Spirit eliminate M80 to secure final ESL Pro League playoff berth

Spirit eliminate M80 to secure final ESL Pro League playoff berth

Team Spirit 2:0 M80

Team Spirit secured the final playoff berth at ESL Pro League Season 24 after defeating M80 2–0 in the deciding round of the Swiss stage.

Spirit dominated Dust2 13–6 before surviving a closer contest on Cache to win 13–10 and advance to the Spodek Arena.

The result eliminated M80 from the tournament.

donk leads Dust2 victory

Spirit entered the match following consecutive qualification defeats against Mouz and 1WIN , leaving the world's top-ranked team facing elimination.

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets helped Spirit establish control on Dust2 with an aggressive opening-half performance.

M80 struggled to respond despite winning both pistol rounds, and Spirit eventually completed the map 13–6.

Late clutches decide Cache

M80 provided considerably more resistance on their Cache pick.

The North American side kept the contest competitive, but Spirit found decisive rounds through individual performances from Boris "magixx" Vorobiev and Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov.

Both players produced important late clutches, including a 1v4 ace from magixx, to prevent M80 from forcing a third map.

Spirit closed Cache 13–10, securing their third Swiss-stage victory and completing the eight-team playoff field.