ESL One Berlin Major 2023 group stage results: Western European dominance

Group A tiebreakers have concluded, with Team Aster and Evil Geniuses earning places in the lower play-offs and BetBoom Team leaving ESL One Berlin Major 2023. Thus, all the participants of the final stage of the tournament were determined, and also the seeding for the top and bottom sets was known.

Group A leaderboard

Team name

Match score

Map score

1

Gaimin Gladiators

5-3-0

13-3

2

9 Pandas

2-6-0

10-6

3

Team Liquid

3-4-1

10-6

4

PSG.LGD

3-3-2

9-7

5

Team Aster

2-4-2

8-8

6

Evil Geniuses

2-4-2

8-8

7

BetBoom Team

1-6-1

8-8

8

Execration

1-2-5

4-12

9

TSM

0-2-6

2-14

The best game in Group A was shown by the Gaimin Gladiators players, who finished 5-3-0. Aside from them, 9 Pandas didn't lose a single bo2 series. Team Liquid and PSG.LGD also qualified for the play-offs.

The fate of the two slots in the lower net was decided by a series of bo1 format tiebreakers between teams like Team Aster, Evil Geniuses and BetBoom Team. Aster defeated EG and BetBoom. In turn, the weakest link in this trio was BetBoom Team. They, along with Execration and TSM, will leave the ESL One Berlin Major 2023.

Group B leaderboard

Team name

Match score

Map score

1

Tundra Esports

6-2-0

14-2

2

OG

4-4-0

12-4

3

Team Spirit

3-5-0

11-5

4

Shopify Rebellion

3-4-1

10-6

5

Talon Esports

2-3-3

7-9

6

Xtreme Gaming

2-2-4

6-10

7

beastcoast

1-3-4

5-11

8

Team SMG

1-2-5

4-12

9

Invictus Gaming

0-3-5

3-13

The reigning champions of The International, Tundra Esports, not only played the strongest game in Group B, but also in the group stage as a whole. Sneyking and the team scored 6 wins in 8 matches and tied the other two. Team Spirit and Shopify Rebellion also showed decent play. Group B was without replays. Talon Esports and Xtreme Gaming went to the bottom of the table, while beastcoast, Team SMG and Invictus Gaming will go home.

By the way, the main disappointment of the group stage was Invictus Gaming. The Chinese were just terrible, not winning a single game in 8 matches.

The play-offs will start today and you can see the schedule of the matches below.

Recall that the ESL One Berlin Major 2023 takes place from April 26 to May 7 this year in Berlin, Germany. The top 18 teams from around the world will compete for a main prize pool of $500,000 and 2,700 DPC points. The champion will receive the top prize of $200,000 and 500 DPC points.