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16

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Tournament operator ESL has presented the results of the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoff draw. According to its results, the Natus Vincere team will meet with Heroic in the first round, while the winner of the confrontation will go to the G2 Esports team.

Natus Vincere will play with Heroic in the first round of the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16. Photo 1

The playoff schedule of the event will be opened by a duel between the FaZe Clan and Complexity teams, the winner of which will meet Cloud9 in the quarterfinals. Next in line is a match between Fnatic and Team Liquid, while the winner of the confrontation will advance to the 1/4 finals on MOUZ.

On the second day of the playoffs, there will be a meeting between the aforementioned Natus Vincere and Heroic, who will compete for the right to reach the quarterfinals for the G2 Esports team. The first round of the playoffs will be closed by the match between the FURIA and Outsiders teams - the winner will advance and meet with Vitality.

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 and 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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