Eternal Fire beats Movistar Riders in ESL Pro League Season 16

The Eternal Fire team turned out to be stronger than Movistar Riders with a score of 2:0 in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16. Thanks to this victory, the Turkish team remained in the fight for the playoffs. However, for this it is necessary to wait for the results of parallel matches. In turn, Movistar Riders are relegated from the championship, having suffered five defeats.

The duel between Eternal Fire and Movistar Riders started on the Vertigo map, which became the choice of the Turkish team. But if the first half was held in an equal fight, then after the change of sides, the Spaniards disappeared somewhere from the server. As a result, Eternal Fire showed excellent defense, thanks to which it took the lead in the series — 16:9.

Next, the teams moved to the Overpass map, which became the choice of Movistar Riders. However, the Spanish team clearly overestimated its capabilities in the attack, where they took only three rounds and actually signed their defeat - 12:3. Well, after switching sides, Eternal Fire immediately took the initiative under its control, thus obtaining the final victory in the series — 16:5.

To reach the playoffs of the championship, the Turkish team needs Cloud9 and FURIA to win over Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses, respectively.

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, Astralis and BIG — $19,000
• 17th-20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas — $17,500
• 17th-20th place: MIBR and ENCE - $12,500
• 21st-24th place: Endpoint and HEET — $11,000
• 21st-24th place: FTW and Movistar Riders — $6,000