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TEAM VITALITY SWEEP MOUZ 3–0 TO WIN ESL PRO LEAGUE SEASON 24, WHILE ITS VALORANT SIDE IS ONE WIN FROM THE CHAMPIONS GRAND FINAL
▲ Results ahead — the Wire calls the week as it happened.
Ten playoff series in Shanghai cut the field of eight to four. Team Vitality, LOUD, 100 Thieves, and G2 Esports are left, and NRG are out.
See the slateThe Upper Semifinal went the distance. LOUD won it and reached the Upper Final against Team Vitality. NRG dropped to the lower bracket and lost to 100 Thieves a day later.
BracketWon ESL Pro League Season 24 in Katowice, then sat at the top of the VALORANT Champions bracket after sweeping G2 Esports. Next up: the Upper Final against LOUD.
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Named MVP of ESL Pro League Season 24 with a tournament-high 1.43 rating. It is his sixth MVP award of 2026.
Player page▌ Match by match · Oct 5–11
Counter-Strike 2 had its champion: Team Vitality swept MOUZ 3–0 in Sunday’s ESL Pro League Season 24 Grand Final. VALORANT Champions played its first five days of playoffs in Shanghai and is down to four teams. In Dota 2, BLAST Slam 8 sent Team Yandex and Team Spirit toward a Monday Grand Final. In League of Legends, collegiate side Maryville University beat Disguised 3–1 in the LCS Promotion Tournament.
Vitality won the final 13–8 on Cache, 13–7 on Inferno, and 16–12 on Dust II. Aurora Gaming took third place by beating Team Spirit 2–0.
Paper Rex, T1, and Nongshim RedForce all went to the lower bracket first, and T1 won its way back past Paper Rex. LOUD, a group runner-up, opened by beating group winner Paper Rex 2–0. Nongshim and NRG are out.
Team Yandex swept Team Spirit in the Upper Final and went straight to the Grand Final. Spirit came back through the lower bracket, beating PARIVISION 2–1 after losing game one.
The winner earns the LCS guest slot for 2027. Maryville University, a collegiate team, beat the defending guest team Disguised 3–1 in the upper bracket.
⚡ Upset — a verified underdog win
The week ahead ▶Oct 12–18
VALORANT Champions has four teams left. Team Vitality play LOUD in the Upper Final on Friday, and 100 Thieves meet G2 Esports in the lower bracket the same morning ET. The Lower Final is October 17 and the Grand Final October 18. Already settled this week: Team Yandex beat Team Spirit 3–1 on Monday to win BLAST Slam 8. The League of Legends World Championship Play-In begins tonight with FURIA against MVK Esports, and BLAST Slam 9’s China matches start Friday. The board does not pick winners; it only tells you where to be, and when. Set a reminder, and your own device will call you to the stream.
Upper Final and Lower Round 3 on Friday. The Lower Final is October 17 and the Grand Final October 18.
The World Championship opens with the Play-In.
The China matches start Friday.
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