{"id":38813,"date":"2024-10-04T23:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T03:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38813"},"modified":"2024-10-04T23:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T03:37:16","slug":"heroic-finalise-elisa-masters-espoo-2024-team-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/heroic-finalise-elisa-masters-espoo-2024-team-list\/","title":{"rendered":"HEROIC finalise Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 team list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HEROIC are the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike esports<\/a> team to be invited to participate at Elisa Masters Espoo 2024, which is set to take place on October 16-20.<\/p>\n<p>By receiving the invite, the Danish esports team will attend their first Elisa Masters tournament since the Elisa Invitational Fall 2020, when they reached the semifinals. <\/p>\n<p>After nearly four years, HEROIC returns to the Elisa-run event with four new faces and Ren\u00e9 &#8220;TeSeS&#8221; Madsen as the only carryover from the 2020 roster.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked no.17 on the global Counter-Strike standings, HEROIC are the second-highest ranked team attending the event, behind The MongolZ (#13) and ahead of the other three invitees: 9z Team (#21), Ninjas in Pyjamas (#27), and ENCE (#47).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The lineup is complete! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>extremely professional esports org <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heroicgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heroicgg<\/a>, ranked #17 and led by Finnish coach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sAwCSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sAwCSGO<\/a>, is ready to bring the heat at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElisaMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElisaMasters<\/a> Espoo 2024! \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee<\/p>\n<p>Can they rise to the top and claim the trophy? \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dF8ilHWQc2\">https:\/\/t.co\/dF8ilHWQc2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2lcC21e5p\">pic.twitter.com\/k2lcC21e5p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisa Esports (@ElisaEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElisaEsports\/status\/1842127544352411657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Besides the four invited squads, Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 will welcome three teams who had to qualify for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes Elisa Invitational Spring 2024 champions B8, Fall champions Rebels Esports, and JANO Esports, who won a local Finnish event, eSM 2024, at the start of August.<\/p>\n<h2>Eight Teams And $200,000 On the Line<\/h2>\n<p>Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 is a LAN Counter-Strike esports tournament which will take place at Espoo Metro Arena in Espoo, Finland.<\/p>\n<p>It will feature eight teams and a $200,000 prize pool divided among all participating squads.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will kick off with two double-elimination groups of four teams each.<\/p>\n<p>All opening matches are best-of-one, while the remaining will be best-of-three.<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams from each group will advance to single-elimination playoffs, with best-of-three semifinals and best-of-five grand final.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">Counter-Strike betting sites<\/a> have yet to release Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 outright markets, all the eyes will be on The MongolZ as the leading candidates to hoist the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Mongolian side have recently finished their <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/esl-pro-league\/\" title=\"ESL Pro League betting guide\">ESL Pro League Season 20<\/a> campaign with a commendable 4-2 record and just two defeats against Team Spirit and Eternal Fire.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this season, they also made some noise at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-cologne\/\" title=\"IEM Cologne betting guide\">Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024<\/a> (ninth-12), the Esports World Cup 2024 (ninth), and Skyesports Championship 2024, where Garidmagnai &#8220;bLitz&#8221; Byambasuren and co. placed second.<\/p>\n<p>HEROIC and 9z Team, while less successful in their recent competitive endeavours, should pose a threat to the Asian squad, aiming to win their first and second A-Tier trophy, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>For other reasons, Ninjas in Pyjamas will also find themselves under the spotlight as Gareth &#8220;MisteM&#8221; Ries makes his official LAN debut. <\/p>\n<p>Like NiP, B8 will showcase their latest two signings, Daniil &#8220;headtr1ck&#8221; Valitov and Andrii &#8220;npl&#8221; Kukharskyi, in an offline setting for the first time since their arrival in April and July.<\/p>\n<p>Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 kicks off on Wednesday, October 16, succeeding <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-fall\/\" title=\"IEM Rio betting guide\">IEM Rio 2024<\/a>, scheduled for October 7-13.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEROIC are the latest Counter-Strike esports team to be invited to participate at Elisa Masters Espoo 2024, which is set to take place on October 16-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":38814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1306,3111,2769,235,428,3678],"class_list":["post-38813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9z-team","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-elisa-masters-espoo","tag-heroic","tag-ninjas-in-pyjamas","tag-the-mongolz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38818,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38813\/revisions\/38818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}