2016 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
Dates | August 17, 2016–October 30, 2016 |
Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
Teams | 28 teams |
Purse | US$750,000 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cloud9 |
1st runners-up | SK Gaming |
2nd runners-up | mousesports Ninjas in Pyjamas |
MVP | Timothy "autimatic" Ta [1] |
ESL Pro League Season 4 (shortened as EPL Season 4) was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It was the fourth season of the ESL Pro League, and had an overall prize pool of $750,000 . For the first time, the Finals took place in South America – São Paulo, Brazil, from October 28 to October 30.[2] Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals.[3] Europe's season began with FaZe Clan defeating Team X (which later formed into Heroic) and ended with Team Dignitas defeating Virtus.pro in a best of three 6th place decider. North America's season started with Cloud9 defeating Team Liquid and ended with Immortals defeating Echo Fox. In the finals, Cloud9 defeated SK Gaming 2–1 to become the ESL Pro League Season 4 Champions and take home $200,000 prize money; this upset would also mark the first time a North American won an international premier event since iBUYPOWER won ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division in 2014.[4]