ECS Week 5 Recap - NRG surge to the top; MIBR on the hunt
With all teams finally participating in the ECS, four teams have wrapped up all of their matches, while three others have only a single double-header left to close out the league's sixth regular season.
Earning the first spot in the ECS Finals, NRG finished out the season on a six game winning streak to achieve a 13-5 record. While sitting within a playoff position, Renegades, Liquid and Cloud9 are still capable of being edged out of their placement by MIBR who sits at 9-5, Rogue at 7-7 and compLexity at 6-2, meaning coL still have ten more matches to play.
While the above will maintain their spots in the league regardless, eUnited managed a 6-10 record, keeping them alive for Season 7, but that means even if they close out their season with two wins, they will still be absent from the playoffs.
The Season 7 Challenger Cup qualifiers will have their winners duke it out against Luminosity and Spacestation as the two will be cast into relegation with their records of 3-15 and 2-14, respectively. Spacestation will be able to change their seeding with two wins, or enough rounds to beat Luminosity in the round differential with a single win, but the outcome will remain the same.
The final games of the season to watch out for include:
Matchup | Date | Time |
compLexity vs. MIBR | November 7th | 5:00 PM EDT |
Rogue vs. compLexity | November 7th | 7:00 PM EDT |
MIBR vs. Rogue | November 8th | 7:00 PM EDT |
The current standings in the ECS are below:
Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | RD | Points |
NRG | 18 | 13 | 5 | +80 | 39 |
Renegades | 16 | 11 | 5 | +22 | 33 |
Liquid | 18 | 11 | 7 | +24 | 33 |
Cloud9 | 18 | 10 | 8 | +35 | 30 |
MIBR | 14 | 9 | 5 | +32 | 27 |
Rogue | 14 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 21 |
compLexity | 8 | 6 | 2 | +45 | 18 |
eUnited | 16 | 6 | 10 | -47 | 18 |
Luminosity | 18 | 3 | 15 | -88 | 9 |
Spacestation | 16 | 2 | 14 | -97 | 6 |