Lower bracket upsets at Elite League Season 2

The lower brackets of Elite League Season 2 served up a plate of upsets for fans as both beastcoast and Shopify were sent home. 

The Elite League Season 2 has not been friendly to the South American teams. Five teams entered the foray and yesterday, one more team, beastcoast, was eliminated in the lower brackets. It was a crushing case of fratricide as BOOM esports annihilated their Peruvian brothers in a  2:0 sweep. 

BOOM wasn't the only team to take unexpected wins either. Execration pulled a massive upset against Shopify, overpowering the NA-based team 2:1. After taking a loss in the first match, Execration pulled off a convincing victory to tie up the series. SR seemed to have the advantage for most of the deciding game – until they took two bad fights back-to-back about 30 minutes in, allowing Execration to turn the tides. A team wipe secured the SEA their victory moments later. 

Both teams will continue their journey later today, but the road will be difficult. Just take a look:

nounsvsBOOM Esports 17:00 CEST
OGvsExecration 20:00 CEST

There will also be the Upper Bracket Finals tonight:

Team Liquidvs1win 23:00 CEST

Followed by the Lower Bracket Semi-Finals at 02:00 CEST

Elite League S2 Playoff Brackets 

Elite League S2 Prize Pool

Initially, the tourney was announced with $800,000 on the line, but in a recent press conference held in Lima, Peru by ESB, it was revealed that the prize pool was bumped up to $1,000,000. 

$800,000 will be spread among the participants as seen below:

• 1st place  $240,000
• 2nd place  $120,000
• 3rd place $72,000
• 4th place $56,000
• 5th-6th place $52,000
• 7th-8th place $32,000 Shopify Rebellion / beastcoast 
• 9th-11th place $24,000 Evil Rabbit  / Cuyes Esports / Yellow Submarine / Heroic 
• 12th-14th place $16,000 Apex Genesis / MOUZ 
• 15th-16th place $12,000 Infinity / Fusion eSports

Additionally, $200,000 will be distributed to the participating teams in proportion to their team's viewership during the Main Event according to the official rule book. 

Elite League S2 Venue

The last three days in the playoffs, August 2-4, will be held with a live audience at the ESAN Convention & Sports Center. The venue can host around 1000 people with extra space being arranged in an outdoor area. The ticket prices for each day of the event range between $42 and $84 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.pe.

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