{"id":3199,"date":"2019-08-08T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eslproleaguecsgo.eslpro.gg\/csgo\/proleague\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2019-08-15T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:12:07","slug":"esl-pro-league-season-9-eu-na-relegation-dates-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/2019\/08\/esl-pro-league-season-9-eu-na-relegation-dates-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League Season 9 EU & NA Relegation dates announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s the last chance to qualify for the 10th season of Pro League! The dates, times and matchups that will decide the last spots for the EU and NA regions are now set, these are all the details you need to know:<\/strong>
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Stream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow all the action live on our ESL CS:GO channels: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates and Times<\/strong>
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The big decider will take place on August 15-18 across both regions in two phases: 
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-Pre-Relegation Bracket featuring the higher-ranked teams on Thursday 15 and Friday 16.
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-Relegation Bracket featuring the lower-ranked teams on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18. 
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-European matches will start at 12:00 PM CEST, with NA following at 14:00 EDT every day on both phases.
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Teams<\/strong>
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Europe: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Relegation Round 1 matchups and seeding: 
-Ninjas in Pyjamas (1) vs. Turkey5 (ex-Space Soldiers) (4) 
-Windigo Gaming (2) vs. Team Heretics (ex-3DMAX) (3)
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Relegation Round 1 matchups and seeding:
-Pre-Relegation 2nd (1) vs. Team Spirit (4)
-Pre-Relegation 3rd (2) vs. Sprout (3)
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NA: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Relegation Round 1 matchups and seeding: 
-Lazarus Esports (1) vs. Team Singularity (4) 
-Team Envy (2) vs. INTZ eSports (3)
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Relegation Round 1 matchups and seeding:
-Pre-Relegation 2nd (1) vs. ATK (4)
-Pre-Relegation 3rd (2) vs. Pre-Relegation 4th (3)
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Format:<\/strong>
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Both brackets will feature four teams in a Bo3 double-elimination format with a Bo5 Grand Final (except for EU Relegation). Round 1 seeding is based on Pro League S9 placement as well as ESL CS:GO World Ranking.
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Pre-Relegation winners from both regions will qualify for Season 10 of Pro League.
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EU Relegation Semi-Final winners and NA Relegation Grand Final winner will also qualify for Season 10 of Pro League. 
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The remaining teams will play in the MDL next season.
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Pre-Relegation:<\/strong>
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Round 1 – Thursday 15<\/strong>
Winners move to UB Semi-Final. Losers move to Elimination Match.
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Elimination Match<\/strong> – Thursday 15 <\/strong>
Round 1 losers. Winner moves to LB Semi-Final. Loser places 4th. 
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UB Semi-Final<\/strong> – Thursday 15<\/strong>
Round 1 winners. Winner moves on to Grand Final, loser plays LB Semi-Final.
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LB Semi-Final<\/strong> – Friday 16<\/strong>
Winner moves on to grand final. Loser places 3rd.
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Grand Final<\/strong> – Friday 16<\/strong>
Winner qualifies for ESL Pro League CS:GO Season 10. Loser places 2nd.
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Relegation:<\/strong>
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Round 1 – Saturday 17<\/strong>
Winners move to UB Semi-Final. Losers move to Elimination Match.
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Elimination Match – Saturday 17<\/strong>
Round 1 losers. Winner moves on to LB Semi-Final, loser is relegated to MDL.
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UB Semi-Final – Saturday 17<\/strong>
Round 1 winners. EU winner qualifies for ESL Pro League CS:GO Season 10, NA winner moves on to Grand Final. Loser plays LB Semi-Final.
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LB Semi-Final – Sunday 18<\/strong>
EU winner qualifies for ESL Pro League CS:GO Season 10, NA winner moves on to Grand Final. Loser is relegated to MDL.
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Grand Final – Sunday 18<\/strong>
NA-only. Winner qualifies for ESL Pro League CS:GO Season 10. Loser is relegated to MDL.
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It\u2019s the last chance to qualify for the 10th season of Pro League! The dates, times and matchups that will decide the last spots for the EU and NA regions are now set, these are all the details you need to know: Stream Follow all the action live on our ESL CS:GO channels: Twitch Youtube […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}