{"id":35541,"date":"2024-04-26T22:53:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T02:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=35541"},"modified":"2024-04-26T22:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T02:54:01","slug":"faze-clan-betboom-lock-in-pro-league-playoffs-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/faze-clan-betboom-lock-in-pro-league-playoffs-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"FaZe Clan &#038; BetBoom lock in Pro League playoffs spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling series, M80 pulled off a surprising 2-1 (13-2, 16-19, 22-19) upset against G2 Esports, sending them down to the Last Chance Stage of Group B at the 19th season of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/esl-pro-league\/\" title=\"ESL Pro League betting guide\">ESL Pro League<\/a> in Malta.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> match, spanning three maps with multiple overtimes, showcased M80&#8217;s resilience and G2&#8217;s struggles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a marathon of a match! \u23f1<\/p>\n<p>After 91 rounds of Counter-Srike, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M80gg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@M80gg<\/a> defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G2CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G2CSGO<\/a>, sending them to the Group B Last Chance Bracket at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> S19<\/p>\n<p>13-2 Ancient<br \/>16-19 Inferno<br \/>22-19 Vertigo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q1XwpZH59E\">pic.twitter.com\/Q1XwpZH59E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1783881815347867706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The series began with a dominant performance from M80 on Ancient, taking a 13-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Despite G2&#8217;s early warning after winning a force buy on the CT side, M80&#8217;s lead was challenged.<\/p>\n<p>On Inferno, G2 fought back from a 1-7 deficit, forcing overtime and eventually winning, with Ilya &#8216;m0NESY&#8217; Osipov leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Vertigo followed a similar pattern, with G2 clawing back from a 7-2 deficit to force overtime again and eventually winning the series.<\/p>\n<p>Despite M80 having several match points, they failed to close out, leading to a tense conclusion on the ninth match point, which M80 finally secured.<\/p>\n<p>G2&#8217;s frustration was evident, with their Danish in-game leader expressing embarrassment in a tweet after the match. They now face Falcons in the Last Chance Stage.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, M80&#8217;s victory set up a rematch against BetBoom, the team that initially sent them to the lower bracket.<\/p>\n<p>Despite feeling they threw many rounds, M80 managed to regain their energy and secure the win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> Season 19 Playoffs <\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd73 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeClan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaZeClan<\/a> \ud83e\udd73 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJPXAlbFLU\">pic.twitter.com\/DJPXAlbFLU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1783933706014454175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another series, FaZe Clan secured their spot in the ESL Pro League playoffs by defeating Eternal Fire 2-1 (9-13, 13-11, 13-8) in a three-map battle.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe struggled on Anubis and Mirage but managed to level up on Inferno, winning comfortably after some key plays, including a momentum-turning 1vs3 by Helvijs &#8216;broky&#8217; Saukants.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe&#8217;s Finn &#8216;karrigan&#8217; Andersen expressed relief at having some days off before the playoffs, indicating they would focus on improving their performance on Anubis and Ancient.<\/p>\n<p>The final series of the day saw BetBoom qualify for the playoffs after claiming a 2-1 (7-13, 13-6, 16-14) victory in a marathon series against M80.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetBoomTeam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetBoomTeam<\/a>! They have made it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> Season 19 Playoffs \ud83e\udd73\ud83c\udf8a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXlKV2oGBJ\">pic.twitter.com\/hXlKV2oGBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1783985075240976810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite M80&#8217;s strong start on Ancient, BetBoom managed to turn the tide and secure victories on Mirage and Anubis, completing a double over M80 in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Sharks and Imperial became the first two teams to be eliminated from ESL Pro League S19 after suffering their third straight defeat of the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FaZe Clan and BetBoom Team secured their place in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 19 after claiming lower final victories on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":27734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2740,3111,430,1919,127,103,2958],"class_list":["post-35541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-betboom","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-esl-pro-league","tag-eternal-fire","tag-faze-clan","tag-g2-esports","tag-m80"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35541"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35549,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35541\/revisions\/35549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}