ESL held the first showmatch of the new version of Counter-Strike before the grand final of S17, where the team of the Major champion and Heroic coach Richard Xizt Landström named 27015 emerged victorious.

Xizt and his teammates faced off against his own proteges, including Kasper cadiaN Møller and Rene TeSeS Madsen. In the end, 27015 won with a score of 16-14 on Dust 2, the only available map for Counter-Strike 2.

The Beta Boys lineup: Krad, NertZ, cadiaN, TeSeS, JustHarry

27015 lineup: fame, Xizt, Snappi, dycha, shalfey.

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As for the main event of the day, the grand final of EPL S17 featuring FaZe and Cloud9 is currently live. The live match page is available at the link. The match is being played in a bo5 format, with the champion receiving $200,000 in prize money, slots for IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST World Final 2023, and an additional $1 million if FaZe wins, or $100,000 if Cloud9 prevents them from taking first place.