G2, Virtus.pro, FaZe continue runs in ESL Pro League 19 playoffs

G2 Esports, Virtus.pro and FaZe Clan won for a second straight day while FlyQuest saw its run end as the ESL Pro League Season 19 playoffs continued on Wednesday.

G2 Esports and Virtus.pro each won 2-1, beating 3DMAX and The MongolZ, respectively. FaZe Clan swept Natus Vincere but FlyQuest fell to Team Liquid 2-1. The four winners advance to Thursday's quarterfinals.

The $750,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event began with 32 teams broken up into four groups of eight. Group-stage winners advanced to the quarterfinals; runners-up advanced to the Round of 12 as the high seeds; third-place teams advanced to the Round of 16 as the high seeds; and fourth-place teams advanced to the Round of 16 as the low seeds.

All matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which is best-of-five.

The tournament runs through Sunday. The winner earns $170,000 and qualifies for the IEM Cologne 2024 event.

G2Esports opened with a 13-10 win on Nuke but 3DMAX took Anubis 13-7. G2 pulled out the match with a 13-6 win on Inferno. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Nikola 'NiKo' Kovac led G2 with 52 kills while Russia's Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov had a plus-13 kills-to-death differential.

Virtus.pro had to pull off a reverse sweep to get past The MongolZ. After dropping Overpass 13-11, Virtus won 13-6 on Mirage and 13-11 on Ancient. Dzhami 'Jame' Ali and Petr 'fame' Bolyshev each had 51 kills to lead the all-Russian Virtus.pro squad.

FaZe had an easy go of it against Natus Vincere, winning 13-5 on Nuke and 16-14 on Mirage. Robin 'ropz' Kool of Estonia led FaZe with 39 kills and a plus-12 K-D. Team Liquid became the only team with a first-round bye to win its match, beating FlyQuest 13-10 on Mirage and 13-10 on Ancient, with FlyQuest winning 16-14 on Anubis in between. Latvia's Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Galinskis led Liquid with 60 kills.

The four group winners open their playoffs on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

--MOUZ vs. G2 Esports

--Complexity vs. Virtus.pro

--Astralis vs. Team Liquid

--Team Vitality vs. FaZe Clan

ESL Pro League Season 19 prize pool

1. $170,000, 2,000 BLAST Premier points -- TBD

2. $80,000, 1,400 points -- TBD

3-4. $45,000, 750 points -- TBD

5-8. $32,000, 275 points -- TBD

9-12. $23,500 -- 3DMAX, The MongolZ, FlyQuest, Natus Vincere

13-16. $17,500 -- BIG, GamerLegion, BetBoom Team, Monte

17-20. $12,000 -- SAW, M80, FURIA Esports, Ninjas in Pyjamas

21-28. $7,000 -- Fnatic, Eternal Fire, Team Falcons, TYLOO, FORZE Esports, ENCE, Pera Esports, HEROIC

29-32. $3,500 -- Imperial Esports, Sharks Esports, Bad News Kangaroos, BOSS

--Field Level Media