ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas
ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas ran 12 April–23 May 2019 in Burbank, United States. A $62K prize pool and 16 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 12 April–23 May 2019
- Location: Burbank, United States
- Prize pool: $62K
- Teams: 16
- Tier: Tier 2
- Type: Intl. LAN
Final standings
- 1-4th — NRG
- 1-4th — Liquid
- 1-4th — DETONA
- 1-4th — Luminosity
- 5-6th — Cloud9
- 5-6th — MIBR
- 7-8th — Ghost — $8K
- 7-8th — Renegades — $8K
- 9-10th — eUnited — $7K
- 9-10th — Isurus — $7K
- 11-12th — Complexity — $6K
- 11-12th — Infinity — $6K
- 13-16th — Denial — $5K
- 13-16th — Envy — $5K
- 13-16th — Lazarus — $5K
- 13-16th — INTZ — $5K
Format
- Group stage: Group Stage 1: · * 4 groups of 4 teams, the winners proceed to the LAN Finals. Second and third place teams go to Group Stage 2. · Group Stage 2: · * 2 groups of 4 teams, first place teams proceed to the LAN Finals.
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.