{"id":3191,"date":"2024-09-16T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-20-playoff-stage-schedule-and-tuesday-matches-overview"},"modified":"2024-09-16T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T14:30:16","slug":"esl-pro-league-season-20-playoff-stage-schedule-and-tuesday-matches-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-20-playoff-stage-schedule-and-tuesday-matches-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League Season 20 Playoff Stage: Schedule and Tuesday Matches Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ESL Pro League Season 20 Playoff Stage<\/strong> kicks off this Tuesday<\/strong>. The opening matches will be BIG <\/strong>vs. TheMongolZ <\/strong>and Virtus.pro<\/strong> vs. HEROIC<\/strong>. Four matches will be played on the first and second days of the playoff stage, and starting from the quarter-finals<\/strong>, two matches will be played each day until the Grand Final, which is set to be played on Sunday <\/strong>at 16:00 CET<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Playoff Stage Schedule<\/h2>\n

Playoffs round 1 (September 17)<\/h3>\n
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  • BIG <\/strong>vs. TheMongolZ <\/strong>and Virtus.pro<\/strong> vs. HEROIC <\/strong>starting at 12:00 CET<\/li>\n
  • Spirit <\/strong>vs. FURIA <\/strong>starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
  • FaZe <\/strong>vs. Complexity <\/strong>starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Playoffs round 2 (September 18)<\/h3>\n
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    • Eternal Fire <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of BIG <\/strong>vs. TheMongolZ<\/strong>) starting at 12:00 CET<\/li>\n
    • MIBR <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of Virtus.pro<\/strong> vs HEROIC<\/strong>) starting at 12:00 CET<\/li>\n
    • Imperial <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of Spirit <\/strong>vs. FURIA<\/strong>) starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
    • Liquid <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of FaZe <\/strong>vs. Complexity<\/strong>) starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Quarter-finals (September 19)<\/h3>\n
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      • M80 <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of MIBR <\/strong>vs. TBD<\/strong>) starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
      • Vitality <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of Eternal Fire <\/strong>vs. TBD<\/strong>) starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Quarter-finals (September 20)<\/h3>\n
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        • Natus Vincere <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of Imperial <\/strong>vs. TBD<\/strong>) starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
        • G2 <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>(the winner of Liquid <\/strong>vs. TBD<\/strong>) starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Semi-finals (September 21)<\/h3>\n
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          • TBD <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
          • TBD <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Grand Final (September 22)<\/h3>\n
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            • TBD <\/strong>vs. TBD <\/strong>starting at 16:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Tuesday Matches Overview<\/h2>\n

              BIG vs. TheMongolZ<\/h3>\n
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              BIG vs. TheMongolZ – ESL Pro League S20<\/em><\/p>\n

              BIG <\/strong>did well in a group stage, but they didn’t play against the best teams yet, and it’s hard to judge their consistency at this point. TheMongolZ <\/strong>had to play against Spirit <\/strong>in a group stage and were able to take one map out of them, which is a good sign of the team’s current shape and their ability to take maps off top European teams. These two teams have never met each other before, so it is hard to even guess how it will go on.<\/p>\n

              Virtus.pro vs. HEROIC<\/h3>\n
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              Virtus.pro vs. HEROIC – ESL Pro League S20<\/em><\/p>\n

              These two teams have met a few times this year, and Virtus.pro<\/strong> is currently dominating with a 4-0 score <\/strong>over HEROIC<\/strong>. Both teams had similar results in their group stages, and it seems like whoever can maintain consistency will come on top in this match.<\/p>\n

              Spirit vs. FURIA<\/h3>\n
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              Spirit vs. FURIA – ESL Pro League S20<\/em><\/p>\n

              One of the best CIS teams, Spirit, <\/strong>isagainst one of the best Brazilian teams, FURIA<\/strong>. For the past eight matches, Spirit <\/strong>lost only one, and it was against another Brazilian team, MIBR, <\/strong>but other than that, they’re in great shape. FURIA <\/strong>didn’t meet a strong enemy in their group stage, and it’s hard to say what kind of shape they’re in. These two teams met before on six maps in total, and Spirit <\/strong>is currently dominating with a 6-0 score<\/strong>, leaving no chance for FURIA<\/strong>. It might be FURIA’s <\/strong>chance to surprise and its Spirit’s <\/strong>chance to keep their domination over FURIA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

              FaZe vs. Complexity<\/h3>\n
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              FaZe vs. Complexity – ESL Pro League S20<\/em><\/p>\n

              Complexity <\/strong>did great in the group stage, and they were the ones who left no chance to continue in ESL Pro LeagueS20 <\/strong>for MOUZ, <\/strong>even though MOUZ <\/strong>was a huge favorite to win their match. It shows us that Complexity <\/strong>is ready to play against the best European teams, at least on their good day. FaZe <\/strong>is on its way to proving that it can get back to its level since it lost it sometime before, and this tournament is another chance for it to prove everyone wrong. FaZe <\/strong>did a great group stage run as well. These two teams last met in March at PGL Major Copenhagen<\/strong>, and FaZe <\/strong>won with a 2-0 score<\/strong>. So we will have to see how it will go after half a year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

              We will be back with our predictions for the matches starting from the quarter-finals, so stay tuned!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The ESL Pro League Season 20 Playoff Stage kicks off this Tuesday. The opening matches will be BIG vs. TheMongolZ and Virtus.pro vs. HEROIC. Four matches will be played on the first and second days of the playoff stage, and starting from the quarter-finals, two matches will be played each day until the Grand Final,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-3191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}