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
–Field Level Media
