ESL Pro League Season 5
| 2017 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Dallas, Texas |
| Dates | February 7, 2017–June 4, 2017 |
| Administrator(s) | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
| Teams | 28 teams |
| Purse | US$1,000,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 G2 Esports
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| 1st runners-up |
 North
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| 2nd runners-up |
 SK Gaming Team Liquid
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| MVP |
Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
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ESL Pro League Season 5 (shortened as EPL Season 5) was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It is the fifth season of the ESL Pro League, and has an overall prize pool of $1,000,000 . For the first time, the Finals will take place in Dallas, Texas, from May 30 to June 4, in the Verizon Theatre. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals.
The format is the same as EPL Season 4.
Each continent will feature the top 11 teams from last season's ESL Pro League Season 4, one team from the ESEA Season 23: Premier Finals, one team from the ESL Pro League Season 4 Relegation, and two teams from the Season 4 Relegation. North America will have three teams from the Season 4 Relegation after Echo Fox's roster disbands. Teams within each continent will play each other twice to determine the top six qualifier to the Finals in Texas. There will be a total of nine weeks in this phase of the tournament. All games will be played online.
The Finals will consist of twelve teams, six from Europe and six from North America. These teams will be separated into two groups. The group stage will consist of every team in each group playing against each other. The top three teams in each group will play move on to the Playoffs. If three teams are tied for one or two playoffs spot, then the teams will play on Train in an overtime-style best of one tiebreaker. Two teams will be randomly chosen to play in the first match. The winner of that match will play the third team. The winner of the second match will receive a spot in the playoffs. The remaining teams will play in a final third match and the winner of that match will move on to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Round of Six and the semifinals will be a best of three and the finals will be a best of five. The winner of the finals will win the tournament and the top prize. All games in the Finals will be played offline. The top team in each group will receive a bye and automatically move onto the Semifinals. The other four teams will play in the Round of Six. The winners of those two games will move on to the Semifinals, and the winner of the Semifinals will move onto the Finals. The winner of the grand finals is crowned as champion of ESL Pro League Season 5.
1Selfless Gaming released its roster midway through the season. The team finished the season under the banner The Foundation.
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