LDLC & Heroic qualify for EPL S5

The European relegation matches for ESL Pro League Season 5 have come to an end, with LDLC and Heroic earning spots in the upcoming season of ESL's premier competition.

The matches that decided which teams were going to be in the next season of ESL Pro League were set to be played today, starting with the showdown between the French-Belgian team LDLC and PENTA - the rag-tag European mix put together to represent the German organization.


Ex6TenZ will be playing against the elite again

The series started well for Penta, who were carried to a 16-11 win on Overpass by their stand-in Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný. The Czech, who is still under contract with mousesports, put up 31 kills on the first map alone and remained a consistent contributor throughout the series.

Penta weren't able to close out the series on their pick, Cache, with Antoine "⁠to1nou⁠" Pirard having a field day on the map, and LDLC pushed the series to the decider - Dust2. The final map was a close one, but Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans and co. managed to take the lead towards the end, grabbing a spot in ESL Pro League with a 16-14 win.

Matchpage
1
2
18th January 2017
16
Overpass
11
12
Cache
16
14
Dust2
16

 PENTA K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
75 - 52 +23 101.9 1.40
67 - 60 +7 85.2 1.23
61 - 61 0 79.1 1.04
56 - 56 0 64.2 0.96
38 - 64 -26 56.6 0.75
 LDLC K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
68 - 54 +14 96.0 1.28
70 - 57 +13 75.7 1.17
57 - 63 -6 77.4 1.03
58 - 66 -8 73.9 0.95
40 - 57 -17 59.9 0.82

The series between HEROIC and Rogue followed, with the Danish-Bulgarian mixture edging the first map, Train, with a 16-14 scoreline. The Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and co. replied with a 16-11 win on Nuke, tieing the score of the series at 1-1.

It all came down to Mirage, where HEROIC were off to a dominant 12-0 start before Rogue could get a round on board. With the massive lead, it was just a question of time before HEROIC would close out the series to remain in ESL Pro League for another season.

Matchpage
2
1
18th January 2017
14
Train
16
16
Nuke
11
16
Mirage
1

 HEROIC K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
66 - 42 +24 93.6 1.39
62 - 47 +15 91.0 1.30
59 - 45 +14 83.0 1.23
49 - 37 +12 64.2 1.09
40 - 39 +1 67.0 0.98
 Rogue K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
56 - 54 +2 78.6 1.03
47 - 58 -11 67.9 0.91
35 - 52 -17 65.6 0.82
42 - 54 -12 59.3 0.81
30 - 58 -28 54.1 0.63

With these results, the following teams will compete in the European division of ESL Pro League Season 5:

Denmark Astralis France Envy
Europe FaZe Sweden fnatic
France G2 Europe HellRaisers
Europe MOUZ  World Natus Vincere
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Europe Dignitas*
Poland Virtus.pro Poland Kinguin
Europe LDLC Denmark HEROIC

*HLTV was informed by ESL that dignitas' ESL Pro League spot is still under review. 

Professeur writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

Belgium Antoine 'to1nou' Pirard
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirard
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
267
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
435
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.68
Belgium Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
933
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.64
Czech Republic Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Age:
25
Team:
MOUZB
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
393
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.66
ez for god cadian
2017-01-19 00:13
#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Czech Republic Yaaa
Niko new Nico?
2017-01-19 00:13
1 reply
#37
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Finland Smoonah
not nico fake niko faker half baked lil nubbin
2017-01-19 02:44
#6
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World ascet
Almost 16-0 DAt heroic 1 round thorw ):
2017-01-19 00:14
16-1
2017-01-19 00:13
expected ;)
2017-01-19 00:13
#11
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United States kappa360
great to see ex6 in epl
2017-01-19 00:13
#12
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Europe n0rbii
go VP and Kinguin #RUNPL
2017-01-19 00:14
1 reply
lmao.
2017-01-19 15:55
#13
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United Kingdom jimak
oskar pissed
2017-01-19 00:14
2 replies
At least one UK flag in ESL.
2017-01-19 01:52
1 reply
#38
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Finland Smoonah
yea and that UK flag is still a shitter xDDDD
2017-01-19 02:45
ez Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov Nicolai 'glace' Jensen Casper 'cadiaN' Møller #RUNROGUE
2017-01-19 00:14
is dignitas org keeping the epl spot?
2017-01-19 00:15
7 replies
#18
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United States CWalker
I don't understand why their spot is under review, the org dropped them, there was nothing shady, and the banner you're under doesn't determine how well you play against other teams.
2017-01-19 00:16
6 replies
The org did not drop them. The players chose to go elsewhere.
2017-01-19 00:20
5 replies
Nope the org dropped them to create a NA roster I think
2017-01-19 07:24
4 replies
why do you say no if you have no idea of what you are talking about? the players left so that they could play for fck instead
2017-01-19 07:57
3 replies
dignitas have parted ways with their CS:GO team led by Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen following a mutual decision.
2017-01-19 09:40
2 replies
that is what they said, dig players obviously got a better deal by fck and they would obviously be tempted to play for fck
2017-01-19 15:50
1 reply
not really, dignitas became an NA org after 76ers bought them, and most of NA orgs want NA teams
2017-01-19 17:50
five of these teams will have roster changes until the season starts lul
2017-01-19 00:15
jesus if they take the spot away from north ESL will have fucked up so hard
2017-01-19 00:24
6 replies
#22
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Germany grabke
why if the org holds the spot ???
2017-01-19 00:33
5 replies
#24
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Germany grabke
The Players chose to earn more money be changing the Org or simply don`t renew their contracts. At least North (Org) should pay some Money for the Pro League Spot if the Spot is owned by Dignitas.
2017-01-19 00:38
2 replies
#29
BnTeT | 
Indonesia rareguy
So ESL chooses the team based on organization, not players?
2017-01-19 01:13
1 reply
#32
AZR | 
Oceania cwns
Look at Winterfox for example
2017-01-19 01:32
because the org alone SHOULDN'T hold the spot
2017-01-19 00:55
#50
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Sweden wyv0
Dignitas is making na team so might as well kick dignitas out and take north back in lol
2017-01-19 08:50
#21
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France TheKurnaz
GL LDLC and Kinguin
2017-01-19 00:26
#25
fer | 
Argentina MyMatkhev
Good job ex6tenz, deserved.
2017-01-19 00:41
#27
steel | 
Macau V_M_P
congratulations to eX6tenz
2017-01-19 00:59
what wait no godsent???? no godsent no party
2017-01-19 01:20
1 reply
they had two chances but they lost to Roque and LDLC...
2017-01-19 16:43
Ex6TenZ back to the top, what a great story
2017-01-19 01:38
wait, dignitas? North will play the premier league? wat
2017-01-19 01:52
#36
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine he-he
Bot Friis, retire already
2017-01-19 02:16
#39
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Finland Smoonah
GOD TWO-One-No-U? EleGiggle
2017-01-19 02:46
#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
zy | 
Russia cowoncrack
is friis ever going to recover? he used to be so sick...
2017-01-19 03:35
#41
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Denmark hawbo
leggo herioc
2017-01-19 03:41
#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Norway ejzzirhc
Ex6TenZ got kicked out of the tier 1 scene -> Gathered what little talent the french scene had to offer, made a team -> competed in Premier and utterly demolished the competition there -> Reached LAN finals as well as online finals -> Qualified for Pro league. If it were not for Ex6TenZ, there is no way LDLC would accomplish what they have. He deserves this, and I'm happy there will be 3 french teams in EPL!
2017-01-19 05:49
3 replies
#58
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France ColonelAnders
+1
2017-01-19 10:24
#61
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark jac0b^hSk1nG
+111111 all love goes to Ex6TenZ <3
2017-01-19 11:22
#65
France Naaw
+1 Vive la france!
2017-01-19 13:38
Ez for dignitas
2017-01-19 06:39
if ldlc wants to achieve anything they gotta get rid of mistou
2017-01-19 07:29
1 reply
#46
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France Gugus_Patacus
Inb4 they get Scream RPK and one of the other leftovers and become the new french super team
2017-01-19 07:57
Good to see oskar back in action. Man heroic need a more consistent awp and theyd be set to a pretty good team
2017-01-19 08:03
Feels wierd to see a main awper like to1nou topfragging when in the actual match he whiffed so hard he could have easily killed 20 more guys with his AWP. Makes me remember device
2017-01-19 08:13
no wildcard this time?
2017-01-19 08:52
rip ldlc :P
2017-01-19 09:45
#56
allu | 
Finland Fherrera
happy for ex6tenz :)
2017-01-19 10:01
#57
Faceit level 7  | 
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Portugal dracø
Gotta admire ex6's resilience. He got kicked out, made a new team from nothing and with little resources to work and puff, back at the top leagues. Hope he gets some more firepower after the shuffle.
2017-01-19 10:07
Congratz Ex6tenz well deserved! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm
2017-01-19 10:34
#62
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark jac0b^hSk1nG
Hope RpK will join up with Ex6TenZ perhaps even ScreaM? Btw congrats LDLC and especially to you Ex6, always been your fan, and always will be!
2017-01-19 11:24
#63
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Antifrag
The dignitas spot should go to the players if they haven't disbanded or still have a 3 players core. The org should only get the spot in case of full disbandment.
2017-01-19 12:33
#66
France Naaw
3 French teams to the top again ! What a good feel!
2017-01-19 13:40
#67
GuardiaN | 
Other Darge
Props to Ex6TenZ, there wouldn't be a third french team competing on the top scene without him.
2017-01-19 14:45
Well... WHAT? dignitas? What dignitas? If the players - they're FC Copenhagen. If the org - just why? Btw how will G2 and nV participate in it after the shuffle? I mean, 1 of those teams will change at least 60% of their lineup, just HOW?
2017-01-19 16:25
I really hope that the North players get to keep their spot in ESL Pro League. This "org based" nonsense is literally dumb, and if that is the case, 5 random NA clowns who didnt even attempt for a spot will get in there and be crushed anyway as Team Dignitas. That wouldnt make much sense to me.
2017-01-19 18:08
ex6 revenge inc!
2017-01-19 18:09
#78
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World bort321
Congrats LDLC (especially Ex6TenZ) and Heroic!
2017-01-19 18:38
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