Astralis and 3DMAX through to ESL Pro League Season 19 playoffs

Astralis and 3DMAX secured spots in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 19. They advanced to the upper bracket final of Group A to face off for the highest seed in the next stage of the tournament.

In the upper bracket semi-final, Astralis prevailed over FaZe (13:11 on Ancient and 13:9 on Nuke), while 3DMAX bested fnatic (13:5 on Anubis and 13:10 on Ancient). The losing teams dropped into the middle bracket.

Also, during today's playday, the openers of the middle bracket played out. Virtus.pro sent SAW to the lower bracket (13:3 on Overpass and 13:11 on Vertigo), while Eternal Fire – Imperial (10:13 on Mirage, 13:4 on Anubis and 13:9 on Inferno).

Tomorrow, April 25, the quarter-final matchups in the middle bracket of Group A will take place: FaZe – Virtus.pro and fnatic – Eternal Fire. The lower bracket match between SAW and Imperial, will play out on April 26, while the upper bracket final Astralis – 3DMAX, is scheduled for April 27.

The current group A bracket looks as follows:

The results, schedule and live broadcast of ESL Pro League Season 19 can be found at CSGO.com via the link.