Team Liquid interview – PSL ELISA ESPORTS PUBG SPRING CHALLENGE

PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge finished yesterday and Team Liquid was crowned as the champion! Team Liquid has previously won the PSL season 7. Team Liquid goes home with 6500$, Virtus.Pro with 4500$, BigBossLayf with 2500$ and Redline with 1500$. It’s time to interview the winning team!

Congratulations! Let’s start with a classic: How does it feel right now?

Thank you! It always feels good to win a tournament and specially after our failure at PGI.S and PSL S9 being the last SUPER setting tournament for now it made it more special to win!
-mxey

You had some ups and downs during the finals. You did have a solid lead for most of the weekend but were you worried at any point that you might have to really battle for the championship in the last maps?

With a 50 point lead we felt really comfortable going into the last day, and we were not really contested at all for the first position because of that.
BBL Esports started off the day with cutting our lead down to around 25 points with 4 games remaining, but we knew as long as we played our own game we would maintain a healthy gap.

– clib

What made you perform better than the competitors? Were you guys just unbeatable this weekend, or were there some obvious mistakes you feel other teams didn’t exploit, or some tactics that you were surprised that they didn’t try?

I think that teams like Faze, BBL and WLA gifted us free wins by holding down splits near their loot spots until phase 3-5 and we just exploited that and won the games from there.

Clib has been a strong player for a while, but during his time with Team Liquid we have seen him playing on a whole nother level. What have you guys done as a team to incorporate clib and lift his overall performance level?

Most of the credit goes to clib himself. He trains very hard and has very high aspirations and expectations for himself. Having 3 really strong teammates around him has made it a bit easier for him to stand out because he can trust them to do their job in game and he can focus on his personal performance.
-7Teen

Follow up to that: Was Clib checking out the damage or kill stats during the final day so he could make sure he was still on the lead?

Maybe towards the last games when we 100% made it, but otherwise that isn’t the focus at all.

COVID has obviously been a huge problem for teams across the world, and not just for competing, but also for building synergy within a team. Do you think having a long standing roster, and playing together at PGI:S gives you an edge towards the teams that didn’t participate?

Yup, playing at events with the best teams in the world is the best practice you can have and it gives you an edge over the teams who dont get that practice!
– Jeemzz

So what’s next for Team Liquid PUBG?

Next up will be PCS4! Hope to see everyone there.

Grand final is finally here! 18 maps and 16 best of the best that europe and CIS-regions has to offer! Teams are battling for 15 000 dollar prize pool and we have new PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge champion at sunday! All the action is broadcasted in english, finnish and russian. Notice the different twitch channel for english broadcast! More info about the tournament you find here.

In the grand finals, each day will feature six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel). After all 18 maps have been played, we have a new PSL champion! Come and join the broadcasts to cheer your favorite team to victory!

Grand Final

Friday 4.6 – Sunday 6.6

Broadcast

Prize pool

Total: 15 000€
1. 6500€
2. 4500€
3. 2500€
4. 1500€

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It is time to figure out which 16 teams will play in the Gran Finals! Upper bracket teams have 2 chances to reach top-8 and advance to final stage of the Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge. Teams on the lower bracket only have one day to get their spot on Grand Finals. You can enjoy the official broadcast in English, Finnish and Russian language. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the sixth round, both lobbies will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel). Top-8 teams from the upper bracket will advance to Grand Finals. Bottom-8 teams from upper bracket will advance to lower bracket bracket. Top-8 from the lower bracket will complete the Grand Finals. Come and join the broadcasts and cheer your favorite teams to the next round!

Round 6

Monday 24.5

Group 1

Tuesday 25.5

Group 2

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Four rounds has already been played and best 24 teams remains to face the rest of the invitational teams. Now the real battle for the championship begins! You can enjoy the official broadcast in English, Finnish and Russian language. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the fifth round, teams will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel) and top-12 from the each group will advance to round 6. Top-8 teams will advance to upper bracket and teams placing 9.-12. will advance to lower bracket. Come and join the broadcasts and cheer your favorite teams to the next round!

Round 5

Monday 17.5

Group 1

Tuesday 18.5

Group 2

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Three rounds has been played and best 36 teams remains to face the first group of invitational teams joining the tournament. You can enjoy the official broadcast in English, Finnish and Russian language with the last community casts for this season. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the fourth round, teams will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel) and top-8 from the each group will advance to round 5. Come and join the official broadcasts and cheer your favorite teams to the next round!

Round 4

Monday 10.5

Group 1

Group 2

Tuesday 11.5

Group 3

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Two rounds has been played and 64 teams remains in the battle for the spots in round 4. Next week we get the first group of invitational teams joining the best teams from round 3. Third round also welcomes back our official broadcast in English, Finnish and Russian language. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the third round, teams will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel) and top-9 from the each group will advance to round 4. Come and join the official broadcasts to cheer your favorite team to the next round!

Round 3

Monday 3.5

Group 1

Group 2

Tuesday 4.5

Group 3

Group 4

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Over half of the teams are already out and fight for the spots in upcoming rounds is getting more serious! 128 teams remaining and these teams are playing with SUPER-rules on 8 groups. Second round is broadcasted by community casters and the links for these streams will be added during gamedays. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the second round, teams will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel) and top-8 from the each group will advance to round 2. Come and join the community streams to cheer your favorite team to the next round!

Round 2

Monday 26.4

Group 1

Group 2

  • Broadcast: Yarrmosh (RU)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 3

Group 4

Tuesday 27.4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

  • Broadcast: Kowo (ENG)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 8

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Joining the teams who battle their way through 288 competitors to round 4 is 12 invitational teams and for round 5 we get 8 more internationally known squads! These invitational teams have shown their strength in last PSL season and/or other international tournaments through this winter. It is great honor to introduce to you these 20 invitational teams! Welcome to PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge!

Round 4 invitational teams

Bystanders

DiNG

fastPay Wildcats

 HEROIC

 Karagümrük

 KitKat

 Natus Vincere

 ORGLESS

 shiftW

 SKADE

 team sniip

 Vis

Round 5 invitational teams

 Adepts

 ENCE

 FaZe Clan

 LUL

 PolishPower

 Team Liquid

 Virtus.pro

 We Live Again

More info about the PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge is available here.

First round of the PSL actions is finally here and we get to see which teams out of the 288 teams entering the competition will advance to the round 2! First round is broadcasted by community casters and the links for these streams will be added during gamedays. More info about the tournament you find here.

In the first round, teams will play six maps (3x Miramar & 3x Erangel) and top-7 from the group and two best 8th placed teams overall will advance to round 2. Come and join to streams and cheer your favorite team to the next round!

Round 1

Monday 19.4

Group 1

  • Broadcast: Kojootti (FIN)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 2

Group 3

  • Broadcast: Kowo (ENG)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 7

  • Broadcast: Chunks (ENG)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 8

  • Broadcast: PenaP (FIN)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 9

  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Tuesday 20.4

Group 10

  • Broadcast: HeKsy (FIN)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 11

  • Broadcast: odesskin (RU)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 12

  • Broadcast: hope_us (RU)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

  • Broadcast: PenaP (FIN)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 17

  • Broadcast: Chuba (ESP) / hStRSH (SRB)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

Group 18

  • Broadcast: Yarrmosh (RU)
  • First match starts at 18.00 CEST
  • Results: Points

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This article provides all you need to participate or watch PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge. PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge is the 9th season of PSL. This spring we have some of the top teams around Europe and CIS-region competing for the championship!

Registration for tournament will start at 5.4 and first matches are played at 19.4. First round consist 288 teams and 20 invitational teams will be joining the tournament later on.

Schedule and format for PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Spring Challenge

Round 1 | Monday 19.4. & Tuesday 20.4.

288 teams / 18 groups

  • 19.4. Groups 1-9
  • 20.4. Groups 10-18
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-7 teams from each group + two best 8. place team overall advance to next round.

Round 2 | Monday 26.4. & Tuesday 27.4.

128 teams / 8 groups

  • 26.4. Groups 1-4
  • 27.4. Groups 5-8
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-8 teams from each group advance to next round.

Round 3 | Monday 3.5. & Tuesday 4.5.

64 teams / 4 groups

  • 3.5. Groups 1 & 2
  • 4.5. Groups 3 & 4
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-9 teams from each group advance to next round.

Round 4 | Monday 10.5. & Tuesday 11.5.

48 teams / 3 groups (36 teams from round 3 and 12 invitational teams)

  • 10.5. Groups 1 & 2
  • 11.5. Group 3
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-8 teams from each group advance to next round.

Round 5 | Monday 17.5. & Tuesday 18.5.

32 teams / 2 groups (24 teams from round 4 and 8 invitational teams)

  • 17.5. Group 1
  • 18.5. Group 2
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-8 teams advance to Upper bracket, teams placing to 9.-12. advance to Lower bracket and rest of the teams are out of the tournament.

Round 6 | Monday 24.5. & Tuesday 25.5.

24 Teams

24.5. Upper bracket
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-8 teams advance to Grand Final. Rest of the teams advance to Lower bracket.
25.5. Lower bracket
  • BO6 – First match starts at 18.00 CET
  • Top-8 teams advance to Grand Final.

Round 7 – Grand Final | Friday 4.6. – Sunday 6.6.

16 Teams

  • Friday 4.6. Matches 1-6
  • Saturday 5.6. Matches 7-12
  • Sunday 6.6. Matches 13-18
  • BO18 – First match of the day starts at 18.00 CET

Prize pool for PSL season 9

Total: 15,000€
1. 6500€
2. 4500€
3. 2500€
4. 1500€

Rules

Rulebook

Registration

PSL season 9 registration starts 5.4. at 19.00 CET.

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