Team Spirit were the lone lower-seeded team to win a quarterfinal match at ESL Pro League Season 24, defeating Team Falcons 2-0 on Friday in Katowice, Poland.
All four quarterfinals resulted in 2-0 sweeps, with Team Vitality topping PARIVISION, Aurora Gaming downing 1w Team, and MOUZ ousting FURIA.
In the semifinals on Saturday, Vitality will oppose Aurora, and Spirit will clash with MOUZ.
The $1 million Counter-Strike 2 event runs through Sunday. The group stage began with 16 teams playing best-of-three matches in a Swiss format.
The top eight teams advanced to the playoffs, which began Friday in a single-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday.
The championship team will receive $295,000, with $125,000 going to the players.
On Friday, Team Spirit bested Team Falcons 13-8 on Mirage, 13-10 on Anubis. Russia’s Boris “magicxx” Vorobiev recorded 39 kills and a plus-9 kill-death differential for Spirit. Two Russian players, Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov and Maksim “kyousuke” Lukin, each logged 37 kills.
Team Vitality blitzed PARIVISION 13-2 on Inferno, 13-10 on Dust II. France’s Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut led Vitality with a plus-18 K-D differential, as he and teammate Shahar “flameZ” Shushan of Israel each had 33 kills. Russia’s Vladislav “xiELO” Lysov notched 26 kills for PARIVISION.
Aurora Gaming got past 1w Team 13-9 on Dust II, 13-8 on Anubis. Finland’s Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo amassed 39 kills and a plus-10 K-D differential for Aurora. Petr “fame” Bolyshev totaled 37 kills and a plus-4 K-D differential for all-Russian 1w Team.
MOUZ squeezed past FURIA 13-11 on Nuke, then sealed the series with a 13-6 victory on Inferno. The Czech Republic’s Oldrich “PR” Novy registered 39 kills and a plus-15 K-D differential for MOUZ. Latvia’s Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis wound up with 33 kills and a plus-2 K-D differential for FURIA.
ESL Pro League Season 24 prize pool with total prize money, player prize money and team share:
1. $295,000 ($125,000, $170,000)
2. $175,000 ($50,000, $125,000)
3. $120,000 ($30,000, $90,000)
4. $85,000 ($20,000, $65,000)
5-8. $50,000 ($10,000, $40,000) — Team Falcons, PARIVISION, 1w Team, FURIA
9-11. $26,000 ($6,000, $20,000) — 9z Team, M80, Natus Vincere
12-14. $14,000 ($4,000, $10,000) — BetBoom Team, G2 Esports, Legacy
15-16. $2,500 ($2,500, $0) — ShindeN, TYLOO
–Field Level Media
