{"id":5186,"date":"2024-05-07T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-19-playoff-stage-overview-teams-list-and-schedule"},"modified":"2024-05-07T08:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:19:02","slug":"esl-pro-league-19-playoff-stage-overview-teams-list-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-19-playoff-stage-overview-teams-list-and-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League 19: Playoff Stage Overview, Teams List, and Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Playoffs Round 1<\/strong>\u00a0starts this\u00a0Tuesday<\/strong>, with four matches<\/strong> to be played that day. We had some underdogs and surprising wins over top teams, and now we will have to see if it happens in the\u00a0Playoff Stage<\/strong>\u00a0or if the experience will be a key to winning on a big stage. The playoff teams list, schedule, and first-playoff-round overview are in this article.<\/p>\n

Playoff Stage Team List<\/h2>\n
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Playoff Stage – Bracket – ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n

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  • BIG<\/li>\n
  • G2<\/li>\n
  • BetBoom<\/li>\n
  • FlyQuest<\/li>\n
  • GamerLegion<\/li>\n
  • Virtus.pro<\/li>\n
  • FaZe<\/li>\n
  • Monte<\/li>\n
  • 3DMAX<\/li>\n
  • TheMongolZ<\/li>\n
  • Liquid<\/li>\n
  • Natus Vincere<\/li>\n
  • Complexity<\/li>\n
  • MOUZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Schedule<\/h2>\n

    Playoffs Round 1, May 7:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • BIG vs. G2, BetBoom vs. FlyQuest starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
    • GamerLegion vs. Virtus.pro, FaZe vs. Monte starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Playoffs Round 2, May 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • 3DMAX vs. TBD (The winner of BIG vs. G2), TheMongolZ vs. TBD (The winner of GamerLegion vs. Virtus.pro) starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
      • Liquid vs. TBD (The winner of BetBoom vs. FlyQuest), Natus Vincere vs. TBD (The winner of FaZe vs. Monte) starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Quarter-finals, May 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Complexity vs. TBD (The winner of TheMongolZ vs. TBD), Vitality vs. TBD (The winner of Natus Vincere vs. TBD) starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
        • MOUZ vs. TBD (The winner of 3DMAX vs. TBD), Astralis vs. TBD (The winner of Liquid vs. TBD) starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Semi-Finals, May 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • TBD vs. TBD starting at 15:15 CET<\/li>\n
          • TBD vs. TBD starting at 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Grand Final, May 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • TBD vs. TBD starting at 16:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Playoff Round 1 Matches Overview<\/h2>\n

              BIG vs. G2<\/h3>\n
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              BIG vs. G2 – Playoffs Round 1 – ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n

              These two teams haven’t met since last year, and it will be interesting to see how they play against each other this time.\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/strong>is less experienced and not as strong as\u00a0G2\u00a0<\/strong>on paper, but\u00a0G2\u00a0<\/strong>is known for its inconsistency, and the kind of game they bring at this time is unpredictable.\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/strong>can surprise them, and if\u00a0G2\u00a0<\/strong>doesn’t bring their\u00a0A-game<\/strong>, they might\u00a0have problems\u00a0getting to the next round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

              BetBoom vs. FlyQuest<\/h3>\n
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              BetBoom vs. FlyQuest – Playoffs Round 1 – ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n

              GamerLegion vs. Virtus.pro<\/h3>\n
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              GamerLegion vs. Virtus.pro – Playoffs Round 1 – ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n

              These two teams met a few months ago at the\u00a0IEM Katowice 2024<\/strong>\u00a0Play-In Stage<\/strong>, and back then,\u00a0GamerLegion\u00a0<\/strong>won that game with a\u00a02-1 score<\/strong>. Now, GamerLegion looks less consistent than\u00a0VP\u00a0<\/strong>with their recently updated roster. ‘ElectroNic’ <\/strong>is one of the best\u00a0CIS\u00a0<\/strong>players, and now he’s there to help\u00a0VP\u00a0<\/strong>find their way to win. Seeing what such an experienced player brings to his new team every match is exciting.<\/p>\n

              FaZe vs. Monte<\/h3>\n
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              FaZe vs. Monte – Playoffs Round 1 – ESL Pro League 19<\/em><\/p>\n

              Vice-champion of the\u00a0PGL Major Copenhagen 2024<\/strong>,\u00a0FaZe<\/strong>, against yet to prove themselves a new mix of players,\u00a0Monte<\/strong>. On top of that, it’s a\u00a0Playoff Stage<\/strong>, and\u00a0FaZe\u00a0<\/strong>is one of the best teams to show a better game whenever it comes to the playoffs; the same thing happened at the\u00a0PGL Major<\/strong>, where\u00a0FaZe\u00a0<\/strong>didn’t look as good, but when they started the\u00a0Playoff Stage<\/strong>\u00a0it was completely different looking team that was dropping down one enemy after another. The only team they lost to was\u00a0Natus Vincere<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0Grand Final<\/strong>. It will be a hard match for\u00a0Monte<\/strong>, and it’s always fun to watch such experienced and skilled players and teams like\u00a0FaZe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

              We will return with our Playoff Round 2 overview after Round 1 ends, and we will also be posting some predictions starting from Playoff Round 2, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Playoffs Round 1\u00a0starts this\u00a0Tuesday, with four matches to be played that day. We had some underdogs and surprising wins over top teams, and now we will have to see if it happens in the\u00a0Playoff Stage\u00a0or if the experience will be a key to winning on a big stage. The playoff teams list, schedule, and first-playoff-round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":5106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186","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=5186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}