| 2017 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Odense, Denmark |
| Dates | August 22, 2017–December 10, 2017 |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
| Venue | Sparekassen Fyn Arena |
| Teams | 28 teams |
| Purse | US$1,000,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | SK Gaming |
| 1st runners-up | FaZe Clan |
| 2nd runners-up | Fnatic Misfits |
| MVP | Epitácio "TACO" de Melo |
ESL Pro League Season 6 (shortened as EPL Season 6) is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It is the sixth season of the ESL Pro League. The finals moved back to Europe after two seasons and will be hosted for the first time in Denmark. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe will compete in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals.[1] The regular season for Europe began with Heroic defeating HellRaisers and ended with mousesports defeating Astralis. North America's season began with OpTic Gaming winning against Ghost Gaming and ended with Luminosity Gaming defeating Rogue to clinch the final spot in the finals as the last match Season 6.
The season officially ended with SK Gaming defeating FaZe Clan 3–1 in the best of five grand finals. This EPL title was the second for the SK Gaming roster, with its first with Luminosity Gaming at EPL Season 3.
This tournament was part of the Intel Grand Slam, which is a list of premier tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles would earn an extra $1,000,000. This was SK Gaming's second title, with its first being ESL One Cologne 2017. FaZe Clan (ESL One New York 2017), G2 Esports (DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017), and Ninjas in Pyjamas (IEM Oakland 2017) each had one Grand Slam title coming into the tournament.