NAVI wins ESL Pro League Season 14 to complete $1 million Intel Grand Slam: Final placements & recap

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ESL Pro League Season 14 is officially in the books, with 24 top-tier CS:GO teams having fought it out for the prestigious title and a share of $750,000. Here’s everything you need to know on how NAVI locked up their Intel Grand Slam, including final placements, results, and more.


  • NAVI lock up INTEL Grand Slam with win, taking home a cool $1,000,000 prize
  • S1mple named EPL MVP for 3rd year in a row
  • NAVI take down Vitality 3-2 in an action-packed Grand Final

ESL Pro League is one of the biggest events in professional CS:GO, bringing teams from all over the world together to fight it out for bragging rights and plenty of prize money.

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It’s a big event, and not just for its prestige. Teams earned points for the ESL Pro Tour and BLAST Premier, with several qualifying for the showcase events later in the year. Here’s what you need to know about Season 14, and how NAVI took home the gold.

ESL Pro League Season 14 recap

24 of the world’s best CSGO teams battled it out in Group Stages to start off the season. By the beginning of September, that number had been cut in half for the beginning of the playoffs.

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Vitality breezed through Gambit and OG to set themselves up in the Grand Final, and NAVI didn’t have too much trouble taking down ENCE and Heroic to do the same. Heroic’s refrezh might have had the best play of the tournament, but that wouldn’t help them against NAVI in the Semis.

The Grand Final was a battle though, and at times it seemed like the momentum could swing either way. Vitality fought hard, but in the end, it would be NAVI wrapping things up 16-14 on Mirage.

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Not only did s1mple and company take home the EPL trophy, NAVI also locked up the Intel Grand Slam. By winning IEM Katowice 2020, DreamHack Masters Spring, IEM Cologne 2021, and now ESL Pro League Season 14, they’ll be taking home an additional $1,000,000, on top of the $175,000 grand prize.

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ESL Pro League Season 14: results

ESL Pro League Season 14 final placements

Placement Team Prize Money (USD)
1 NAVI $195,000
2 Vitality $80,000
3-4 Heroic $55,000
OG
5-8 Gambit $33,750
Team Liquid
ENCE $28,750
Ninjas in Pyjamas
9-12 forZe $30,000
Fnatic $25,000
mousesports
Complexity
13-16 FaZe Clan $22,000
Astralis $17,000
Virtus.pro
Entropiq
17-20 BIG $15,000
FURIA
Sinners Esports $10,000
Team Spirit
21-24 Bad News Bears $3,000
G2 Esports
Evil Geniuses
Team One

Teams receive $5,000 per group stage win.

Group Stage

Group A: August 16 — August 20

Day 1: August 16

Match PT ET BST
Heroic 2-0 Bad News Bears 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Vitality 2-0 ENCE 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Astralis 2-1 Spirit 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 2: August 17

Match PT ET BST
Vitality 2-0 Bad News Bears 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Astralis 0-2 ENCE 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Heroic 2-0 Spirit 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 3: August 18

Match PT ET BST
Astralis 2-0 Bad News Bears 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Spirit 0-2 ENCE 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Heroic 2-1 Vitality 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 4: August 19

Match PT ET BST
Spirit 2-0 Bad News Bears 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Heroic 2-1 ENCE 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Astralis 0-2 Vitality 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 5: August 20

Match PT ET BST
Heroic 2-0 Astralis 11AM 2PM 7PM
Vitality 2-1 Spirit 11AM 2PM 7PM
Bad News Bears 0-2 ENCE 11AM 2PM 7PM

Group B: August 21 — August 25

Day 1: August 21

Match PT ET BST
G2 Esports 1-2 Sinners 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Virtus.pro 0-2 OG 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Complexity 1-2 forZe 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 2: August 22

Match PT ET BST
G2 Esports 0-2 OG 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Virtus.pro 1-2 forZe 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Complexity 2-0 Sinners 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 3: August 24

Match PT ET BST
Virtus.pro 2-0 Sinners 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
OG 2-1 forZe 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
G2 Esports 1-2 Complexity 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 4: August 25

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Match PT ET BST
OG 2-1 Sinners 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Virtus.pro 1-2 Complexity 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
G2 Esports 0-2 forZe 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 5: August 26

Match PT ET BST
G2 Esports 1-2 Virtus.pro 11AM 2PM 7PM
Complexity 0-2 OG 11AM 2PM 7PM
forZe 2-1 Sinners 11AM 2PM 7PM

Group C: August 27 — August 31

Day 1: August 27

Match PT ET BST
BIG 2-0 Evil Geniuses 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
NAVI 2-0 Fnatic 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
FaZe Clan 2-1 mousesports 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 2: August 28

Match PT ET BST
BIG 1-2 Fnatic 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
NAVI 2-0 mousesports 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
FaZe Clan 2-1 Evil Geniuses 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 3: August 29

Match PT ET BST
NAVI 0-2 BIG 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
FaZe Clan 0-2 Fnatic 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
mousesports 2-0 Evil Geniuses 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 4: August 30

Match PT ET BST
BIG 0-2 FaZe Clan 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
mousesports 2-0 Fnatic 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
NAVI 2-0 Evil Geniuses 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 5: August 31

Match PT ET BST
NAVI 2-0 FaZe Clan 11AM 2PM 7PM
BIG 1-2 mousesports 11AM 2PM 7PM
Evil Geniuses 0-2 Fnatic 11AM 2PM 7PM

Group D: September 1 — September 5

Day 1: September 1

Match PT ET BST
Gambit 2-0 Team One 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
FURIA 0-2 Entropiq 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
NIP 0-2 Liquid 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 2: September 2

Match PT ET BST
FURIA 2-0 Team One 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
NIP 2-0 Entropiq 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Gambit 2-1 Liquid 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 3: September 3

Match PT ET BST
NIP 2-0 Team One 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Liquid 2-0 Entropiq 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
Gambit 2-0 FURIA 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 4: September 4

Match PT ET BST
Liquid 2-0 Team One 4:30AM 7:30AM 12:30PM
Gambit 2-0 Entropiq 7:45AM 10:45AM 3:45PM
NIP 1-2 FURIA 11AM 2PM 7PM

Day 5: September 5

Match PT ET BST
Gambit 0-2 NIP 11AM 2PM 7PM
FURIA 1-2 Liquid 11AM 2PM 7PM
Entropiq 2-0 Team One 11AM 2PM 7PM

Playoffs

Day 1: September 7

Match PT ET BST
mousesports 1-2 NIP 8AM 11AM 4PM
Complexity 1-2 Vitality 10:15AM 1:15PM 6:15PM

Day 2: September 8

Match PT ET BST
forZe 0-2 ENCE 8AM 11AM 4PM
Liquid 2-0 fnatic 10:15AM 1:15PM 6:15PM

Day 3: September 9

Match PT ET BST
OG 2-1 NIP 8AM 11AM 4PM
Gambit 0-2 Vitality 10:15AM 1:15PM 6:15PM

Day 4: September 10

Match PT ET BST
NAVI 2-0 ENCE 8AM 11AM 4PM
Heroic 2-1 Team Liquid 10:15AM 1:15PM 6:15PM

Day 5: September 11

Match PT ET BST
OG 0-2 Vitality 8AM 11AM 4PM
NAVI 2-1 Heroic 10:15AM 1:15PM 6:15PM

Day 6: September 12

Match – Grand Final (BO5) PT ET BST
Vitality 2-3 NAVI 8AM 11AM 4PM

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ESL Pro League Season 14: teams

24 of the world’s best teams fought it out for the ESL Pro League Season 14 title. From Europe to Brazil, North America to Asia, they hailed from all corners of the globe.

IEM Katowice champion Natus Vincere were obviously in attendance, as well as CIS rising stars Gambit and Team Spirit. A Hunden-less Heroic, and a reinvigorated FaZe Clan and Astralis also showed up.

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Here’s a full list of teams, and their rosters, that participated in ESL Pro League Season 14.

Region Team Players
Europe Astralis dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk, Lucky
Europe BIG tabseN, tiziaN, XANTARES, syrsoN, k1to
Europe Complexity blameF, k0nfig, poizon, jks, es3tag
Europe ENCE doto, Snappi, Spinx, dycha, hades
Europe FaZe Clan rain, olofmeister, broky, Twistzz, karrigan
Europe Fnatic KRIMZ, Brollan, Jackinho, 2 TBD
Europe G2 Esports JaCkz, AmaNEk, nexa, huNter-, NiKo
Europe Heroic stavn, cadiaN, TeSeS, refrezh, sjuush
Europe mousesports ropz, frozen, Bymas, acoR, dexter
Europe Ninjas in Pyjamas REZ, Plopski, hampus, dev1ce, TBD
Europe OG Aleksib, valde, mantuu, niko, flameZ
Europe Sinners Esports ZEDKO, SHOCK, beastik, NEOFRAG, oskar
Europe Team Vitality apEX, ZywOo, shox, misutaaa, Kyojin
CIS Entropiq El1an, Lack1, NickelBack, Krad, Forester
CIS forZe Jerry, almazer, FL1T, KENSI, zorte
CIS Gambit Esports nafany, sh1ro, interz, Ax1Le, Hobbit
CIS Natus Vincere s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, b1t
CIS Team Spirit somedieyoung, chopper, mir, magixx, degster
CIS Virtus.pro buster, qikert, Jame, SANJI, YEKINDAR
NA Bad News Bears Jonji, ptr, Swisher, Spongey, Shakezullah
NA Evil Geniuses Brehze, CeRq, stanislaw, oBo, MICHU
NA Team Liquid EliGE, NAF, Stewie2K, Grim, FalleN
Brazil FURIA yuurih, arT, VINI, KSCERATO, honda
Brazil Team One Maluk3, prt, pesadelo, malbsMd, xns