ESL One Manila semifinals: Team Liquid undefeated

Team Liquid plow through Team Empire, 2:0, eliminating the CIS team in the ESL One Manila semifinals. Team Liquid has advanced to the Grand Finals. The action continues with the ESL One Manila Grand Finals between Wings Gaming and Team Liquid, at 12:00 CEST.

ESL One Manila Grand Finals – Wings vs Liquid pic.twitter.com/gyW1T3SaRV

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Team Liquid have continued to display superior drafting, coordination and plays. Without dropping a single match in the entire event, they have confidently advanced into the Grand Finals.

Team Empire showed up with their completely new roster amidst many questions regarding their potential. After running through the star-studded Team Secret twice to advance to the semifinals, all doubts about their strength and their budding future have been erased. Team Empire has proven they are a formidable force for any opponent.

Wings Gaming soared above the competition earlier today in the ESL One Manila semifinals, eliminating Fnatic, 2:1, and advancing to the Grand Finals.

ESL One Manila semifinals

Team Liquid vs. Team Empire

Team Empire ESL One Manila

Team Liquid went with a Lone Druid for Adrian “FATA-” Trinks on mid lane and countered Team Empire in their lineup each step of the way. The first game was incredibly intense with fantastic plays between both sides and the fights and leads swinging back and forth in the first 20 minutes, but the CIS team started to have trouble taking the fights and Team Liquid outplayed them to victory.

Liquid's FATA with the frame-perfect usage of Bear Entangle! #ESLOne
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In the second game, Team Empire drafted Spectre for Roman “Ramzes” Kushnarev and a Legion Commander for Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov. Team Liquid took the early lead, but a fantastic fight by Team Empire evened things out again. Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen’s Anti Mage was too much for the CIS team to handle and Team Liquid wiped through them to the Grand Finals.

Casual ultimate turning into a Triple kill for @LiquidFATA! #ESLOne
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ESL One Manila semifinals: Team Liquid 2:0 Team Empire. Team Liquid continues to the Grand Finals. Team Empire eliminated.

ESL One Manila playoffs format

• The group stage was played in a classic GSL format.
• The eight participating teams were split up into two groups of four.

  In each group, the teams played best-of-three matches, as shown below:

  Match one: Team A vs. Team B
  Match two: Team C vs. Team D
  Winners’ match (WM): Winner of match one vs. winner of match two – winner advances to semifinals
  Elimination match (EM): Loser of match one vs. loser of match two – loser drops out
  Decider match: Loser of WM vs. winner of EM – winner advances to semifinals and loser drops out

• Four teams – Team Secret, compLexity Gaming, EHOME, and Mineski, were eliminated in the group stage.
• Four teams – Fnatic, Wings Gaming, Team Empire, and Team Liquid – have advanced into the playoffs.
• During the playoffs, the four remaining teams will play a single-elimination bracket.
• The Grand Finals will be best-of-five series, with no winners’ advantage.

ESL One Manila playoffs prize pool

The base prize pool for this tournament is $250,000.

• 1st place – $100,000 – TBD
• 2nd place – $50,000 – TBD
• 3rd-4th place – $25,000 – Fnatic and Team Empire