Kinguin qualify for ESL Pro League S5

Team Kinguin have secured a spot in ESL Pro League Season 5 after moving past LDLC in the ESEA Season 23 Premier Finals.

The top two teams of ESEA's European Premier division faced off in Burbank on Thursday to determine which of them would get direct entry into the next iteration of the ESL Pro League in addition to a higher seed in the ESEA Global Premier Challenge.

Heading into the match, many believed that this would be a close affair as both teams boasted a 13-3 record during the regular season, but Kinguin set the series off with a bang as they cruised to a 16-2 win on Cobblestone, with Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski and Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller both getting 1.99 ratings.

Kinguin secure ESL Pro League spot 

LDLC gave a much better account of themselves on Overpass and closed out the first half with a narrow 8-7 lead, but Kinguin were simply dominant on the Terrorist side and conceded just one round before taking the map, 16-9.

ESEA MDL Season 23 Europe FinalsBest of 3 KinguinMatchpage 2 0 5th January 2017 LDLC 16Cobblestone 2 16Overpass 9

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	48 - 21	+27	113.8	1.77
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	46 - 20	+26	102.5	1.76
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekSZPERO	48 - 25	+23	105.1	1.64
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	26 - 27	-1	74.3	1.02
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	22 - 27	-5	66.6	0.94

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexandre 'xms' Fortéxms	28 - 36	-8	72.6	1.01
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	23 - 36	-13	48.1	0.74
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	25 - 40	-15	77.2	0.74
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	23 - 40	-17	68.4	0.72
Valentin 'mistou' Balbastromistou	21 - 38	-17	54.8	0.61

This means that LDLC will join Rogue, Heroic and PENTA Sports in the relegation stage of ESL Pro League Season 5, with the match-ups looking as follows:

HEROIC	vs.	Rogue
PENTA	vs.	LDLC

LDLC #29 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' BalbastroAlexandre 'xms' Forté Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Age: 21 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 515 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 PENTA Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendStefan 'stfN' Seier Rogue #39 Nicolai 'glace' JensenKamen 'bubble' KostadinovJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovCasper 'cadiaN' Møller HEROIC #19 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Michał 'MICHU' Müller Age: 20 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 666 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68