The first day of the ESL Premiership’s relegation tournament for the Spring 2019 season concluded last night, and there are four teams still in contention to head to the Summer season of the ESL Premiership.
ESL have announced today a new event for the top teams competing in their European National Championship tournaments. The National Championships are the top level national leagues in each European country, which include the UK and Ireland’s ESL Premiership, who’s Summer Season concluded last weekend with Endpoint lifting the trophy. The first iteration of the ESL Pro European Championship (EPEC) is set to be held between October 13th-14th in Poznan, Poland for the four strongest teams from the National Championships. As part of this, Endpoint and fish123 have been handed invites to the online qualifiers for the tournament.
After the final matchday last Wednesday, the remaining teams finished their eighth matches, concluding the group stage of the Spring ESL Premiership. Six of the ten teams advance to playoffs, where they will contend to join the two top place finishers in the LAN finals, with (a now increased) £13000 prize purse, and a slot in the Mountain Dew league up for grabs.
The UK team flying high at the top of ESEA MDL, Stifmeister, have been signed by Wind and Rain. The organisation, who have been a part of various games and currently compete in the ESL Premiership for League of Legends, announced the signing after the first night of the ESL Premiership, where they had debuted under their colours.
Here is a roundup post of where we are at in terms of all the biggest leagues and events in the UK currently. I will be going over ESL Premiership, Gfinity Elite Series, Multiplay’s UK Masters and of course the ESEA Open United Kingdom division. It should detail who is doing what in each respective league, and who are the biggest winners and losers to date.
Next Friday, 2 teams will descend on London’s MCM Comic-Con to play the finals of the ESL UK Premiership, The 3 week group stage is finished and we were left with 2 teams who have proved their dominance over the games they have played throughout the past weeks.
Molotovs and Marshmallows Gaming
Originally known as Heinz.UK, the Molotovs and Marshmallows side led by Coach and Manager Neil “Neil_M” Murphy have destroyed the competition throughout the Promotions cup and the Group stage, not dropping a single map throughout the competition, beating teams such as XENEX, nerdRage and FM eSports in clean 2-0’s. They’re heavy favorites coming into MCM London but recent travel to China may leave the team fatigued and vulnerable.
The team consists of:
- Tom “jenko” Jenkinson
- Tramaine “stan1ey” Stanley
- Josh “mole” Rowley
- Fabien “kioShMa” Fiey
- Aaron “AaroN” Hemmings
(We previously reported robiin and tsack would be playing for the team, we recieved word quickly after publishing that those 2 players had been changed for the 2 now mentioned above)
Reason Gaming
Placing second in the group is Reason Gaming who played through the ESL Premiership as Vexstar. They too did not drop a single map throughout the tournament except for one Bo5 which went 3-0 to our other finalist team – MnM. A bad omen for the side maybe? Reason Gaming have however now had chance to go over demos from MnM so should be prepared for them when the time comes next Friday.
Reason Gaming consists of :
- James “Kryptix” Affleck
- Sam “RattlesnK” Gawn
- Ben “r0m” Smith
- Valentin “Bishop” Canepa
- Robin “RobiNasTy” Perret
The matchup even has a little bit of a rivalry behind it, as Reason Gaming earlier on were set on picking up the Heinz.UK squad, only for them to back out after everything had been announced. Now that Reason Gaming have another squad, it’s their chance for both the org and the team to take revenge for the 3-0 that MnM Gaming handed them earlier in the season.
The venue will be MCM Comic-con London, the 3 day event taking place in the Excel London will host the ESL Premiership on Friday the 28th of October. A single Best of 5 Series will take place between the two teams to settle the prize money of £6000, £5000 will go to the winner with £1000 going to 2nd place. All the action can be found on ESL Twitch channel on Friday the 28th October!
You can see how the Premiership played out HERE, and check out the ESL_CSGO_UK twitch page next friday, October 28th, for the final!
