HEET får en overraskende sejr over Astralis på ESL Pro League Season 16
/The HEET team outplayed Astralis with a score of 2:1, thanks to which they got the first three points in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 16. In turn, Astralis suffers a second defeat, thereby aggravating its position in group C.
The starting game of the third round of group C started on the map Dust 2, which became the choice of the French team. At the same time, the first half was dictated by the Astralis players, who managed to show excellent defense and got a comfortable advantage - 9:6. However, after the change of sides, the Danes instantly disappeared from the server. At that moment, the HEET players turned on, who managed to seize the initiative and took the lead in the series — 16:12.
Next, the teams moved to the Inferno map, which became the choice of Astralis. At the same time, the first half went in an equal fight, since both teams did not want to give up the initiative and fought to the last. Nevertheless, the Danes managed to get a minimal advantage, and at the same time took the lead psychologically - 8:7. After the change of sides, Astralis managed to quickly break away, which the French were clearly not prepared for. As a result, the wards of trace managed to hold on to the victory and transferred the series to the deader — 16:10.
Everything was decided on the Nuke map, the first half of which ended with a slight advantage of the Danish team, who played for defense — 9:6. After the side switch, the real swing began, as the teams did not want to lose in the series. However, in the very end, the French from HEET managed to take the initiative under their control in order to get a sensational victory over the favorite — 16:14.
In the next round, the French team will play Heroic, while Astralis will face ENCE.
Matcher historie: ESL Pro League Season 16
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