MIBR wins prestige over FTW in ESL Pro League Season 16

The MIBR team beat FTW with a score of 2:0 in the ESL Pro League Season 16. Thanks to this victory, the Brazilian team is gaining the first and last three points in group B. Well, for FTW, the championship ends with five defeats and only one map won against BIG in the fourth round.

One of the final matches of the gaming day started on the Vertigo map, which became the choice of the Portuguese team. At the same time, the teams immediately began to demonstrate an equal game, not intending to concede to each other. And yet, the first half was left for the MIBR players, who managed to get a minimal advantage - 8:7. After switching sides, FTW began to lose the situation, while the opponent began to sharply gain round after round. As a result, the Portuguese team finally lost the thread of the game, allowing MIBR to take the lead in the series — 16:12.

The teams then moved to the Nuke map, which turned out to be MIBR's choice. Here the Brazilian team started much more confidently, immediately seizing the initiative. As a result, BIT wards were able to show a confident attack, and at the same time they got a good advantage before a short break — 9:6. However, after the change of sides, the Portuguese suddenly joined the game, who caught up with the opponent and reduced the map to overtime. And yet, here MIBR managed to get its own way, thus scoring the first and last victory in the championship — 19:17.

ESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.

Intermediate results of ESL Pro League Season 16

• 1st place: $175,000 + 2,800 BLAST Premier points + ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 + ticket to IEM Katowice 2023
• 2nd place: $70,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: $35,000 + 875 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-8th place: $17,500 + 262.5 BLAST Premier points
• 9th-12th place: $12,000
• 13th-16th place: Team Spirit and BIG — $19,000
• 17th-20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas — $17,500
• 17th-20th place: MIBR — $12,500
  
• 21st-24th place: Endpoint — $11,000
• 21st-24th place: FTW - $6,000