The German side BIG has earned a promotion to ESL Pro League by beating PENTA in the deciding match of the relegation playoffs 2-0 (16-8 Inferno, 19-17 Cobblestone).

In the EPL Relegation playoffs, both BIG and PENTA lost to HellRaisers, which dropped them to the lower bracket. Yesterday, the European mixture PENTA managed to overcome the legendary Polish side Virtus.pro to send them into ESEA Premier and keep their own Pro League dream alive.

tabseN was the driving force behind BIG's promotion

Today, the two German based organizations played a rematch of the ESEA Global Challenge LAN finals, where PENTA took the 2-0 victory and the title. PENTA's map pick stayed the same for this series, while BIG picked Cobblestone instead of Cache, which they lost in Leicester.

The series started with PENTA getting a solid 7-round Terrorist side on Inferno, but we once again saw how deadly the combination of Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's fragging and Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik's calling is on that map when BIG took switched to the offensive side. Dropping only one round in the second half, BIG secured the first map with a 16-8 scoreline.

On Cobblestone, BIG's CT sides were exposed, as a 11-4 first half lead wasn't enough for the Germans to close out the map without going to overtime. In the end, it was a team effort that got BIG the win on the second map, making it 2-0 and securing their Pro League promotion.

ESL Pro League Season 5 Europe RelegationBest of 3 PENTAMatchpage 0 2 18th May 2017 BIG 8Inferno 16 17Cobblestone 19

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With this result, the team list for ESL Pro League has been finalized. The following teams will play in the European division of EPL Season 6:

North	G2
Null elementMOUZ	fnatic
Natus Vincere	Envy
FaZe	Astralis
HEROIC	Ninjas in Pyjamas
LDLC	HellRaisers
GODSENT	BIG

Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 22 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 820 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.72 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson HellRaisers #8 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz HEROIC #14 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJakob 'JUGi' HansenValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 29 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.83 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.68 Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin Natus Vincere #7 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev PENTA #21 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendKevin 'HS' Tarn MOUZ #15 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranDenis 'denis' HowellRobin 'ropz' Kool G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro GODSENT #26 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson LDLC #30 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' Balbastro North #6 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke BIG #27 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Envy #23 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard