ex-Winstrike qualify for ESL Pro League Season 14
El1an finished off as the best performing player in ESEA Premier Season 36.
Aleksey “El1an” Gusev and company took down the Portuguese SAW 3-1 in the grand final of the ESEA Premier S36 event, despite starting with an 0-1 disadvantage. As the winner of the event, ex-Winstrike has secured a spot in the next season of ESL Pro League, which is set to start in September.
The Russian side from ex-Winstrike are the first squad to qualify for the $750.000 tournament, with partner teams such as Vitality, Astralis, NAVI, and Liquid also confirmed for the event. There is four more slots left to be given out to the winners of ESEA Premier seasons in EU, NA, and Australia, while the remaining slots will be filled through ranking invites.
The team list for the next season of ESL Pro League is as follows:
G2
Astralis
mousesports
ENCE
NAVI
Evil Geniuses
NiP
FaZe
Liquid
fnatic
Vitality
ex-Winstrike
ESEA Premier S36 NA
ESEA Premier S37 NA
ESEA Premier S37 EU
ESEA Premier S36/37 AU
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