Eternal Fire, Natus Vincere headed to grand final at ESL Pro League Season 20

Field Level Media|published: Sun 22nd September, 03:17 2024

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Eternal Fire and Natus Vincere won their respective matches on Saturday to set up a meeting in the grand final at ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.

The teams will compete in a best-of-five showdown on Sunday for the first-place prize of $170,000 and 2,400 BLAST Premier points.

Eternal Fire blanked MIBR 2-0, while Natus Vincere defeated G2 Esports 2-1.

After picking up a 13-7 victory on Nuke, Eternal Fire made quick work of MIBR by prevailing 13-10 on Inferno. Turkey's Ozgur "woxic" Eker led the winners with 34 kills and a plus-15 kill-death differential.

Justinas "jL" Lekavicius of Lithuania racked up 57 kills against 33 deaths for Natus Vincere, who sandwiched a 13-11 setback on Nuke with wins on Inferno (13-8) and Ancient (13-6).

The event began on Sept. 3 with 32 teams.

ESL Pro League Season 20 prize pool (money, BLAST Premier points):

1. $170,000, 2,400 points

2. $80,000, 1,800

3-4. $45,000, 300 -- MIBR, G2 Esports

5-8. $32,000, 175 -- Team Vitality, M80, Team Liquid, Team Spirit

9-12. $23,500, no points -- The MongolZ, HEROIC, Complexity Gaming, Imperial Esports

13-16. $17,500, no points -- BIG, Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan, FURIA Esports

17-20. $12,000, no points -- Sangal Esports, 3DMAX, MOUZ, RED Canids

21-28. $7,000, no points -- Ninjas in Pyjamas, FlyQuest, 9z Team, Wildcard, Fnatic, Astralis, Team Falcons, ATOX Esports

29-32. $3,500, no points -- Lynn Vision Gaming, KOI, Rooster, ENCE

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