ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals overview

Date	Prize pool	Teams	Location
Dec 4th - Dec 9th 2018	$750,000	16	Odense, Denmark

Prize distribution

Astralis

1st

$250,000

Liquid

2nd

$110,000

mousesports

3-4th

$55,000

MIBR

3-4th

$55,000

Natus Vincere

5-6th

$32,000

Renegades

5-6th

$32,000

7-8th

$24,000

Ghost

7-8th

$24,000

NRG

9-12th

$22,000

BIG

9-12th

$22,000

HellRaisers

9-12th

$22,000

Sharks

9-12th

$22,000

North

13-16th

$20,000

ViCi

13-16th

$20,000

INTZ

13-16th

$20,000

ORDER

13-16th

$20,000

MVP - Nicolai 'device' Reedtz

Nicolai 'device' Reedtz

Playoffs

Brackets

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Galleries

News

Video: device - MVP of EPL Season 8 Finals

neptune: "I think we can be top two in NA if we keep putting in the work"

Video: oskar vs. Renegades

device: "We've had a good year, but we knew we hadn't done anything any other team hadn't done before"

device claims EPL Season 8 Finals MVP award

Astralis beat Liquid to win ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals

ropz: "Once we start losing, we go into this deep state that's hard to come back from"

s1mple: "I think IEM Katowice is going to be the best Major ever"

Liquid demolish MIBR; to face Astralis in grand final

shox: "We had to make changes because of our results, but playing together has always been a pleasure"

Astralis beat mouz; to chase Intel Grand Slam dream in the final

Liquid dismantle Natus Vincere; to EPL semi-finals

gob b: "It was important for us to figure out how to stay around the top 10"

oskar shines as mousesports defeat Renegades

valde: "Our bottom level is what I want us to improve on the most"

Teams attended

Europe #1

Europe #2

North America #3

North America #1

North America #4

Europe #6

Europe #3

Europe #4

Europe #5

North America #5

North America #2

Europe #7

North America #6

Oceania

Asia

Latin America

Formats

Group stage	Two double-elimination brackets: * Winners advance to the semi-finals, 2nd & 3rd places advance to the quarter-finals
Playoffs	Single-elimination BO3

Related events

Map pool

Cache

Dust2

Mirage

Inferno

Nuke

Train

Overpass