NIP and HEROIC drop to lower bracket of ESL Pro League Season 20

Another playday of the 20th season of the prestigious ESL Pro League Counter-Strike 2 tournament has ended, with FaZe and Sangal getting one step closer to advancing to the final stage of the event.

In the second round of the middle bracket of Group A, FaZe defeated NIP (11:13 on Ancient, 13:9 on Mirage, 13:1 on Dust2), while Sangal bested HEROIC (12:16 on Mirage, 13:9 on Ancient, 13:11 on Nuke). The winners moved to the middle bracket final, where they will face off for a slot in the playoffs, while the losers dropped to the losers' bracket.

Note that ESL Pro League Season 20 is taking place from September 3 to 22 in Malta. The competition features a total prize pool of $750,000 – it will be divided among 32 squads.

Current group A bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcasts of ESL Pro League Season 20 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.