FaZe Clan win ESL Pro League Season 17

FaZe Clan are the winners of ESL Pro League Season 17. In the championship final, RobbaN's wards defeated Cloud9 3-1 (Overpass, 16-13; Inferno, 16-9; Mirage, 11-16; Ancient, 16-11). With this victory, the team also won their fourth Intel Grand Slam season, earning one million dollars in gold bullion.

The tournament began for the European squad with two easy wins over Rooster (2-0) and Ninjas in Pyjamas (2-0) in the group stage. However, in the top-flight final, the team could not cope with Vitality (0-2), heading into the 1/8th final of the competition.

However, here FaZe Clan proved stronger than FURIA (2-0), FORZE (2-1) and Natus Vincere (2-1) to reach the grand final. Here, RobbaN's charges outplayed Cloud9 (3-1) to become ESL Pro League Season 17 champions, earning a total of $1,200,000.

ESL Pro League Season 17 took place from February 22 to March 26 in Malta. The 32 teams from CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania fought for a combined prize pool of $850,000, plus trips to IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST World Final 2023 for the winner.

Intermediate results for ESL Pro League Season 17

• 1st place: FaZe Clan - $200,000 + 3,000 points + entry to IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST World Final 2023
• 2nd place: Cloud9 - $90,000 + 2,000 points
• 3-4th place: ENCE and NAVI - $50,000 + 1,200 points
• 5th-8th place: MOUZ, Vitality, FORZE and Heroic - $35,000 + 500 points
• 9th-12th place: Outsiders, G2 Esports, FURIA and paiN Gaming - $25,000
• 13-16th place: Movistar Riders, Team Liquid, fnatic and 00NATION - $20,000
• 17-20th place: Eternal Fire, BIG, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis - $15,000
• 21st-28th place: MIBR, IHC Esports, SAW, Complexity Gaming, Grayhound Gaming, OG, Rare Atom and Team Spirit - $8,000
• Place 29-32: Evil Geniuses, Imperial Esports, Rooster and ATK - $4,000