MOUZ won ESL Pro League Season 19

MOUZ sensationally defeated Vitality with a score of 3-0 in the grand finals of ESL Pro League Season 19. This is the second ESL Pro League in a row where they won, only last season was in CSGO where they defeated NAVI with a similar score of 3-0, it should be added that s1mple was playing for NAVI at the time.

Inferno

Inferno was the first map and Vitality's choice, but despite Vitality's choice, MOUZ immediately started to show an incredible game, starting with the pistol round where torzsi made a quadruple circle and won the round for his team. There were no more highlights in the first half, and MOUZ easily took 9 rounds and won the first half with a score of 9-3. The second pistol round was very important for Vitality, but unfortunately they lost it and were losing with a score of 11-3, but they didn't give up and started to give a comeback, reaching a score of 11-8, they gave the round and the game away. MOUZ won the map with a score of 13-9 and moved on to Mirage, already their choice.

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Mirage

Mirage started with two rounds won by Vitality, but MOUZ didn't want to give up and started to gain rounds, at 3-3 they won the tiebreaker round for economy and won the series of 6 rounds and won the first half with a mirror score as on the first map 9-3, the second half was also similar to the first map, but again this time Vitality failed to make a comeback and lost with a score of 8-13. MOUZ won the map, gained a comfortable margin on the maps, and moved on to Nuke, again Vitality's choice.

Nuke

Nuke started like the first two maps, where MOUZ immediately began to dominate and only at 7-0 did they give up the first one and sensationally won 10-2 in the first half, leaving little chance for Vitality to come back on this game and map. The pistol round went to Vitality's treasury and added to their chances, but it was not enough for them and MOUZ won with a crushing score of 13-5 and became the champions of the second consecutive ESL Pro League.

MVP of this tournament

The MVP of this tournament was Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut, despite the defeat in the grand final, he showed an incredible and shocking level of play in this tournament and finished it with a rating of 7,6.

Tournament Bracket

MOUZ went through a difficult group stage without losing a single map, thus securing a place in the quarterfinals of ESL Pro League Season 19. During this tournament, they defeated Bad News Kangaroos, GamerLegion, Team Liquid, G2, Complexity, and Team Vitality.

Distribution of the prize pool

The distribution of the prize pool for ESL Pro League Season 19 reflected the intense competition, and MOUZ received a part of $170,000. In addition to a significant cash reward, they also earned a coveted slot at IEM Cologne 2024 with a prize pool of $1,000,000, which was an important event in their competitive journey.

The next big tournament IEM Dallas 2024 with the participation of Faze, NAVI, MOUZ, Spirit, G2, Vitality, Virtus pro, HEROIC, Complexity, Falcons, Liquid, FlyQuest, Monte, BIG, M80 and 9z will start on May 27 and will last until June 2. The prize pool of the tournament is $250,000, where the winner will receive $100,000 and a slot at IEM Cologne 2024.