Sinners sweep AGO to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 14

The Czech team didn’t give AGO a chance in the final ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe match to win the tournament.

SINNERS won two maps against AGO in the ESEA Premier Season 37 grand final, Nuke (16-8) and Vertigo (16-12), becoming the tournament's champions thanks to their upper bracket map advantage in the best-of-five series. AGO, who had initially been knocked to the lower bracket by the Czech squad before making their way to the final with a victory over FORZE, were once again no match for Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný and company.

This victory marks the first time a Czech team will play ESL Pro League, as their victory comes with a slot at the upcoming 14th season. SINNERS’ star AWPer, oskar, who shone brightly in the grand final with 52 kills in as many rounds, will be making a return to ESL’s flagship league for the first time since he played Season 9 under the banner of HellRaisers.

"As you can see in these six months we grew so much, and I think it’s mostly because of [oskar]," Sebastian "⁠beastik⁠" Daňo said in a post-match interview on the ESL broadcast, "I can’t even describe how impactful he is in everything we do."

oskar excelled on his 30th birthday with a 1.56 rating in the final

It took 10 rounds for AGO to get on the board on the defending side of Nuke, after which they were able to win five of the last six rounds in a half that ended with oskar tallying 20 frags. The Poles then bagged the second pistol round to keep trying to mend their slow start, but as soon as guns were in play the Czech team stabilized and eased into a 16-8 win in their rivals’ first map pick.

Vertigo once again started with AGO taking an early beating on the CT side as oskar and Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar once again did heavy lifting in the fragging department. In the second half it was oskar once again taking point, with Max "⁠SHOCK⁠" Kvapil doing work on B as the secondary AWP. AGO threatened a comeback momentarily, breaking SINNERS' economy, but eventually fell short as beastik and company secured their ESL Pro League spot, 16-12, off the back of a brilliant round with pistols ahead of their final push to seal the match.

ESEA Premier Season 37 EuropeBest of 5 SINNERSMatchpage 3 0 27th June 2021 AGO 1Default 0 16Nuke 8 16Vertigo 12

SINNERS	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	52 - 21	+31	90.7	1.55
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharNEOFRAG	47 - 34	+13	96.2	1.39
Max 'SHOCK' KvapilSHOCK	40 - 32	+8	81.7	1.29
Jindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaZEDKO	27 - 34	-7	66.8	1.05
Sebastian 'beastik' Daňobeastik	27 - 31	-4	59.7	0.86

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	43 - 37	+6	77.1	1.10
Eryk 'leman' Kocębaleman	16 - 18	-2	82.4	1.05
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	38 - 39	-1	82.7	1.02
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	24 - 39	-15	55.7	0.69
Maciej 'F1KU' MiklasF1KU	20 - 40	-20	57.8	0.66
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	11 - 20	-9	43.8	0.57

ESEA Premier S37 Europe still has two matches left, one pitting SAW and Movistar Riders to avoid playing the relegation bracket, and one between Anonymo and Nemiga to avoid direct relegation to ESEA Advanced. The standings ahead of those matches are:

1. SINNERS - $20,000 + ESL Pro League S14
2. AGO - $12,000 + ESEA Premier S38
3. FORZE - $6,500 + ESEA Premier S38
4. LDLC - $4,000 + ESEA Premier S38
5-6. BLINK - $2,500 + ESEA Premier S38
5-6. BIG - $2,500 + ESEA Premier S38
7-8. GamerLegion - $1,250 + ESEA Premier S38
7-8. Sangal - $1,250 + ESEA Premier S38
9-10. Wisla Krakow - ESEA Premier S38
9-10. Endpoint - ESEA Premier S38
11. SAW/Movistar Riders - ESEA Premier S38
12. SAW/Movistar Riders - Relegation S37
13-14. Apeks - Relegation S37
13-14. Sprout - Relegation S37
15. Anonymo/Nemiga - Relegation S37
16. Anonymo/Nemiga - ESEA Advanced S38
17-18. Izako Boars - ESEA Advanced S38
17-18. ALTERNATE aTTaX - ESEA Advanced S38

The ESEA Season 37 North America grand final is scheduled to take place later on Sunday, while the Oceania playoff between the S36 and S37 winners, ORDER and Renegades, will be played on Monday, with the winners of each match also granted a berth in the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 14.

The ESL Pro League Season 14 team list as it stands is:

Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas
MOUZ
Vitality
Entropiq
Evil Geniuses
fnatic
SINNERS
ESEA Premier S37
ESL World Ranking
ESL World Ranking
ESL World RankingG2
Astralis
Complexity
Liquid
ENCE
FaZe
Bad News Bears
ESEA Premier S36/37
ESL World Ranking
ESL World Ranking
ESL World Ranking
ESL World RankingALTERNATE aTTaX #82 Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendRobin 'ScrunK' RöpkeMax 'PANIX' HangebruchDavid 'prosus' HesseKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa Renegades #52 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Sprout #33 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Sangal #50 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' KorÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşEfekan 'S3NSEY' Topaloglu BLINK #65 Sener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' KolgeciKujtim 'gulito' Durmishi Entropiq #16 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Apeks #61 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenFredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonSander 'Grus' Iversen MOUZ #8 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Bad News Bears #57 Peter 'ptr' GurneyJonathan 'Jonji' CareyGabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanMichael 'Swisher' Schmid Max 'SHOCK' Kvapil Age: 20 Team: SINNERS Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 435 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 ORDER #63 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' PivacJireh 'J1rah' YouakimMatthew 'Valiance' HartrickDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Age: 20 Team: SINNERS Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 408 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 FORZE #17 Almaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van Wisla Krakow #44 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiPatryk 'ponczek' WitesGrzegorz 'jedqr' JędrasKrzysztof 'Goofy' Górski Anonymo #39 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'innocent' MocekWiktor 'mynio' KrukKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Ninjas in Pyjamas #6 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraLinus 'LNZ' Holtäng Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný Age: 30 Team: SINNERS Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1315 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 FaZe #29 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Nemiga #51 Aleksandr 'mds' RubetsRassim 'Jyo' ValijevAnton 'boX' BurkoIgor 'lollipop21k' SolodkovArtem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov GamerLegion #46 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonMihai 'iM' IvanSean 'eraa' KnutssonIsak 'isak' Fahlén G2 #3 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Natus Vincere #2 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Izako Boars #85 Paweł 'byali' BielińskiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński ENCE #22 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Evil Geniuses #20 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovOwen 'oBo' Schlatter SINNERS #36 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' KvapilAdam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Liquid #14 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince BIG #9 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne LDLC #43 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaLambert 'Lambert' PrigentAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaNicolas 'Keoz' Dgus Astralis #7 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderEmil 'Magisk' ReifLucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Complexity #13 Justin 'jks' SavageWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer AGO #37 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Endpoint #26 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' UttingWilliam 'mezii' Merriman HellRaisers Movistar Riders #42 Lucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldKristjan 'shokz' Jakobson SAW #35 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves fnatic #30 Jesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinJack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson Sebastian 'beastik' Daňo Age: 23 Team: SINNERS Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67