SK Gaming Take First Place at ESL Pro League Season 6
The sixth season of the ESL Pro League series has concluded with another victory of SK Gaming. In the Grand Finals they defeated FaZe Clan with the 3-1 score.
The tournament featured 12 teams. First, they were placed into two groups of six with the round-robin format. Top three teams from each group advanced to the single-elimination playoffs bracket. The results of the group stage looked as follows:
Group Stage Results:
| Group A | Group B | |||||||||||
| 1. | FaZe Clan | 4-1 | 79-54 | +25 | 13p | 1. | SK Gaming | 4-1 | 78-48 | +30 | 12p | |
| 2. | HellRaisers | 3-2 | 70-54 | +16 | 10p | 2. | OpTic Gaming | 3-2 | 73-59 | +14 | 9p | |
| 3. | Fnatic | 4-1 | 69-66 | +3 | 10p | 3. | Misfits | 3-2 | 65-65 | 0 | 9p | |
| 4. | Luminosity Gaming | 2-3 | 68-67 | +1 | 5p | 4. | NRG Esports | 2-3 | 55-71 | -16 | 6p | |
| 5. | Astralis | 1-4 | 56-75 | -19 | 4p | 5. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2-3 | 71-77 | 6 | 5p | |
| 6. | Team Liquid | 1-4 | 53-79 | -26 | 3p | 6. | North | 1-4 | 56-78 | -22 | 4p | |
Both finalists placed first in their groups, which guaranteed them a slot in the semifinals, both of which ended with a 2-0 score: FaZe Clan defeated Fnatic, while SK Gaming outplayed Misfits. The Grand Finals ended with the 3-1 score in the favor of SK Gaming, granting them $225,000 in prize money. It should be noted, that only few weeks ago SK Gaming won at another major CS:GO tournament – BLAST: Pro Series.
Playoffs Bracket:
ESL Pro League was held on December 5-10 at Sparekassen Fyn Arena in Odense, Denmark. The prize pool is set at $750,000 and is distributed among participants as follows:
Prize Pool Distribution:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
| 1th | $225,000 | SK Gaming |
| 2nd | $100,000 | FaZe Clan |
| 3rd-4th | $60,000 | Fnatic, Misfits |
| 5th-6th | $45,000 | OpTic Gaming, HellRaisers |
| 7th-8th | $40,000 | Luminosity Gaming, NRG Esports |
| 9-th-10th | $35,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis |
| 11th-12th | $32,500 | Team Liquid, North |