Vitality win ESL Pro League Season 16

Vitality have clinched the ESL Pro League Season 16 title. In the grand final, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's squad got the better of Liquid 3:2 –  7:16 on Inferno, 16:7 on Dust2, 21:25 on Mirage, 19:17 on Mirage and 16:11 on Vertigo.

The champions kicked off their tournament campaign in Group A, where they came out on top of fnatic, NAVI, Team Spirit, NIP and Endpoint, after which knocked out Outsiders and G2 from the playoffs on the way to the decisive match. Detailed results of ESL Pro League Season 16 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.

The playoff final bracket looks as follows:

Prize money distribution:

1.  Vitality – $200,000 + BLAST Premier World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 slots
2.  Liquid – $85,000
3-4.  G2 – $60,000
3-4.  Cloud9 – $55,000
5-8.  FaZe – $37,500
5-8.  MOUZ – $37,5 ,000
5-8.  Outsiders – $32,500
5-8.  NAVI – $27,500
9-12.  Heroic – $32,000
9-12.  FURIA – $32,000
9-12.  Complexity – $27,000
9-12.  fnatic – $27,000
13-16.  Astralis – $19,000
13-16.  Evil Geniuses – $19,000
13-16.  BIG – $19,000
13-16.  Team Spirit – $19 ,000
17-20.  Eternal Fire – $17,500
17-20.  NIP – $17,500
17-20.  ENCE – $12,500
17-20.  MIBR – $12,500
21-24.  HEET – $11,000
21-24.  Ednpoint – $11,000
21-24.  Movistar Riders – $6,000
21-24.  FTW – $6,000