ECS Season 8 Finals groups revealed

12/11/2019 - 17:01

The two groups for the ECS Season 8 Finals have been drawn, with the four best teams in the world split equally between them.

The eight squads which will be competing at the ECS Season 8 Finals have been decided through a total of 10 weekly cups, five played in North America and five in Europe. Astralis, Evil Geniuses, Liquid and fnatic have earned their spots at the event, making the fight for the top at the $500,000 event an exciting one.

Liquid is looking to regain form on home soil

The groups were determined using a team-selection method, with the two first-qualified teams (AVANGAR and Sharks) starting the process of picking teams for the opposite group.

This is how the process looked like:

A1 (AVANGAR) selects B2 (Astralis)
B1 (Sharks) selects A2 (Evil Geniuses)
B2 (Astralis) selects A3 (Team Liquid)
A2 (Evil Geniuses) selects B3 (Fnatic)
B3 (Fnatic) selects A4 (NiP)
B4 (MIBR) remaining

The process resulted in the two following groups:

Group A

Group B

ECS Season 8 Finals will take place on November 28 - December 1, using a BO1-BO3 GSL group stage format leading into a single-elimination BO3 playoff. The tournament will once again be held at the Esports Arena in Arlington, Texas for the second time, with the last two days open to the public.

The schedule for the event has also been unveiled, with the four-day tournament concluding with a BO3 grand final on Sunday, December 1.

Thursday, November 28
16:00 Evil Geniuses vs. AVANGAR (BO1)
17:30 Liquid vs. NiP (BO1)
19:00 Astralis vs. Sharks (BO1)
20:30 fnatic vs. MIBR (BO1)
22:00 Group A winners' match (BO3)
01:00 Group B winners' match (BO3)

Friday, November 29
16:00 Group A elimination match (BO3)
19:00 Group B elimination match (BO3)
22:00 Group A decider match (BO3)
01:00 Group B decider match (BO3)

Saturday, November 30
19:00 Semi-final #1 (BO3)
22:00 Semi-final #2 (BO3)

Sunday, December 1
19:00 Showmatch
22:00 Grand final (BO3)

For those interested in attending the playoffs of the event in Arlington, Texas, more information is available on the official ticket sale website.

EZ ASTRALIS! a lot of good team... and mibr

2019-11-12 17:02

29 replies

EZ GROUP WIN FOR AVANGAR EZ JAME EZ LIFE #EZ4AVG

2019-11-12 17:04

5 replies

MIBR ?? Easiest group in Astralis life

2019-11-12 17:25

4 replies

Ez for Fallen and his boys

2019-11-12 18:23

3 replies

After this failure, Gaybriel "TwoFaced" Toileto will manage to get Fer kicked instead of himself.

2019-11-12 19:01

1 reply

Papa is back, baguete.

2019-11-20 11:58

I see 6 bad teams , Astralis and EG. Astralis vs EG make it happen , please. Edit : fnatic gud too , 5 bad teams.

2019-11-12 17:08

20 replies

EG bad as well , AS only good

9 replies

Excuse me, who won 3-1 anihilating Astr0l28s in the finals?

2019-11-12 17:10

7 replies

Who lost to FaZe that got 16-0d by AS two times in 2 days ?

2019-11-12 18:29

EG has lost 0-16? I advice you to visit a doctor, you seem to be having memory problems.

2019-11-12 18:34

Imagine not recognizing the truth OMEGALUL.

2019-11-12 19:02

read it again...you may be the one needing to see a doctor...

2019-11-12 19:03

Yeah you got me there nice...

It may have been worded wrong but there is no way in hell you didn't understand what I wanted to say...

2019-11-12 19:44

Atleast you tried

2019-11-12 18:32

Only good with crowd

2019-11-12 17:42

sleeping on liquid bro

2019-11-12 17:09

Based on their recent results , i dont expect much.

What recent results? They have not played in like a month...

2019-11-12 19:04

6 replies

Hello? Blast pro Copenhagen, they were second last

2019-11-12 19:13

2 replies

I thought we were talking about relevant tournaments. Sorry, my mistake.

2019-11-12 19:19

Chapeau :D

2019-11-12 23:17

Well Malmo , NYC , BlastPro - all disappointment. All they had was decent online (qualifiers) results against much worse teams (except the 2-0 vs RNG)

2019-11-13 01:52

So again recent...I even mentioned a month. The only thing they have done on LAN is Copenhagen...and who cares about Blast that much?

2019-11-13 18:16

Yeah , good excuse. You are one of em people that suck at the game and whenever you lose , you're like "why tryhard man lul nolifer"

2019-11-13 23:31

nah, if liquid do well in this event, it will actually be a surprise. their form after the player break absolutely tanked, they are not the same team as before. every result since the break says this

2019-11-12 21:02

"B4 (MIBR) remaining"

2019-11-12 21:00

Watch out don't say that, kNg gonna stab you

2019-11-13 12:54

Astralis gon win

avangar/eg astralis/fnatic

Avangar OMEGALUL

eg vs liquid pog

Everything checks out.

They Will face each other in the group stage, you re the stupid one

2019-11-12 19:17

2019-11-12 19:34

Rip sharks

very ez for Astralis

2019-11-12 17:03

mibr wasted spot

Not wasted since they qualified for the event, burro

2019-11-12 19:08

this is not brazilian

2019-11-12 21:50

NIP top of Group A

I think avangar lose all matchs

ofc Blastralis get the easiest opponent once again

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easiest? how

2019-11-12 17:05

not even MiBR is that weak bruh...

mibr and sharks, nip and avangar are wasted spots. fnatic and astralis can go toe to toe, so can eg and liquid

2019-11-12 17:13

NiP = decent AVANGAR = decent, they don't care about MDL MiBR > Sharks Sharks = weakest

2019-11-12 17:14

Imagine thinking mibr>Sharks

2019-11-12 19:05

Imagine thinking otherwise, clash of trash

2019-11-12 19:12

not the easiest lol

2019-11-12 17:06

#27

0/8

2019-11-12 17:32

16 replies

2019-11-12 17:38

15 replies

Not my point It is obvious a that the 1st seed in a tourney would play the lowest seed in the first match

2019-11-12 19:14

14 replies

why are they 1st seed tho

13 replies

Check the hltv rankings maybe

2019-11-12 21:01

12 replies

When Liquid was #1 Astralis still got the 1st seed so doesn't check out

8 replies

Often times teams opinion are taken into account if more players thought astralis were better than liquid i dont know what to tell you

2019-11-13 00:33

Petition : let's make everyone say FURIA TOP1 so they get the #1 seed I aren't think that

2019-11-13 06:20

How does that benefit other teaks though

2019-11-13 12:03

??? reply needs actual content it benefits FURIA not other teams wtf

2019-11-13 15:35

They want the actual good teams to play actaul garbage teams like sharks

2019-11-13 16:32

yes that's my point? wtf is that broken English doe

Half asleep and dont feel like proofreading

2019-11-13 16:45

fairs

2019-11-13 16:55

ESL has their own ranking system

2019-11-12 23:19

This isnt esl though

2019-11-13 00:32

Never mind. My bad

2019-11-13 08:24

Did you even bother to read how the groups were decided? If anything, you can blame it on Avangar who vetoed against Astralis, but it makes sense to veto the #1 - doesn’t it? After that first veto everything more or less progressed as expected.

2019-11-12 17:53

everything checks out literally irrelevant to my comment, Astralis still got the weakest opponent ONCE AGAIN

2019-11-12 17:56

Ofc everything checks out. I must have misinterpreted your “ofc”...

2019-11-12 18:05

0/8 irrelevant country education in a nutshell

Imagine thinking Poland is more relevant than Denmark m.

2019-11-12 19:06

Imagine thinking that people use real flags on HLTV

Sry you are even less relevant then, no point even talking to you.

2019-11-12 20:53

#144

2019-11-12 20:59

How can you make fun of a country when you have a Polish flag? Either way, I think the groups are equal in challenges. It will be interesting seeing MIBR play, but I feel like we will get obvious teams moving on in group B of Astralis and fnatic where group A could go any way. We know that both EG and Liquid may bomb out in groups to either NIP or Avangar

2019-11-12 19:09

#93 my point = Astralis always get the easiest enemy

#1 seed always gets the easiest path...so understood tbf

2019-11-12 19:20

#98

All right Bug you then I tried to be nice Guardian, Virtus Pro and Poland are one big piece of dog pile of shit!

2019-11-12 21:56

reported cya in 3 days

If I’m already allowed back into the HLTV community in three days, I’m not so sure that I will have anything correct to say.

2019-11-12 22:17

= I won, ty /closed

2019-11-12 22:43

Did you win? And what did you win?

2019-11-13 03:30

astralis get 3 trash teams ofc

ez avangar

I wish!

2019-11-12 19:16

Go sharks <3

Ez4Jame

lul no one wants MIBR XDDD

xaxaxa

2019-11-12 17:43

More like everybody wants mibr in his group?

2019-11-12 18:46

yeah ik, but considering no one wants them to be in some other group means they're just bad )

FUCK AVANGAR #ALWAYSFNATIC WE GO BABBBYYYYY #EZSWEEP #TOPOFGROUP BYE BYE MIBR LLLL TIME TO DOMINATE

group a: liq and eg b: mibr and sharks mibr 2x1 eg liquid 2x0 sharks mibr 2x0 liquid

lul

2019-11-12 17:17

BR Brain LOL

2019-11-12 17:22

Gotta believe right? GL MY FRIEND!

2019-11-12 19:10

This hurts to read

I feel EG and NIP in group A and Astralis and Fnatic for group B

Avangar fluke

EZ FOR FNATIC

2019-11-12 17:12

Predictions: Group A: EG,NiP Group B: Astralis,fnatic easy as that

avangar most overrated top team.

finally i found that comment +1 bro

2019-11-13 00:02

easy for sharks

2019-11-12 17:19

well sharks actually have a change agains flukenatic and mibrLUL

2019-11-12 17:21

Semis : Liquid - Fnatic EG - Astralis GF: Liquid 0-2 Astralis gg

2019-11-12 17:23

You think Liquid will top group A? Idk about that.

2019-11-13 06:28

EG Will be jetlagged as usual lol, so yes, I Think Liquid Will come out on top - Liquid have been training hard, and with their tournament break, I Think they’ve been anti-starting EG, however, they Will tank against Astralis (as usual) ...

2019-11-13 10:27

ASTRALIS ALWAYS IN SHIT GROUPS

2019-11-12 17:24

Rip Brazil

2019-11-12 17:27

liquid will destroy eg so easy cry is free, astralis real top 1 and liquid real best na team

2019-11-12 17:29

RIP MIBR AND AVANGAR

RIP MIBR :(

2019-11-12 17:34

Ez for Sharks

2019-11-12 17:37

Sharks will surprise in this tournament.

Surprise who? Maybe win one match and go out in groups?

tell me a nice Austria´s team, thankss /closed

2019-11-13 00:00

/open Who uses their real flag on this site? You must since you like Sharks... /closed

2019-11-13 18:10

/open Austria /closed

2019-11-13 19:49

You will see bro

2019-11-14 21:42

mibr remaining xaxaxa

Wtf is group B

2019-11-12 17:44

Rip NIP. Ez4 NACS group A

2019-11-12 17:45

EZ4SHARKS

2019-11-12 17:50

Meyern against the best team in the world, they will lose but hope they will make a good result

2019-11-12 17:54

wtf is this lol

2019-11-12 17:55

EZ4MIBR

OMEGALUL

2019-11-13 08:20

Let's go Brasileirinhos xD

2019-11-12 18:12

its so fascinating that MIBR still have fans... LMAO

2019-11-12 18:31

how can they have the event without the previous season winners? meh. winning the previous season should auto qualify you for the next season

2019-11-12 18:38

Who said so? You?

2019-11-12 18:45

Your dad

2019-11-12 21:48

My dad said completely opposite.

2019-11-13 05:23

U have a dad?

2019-11-13 08:21

No, I didn’t.

2019-11-13 11:41

No shit Sherlock, what you said is obvious from #71, but #157

2019-11-13 12:59

Who Will Win ? 1. Astralis 2. EG 3. Fnatic 4. Liquid

5. Sharks

2019-11-12 19:46

PAPITO AND COMPANY >ASTRALUL

2019-11-12 19:07

what does pasha have to do with this?

OMEGALUL, Luken is called PAPITO too

2019-11-12 23:11

lmao he's 22 years old

2019-11-13 07:02

ez4astralis

I think it's could be last chance for Liquid to redeem from last months, if not be ready guys for massive roster changes

2019-11-12 19:18

I still think Liquid haven't proved themselves yet. That Grand Slam "era" wasn't really an "era" - no majors, no eras. Not surprisingly it coincided with the period Astralis was in a low profile. IMHO if a change is to happen I hope it is Stewie...

2019-11-12 19:28

hope sharks reach 2nd at least

2019-11-12 19:26

B4 (MIBR) remaining lmao Mibr was left over, gosh they lost all the respect they had

2019-11-12 19:40

Mibr and Sharks WASTED SPOTS

Pffffff, you know nothing

2019-11-12 23:41

I know more then you do bud. LE and faceit lvl 7.... not to mention your meyern bud has signed my profile.. XD

2019-11-12 23:54

Why are you fan of everything?

2019-11-13 12:55

Imagine bragging about lvl7 and LE LMAOOOOOO

2019-11-13 13:55

online qualifiers is so so so weak, this tourney sucks

2019-11-12 23:57

Then why are you not at the finals?

2019-11-13 09:32

Because he is a noone, that only can post here shit things. I'm just waiting to see Sharks doing what they know, and shut Up this fk

2019-11-14 00:18

Sry bro I Don't hate Sharks but I hate mibr and I objectively think Sharks won't win more than a match.

2019-11-14 01:05

wtf is this group A, group B ez for Astragoats

2019-11-12 20:33

Fnatic goes to final

2019-11-12 21:16

Best format by far with those weekly cups.. its the most fair system in CSGO currently!!

2019-11-12 21:18

good sarcasm, it was online to qualify so most of the teams didnt even attempt to qualify....

EZ FNATIC

2019-11-12 21:27

Nice Pog

2019-11-12 21:44

hahaha last pick MiBR lololololol xaxaxaxaxaxxaxa You know like that kid at school with glasses who gets last picked for dodgeball hahahahxaxaxaxa

2019-11-12 21:57

HAHAHA XD

I hate how they keep putting same country teams in same groups switch one usa team and 1 Brazil team

2019-11-12 22:05

Teams chose who were in each group learn how to read NA brain.

2019-11-13 09:34

let them sleep on mibr they will wake up in due time

2019-11-12 22:53

B4 (MIBR) remaining Feels Bad XD

2019-11-12 23:13

Another ez rofl-tourney for Astralis, congrats Astralis

2019-11-12 23:27

In B4 (MIBR) remaining

2019-11-13 02:28

Avangar 2-0 Nip 2-1 Eg 1-2 Liquid 0-2

2019-11-13 03:43

EG returning from China ? Team jetlEG Will be having yet another excuse for bombing out and not even reach Play offs ... Semis; Astralis vs Liquid 2-0 (first map close, second map blow out) Nip vs Fnatic 2-1 Final; Astralis vs Nip 2-0 (2 blow outs) :-)

2019-11-13 03:58