Elisa Masters to return to Espoo in November

9/6/2023 - 11:01

The tournament organizer has once again made the Finnish city their location of choice for a $200,000 event on November 29-December 3.

Elisa has announced Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, a LAN event set to take place on November 29-December 3 with a $200,000 prize pool up for grabs.

The announcement marks Elisa's return to the Finnish city after the tournament organizer previously hosted Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, where fnatic prevailed over BIG in the grand final to earn their first LAN trophy in three years.

The upcoming tournament will differ slightly from its 2022 counterpart in that the team list has been reduced to just eight teams, down from the 12 squads that competed at the event last November.

fnatic were the victors of Elisa Masters Espoo in November 2022

The eight rosters will be seeded into two groups in the inaugural Studio Phase, where a double-elimination bracket will be employed to decide the four playoff-bound teams. The ensuing knockout stage, which will run a single-elimination format, and the group stage's decider games will be played in front of the crowd at the Espoo Metro Arena on December 1-3.

GamerLegion, who raised eyebrows with a runners-up finish at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, are so far the only team confirmed to be attending the event in Espoo, Finland, following their win in the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 back in March. The remaining seven spots will be filled through the victors of two Elisa-hosted competitions — the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring and the Finnish Elisa Esports eSM LAN — as well as five invites handed out at the tournament organizer's discretion.

GamerLegion beat Copenhagen Flames to win Elisa Invitational Winter 2023

"Elisa Masters succeeded in establishing its position as one of the flagship events in the Counter-Strike competitive calendar," Mika Lepistö, Director of New Business Development and Partnerships at Elisa, said in a press release. "We are excited to be able to expand our partnership with the City of Espoo and continue to strengthen the esports culture. The event offers an exceptional opportunity for Finnish talent to shine on a global level."

The team list for Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 is as follows:

GamerLegion

Elisa Esports eSM

Invite

Elisa Invitational Spring

Invite

Go Finland!

2023-06-09 11:05

6 replies

Elisa Major when??

2023-06-09 12:08

5 replies

+1 Exactly. Finnish audience is rarely disrespectful or cheat etc.

2023-06-09 12:17

Major in Finland would be great, but it’s so expensive here.

2023-06-09 12:44

2 replies

It's not a big deal. They can always sell the tickets to Onninen ultras

2023-06-09 16:43

1 reply

lmao onninen ultras most feared mob in ice hockey

2023-06-09 18:40

Bro, look at the trophy. It looks more like a major trophy than any of the PGL or Blast trophies as of late.

2023-06-10 08:49

Winland

2023-06-09 11:06

Winlandia

2023-06-09 14:14

nice

2023-06-09 11:07

EZ4ENCE

xyp gonna 1v9 everyone there

free tournament for ence

Espoo 2022 was an amazing tournament with a great crowd, I hope the 2023 version will be just as good!

Apeks maybe :>

Nice one. Hopefully they can pull more big names this time around. Last event was pretty solid.

2023-06-09 11:10

14 replies

They should do everything to get both Aleksib and Ence

2023-06-09 11:17

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I mean... Aleksib yeah, but I'm more talking about actual top dogs. Something along the lines of G2/Heroic/FaZe caliber teams. Probably unrealistic to get many of those type of teams but would be cool to see some of them accept the invitations. ENCE will most likely be there regardless, considering they got a partnership/sponsorship with Elisa.

2023-06-09 11:21

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Yeah fnatic vs BIG final was not the best. Hoping for ENCE, VP, 9INE, Apeks. I think faze is a bit of a stretch

2023-06-09 11:28

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That Astralis - fnatic semi-final was probably the best match in that tournament. Also 2 of the biggest brands of CS historically. Of course both teams were just a shadow of what they once were and with completely different lineups but it was nice to see that matchup anyway. And yeah, ENCE vs Astralis was also good.

2023-06-09 11:35

Sadly i was only there for the final since school exists

2023-06-09 11:45

at least you got to sing for roeJ on his birthday :)

2023-06-09 14:45

astralis "historically" a brand in CS? no, surely not. In CSGO alone? yes surely. fnatic fits for CS in general, but there arent many historically great names/orgs around nowadays. fnatic, mouz & VP fits that. all 3 are historically great brands in CS. you can add coL, mibr and NiP, even tho they had very long breaks from CS. most teams are CSGO only and kinda new like astralis, G2, Heroic, Vitality, FaZe, OG, BIG and so on.

2023-06-09 12:34

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astralis was a Finnish team in 1.6, nothing to do with the Danish team though

2023-06-09 12:46

the astralis u refering to was founded in 2016, so has nothing to do with 1.6.

2023-06-09 13:01

yes except the right to use that name was obtained from the original astralis team

2023-06-09 14:47

G2 would been there last year but had to cancel cuz of that red bull flick. I think now it all depends where blast will hold fall finals cuz those are couple days before Elisa.

2023-06-09 11:58

Yeah, and last time the Elisa event was right after the Rio major so the timing was overall pretty bad.

2023-06-09 11:59

Wihtdrawing because of Red Bull Flick xddd G2 clown org

2023-06-09 16:52

Well they have sponsorship with red bull so

2023-06-09 17:14

POGGERS

2023-06-09 11:11

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2023-06-09 11:32

Tier 4

2023-06-09 11:13

suit astralis these days

2023-06-09 14:48

I will be there! Still sad I hesitated going last time, when it was a great event.

2023-06-09 11:14

it would be nice to have a tournament only with teams like gamerlegion itb apeks etc.

2023-06-09 11:15

Maybe but it would most likely be not-profitable for the TO since those "small" teams don't generate enough ticket sales or bring twitch viewers as much as big orgs like NiP, Imperial, FaZe, G2 etc.

2023-06-09 13:51

true but i would rather watch apeks or itb than nip or big

LETS GOOOOO

Gamerlegion in Espoo pog

2023-06-09 11:36

BIG next international trophy after Roobet cup and DH Leipzig incoming!

2023-06-09 11:40

That is good news

2023-06-09 11:43

very good news!

Gotta buy tickets

2023-06-09 11:48

good news

2023-06-09 11:50

We are Elisa Missionaries from Finland where we have the cheapest mobile subscriptions in the world. Do you have time to talk about the miracle of Elisa Saunalahti prices? In Finland we have this thing called Saunalahti huoleton 4G. For only 29,90€ a month u get basically unlimited everything.

2023-06-09 12:03

kek, best ad

all the lore they 2 had. was the second guy ever found?

2023-06-09 14:37

2023-06-10 21:37

LETS GO

2023-06-09 12:10

fnatic 2x elisa masters winner

2023-06-09 12:13

ENCE ARE COMING TO WIN

2023-06-09 12:14

CSGO !??! HELLO ITS 2023! LMAO

2023-06-09 12:33

Nice, elisa espoo was great.

2023-06-09 12:37

2023-06-09 12:39

oeeeee

OEEEEEEEEE

2023-06-09 13:12

Invites? ENCE Astralis Apeks/NIP Fnatic BIG

2023-06-09 13:33

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yeah and elisa winner will be EYE, so they attend aswell

2023-06-09 14:15

KEKW delusional jw fan thinking they can noe beat anyone after beating monte with a stand-in 2-0

2023-06-09 15:34

they have been close to the likes of og and astralis many times. beat teams like saw and movistar multiple times. you would have to be delusional to say they have no shot at this.

2023-06-09 15:36

LUL

2023-06-10 16:19

LUL fixed event

2023-06-09 13:42

Pls invite NIP and ENCE, they will bring fans over 100%. Grayhound would be nice too

2023-06-09 13:44

another W for fnatic

2023-06-09 14:09

esbou round 2 hell yes dude

2023-06-09 14:31

they have to get Navi, G2, nip (aleksib) type teams and not Big (lmaoo) fnatic

2023-06-09 15:02

See you there mens))) It was actually a super nice event last year

2023-06-09 15:23

Lukas Bohm Rosenbauer will be there

2023-06-09 18:19

Fuck Espoo, gayest city in Finland. Why not Vantaa? Even Aleksib and sunny come from here.

2023-06-09 21:23

no one wants to be stabbed

2023-06-09 22:48

In all honesty, you probably get stabbed more easily in Espoo than in Vantaa. I've been living here 7-8 years and never had a problem. When I visit Espoo, it's like a jungle...

2023-06-10 13:58

2023-06-09 23:22

this is a nice event honestly

2023-06-10 14:00

Nice great news!

2023-06-10 14:11