Team Liquid reaches the playoffs in the "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" league ESL Pro League against Cloud9. For the surprisingly good Evil Geniuses and Eternal Fire, it's going home.

"The game against Eternal Fire has sparked a fire in us. We were very disappointed with the loss," said Liquid player Keith "NAF" Markovic in an interview after the game. "After that, we started everything from scratch, a lot was missing in our heads.»

After a good start in the group, Liquid had suffered two defeats, and had to tremble for the playoff qualification on the last matchday. In the decisive match against the previously unbeaten opponent Cloud9, however, the team prevailed confidently with a score of 2: 0. The Turkish team Eternal Fire led by ex-BIG player Ismailcan "Xantares" Dörtkardeş was suffering, which thus pulled the shorter despite a victory against Liquid the day before.

Furia took second place after recently mixed results on a point-equal basis with Cloud9. Evil Geniuses looked much better after several seasons as the last-placed team, but did not make it to the playoffs despite two strong victories. IEM Cologne semi-finalist Movistar Riders went out completely winless.