shutout2025-09-30
GamerLegion13–0Astralis
GamerLegion beat Astralis 13–0, conceding nothing.
Nuke · GamerLegion started on CT
ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 1
Stockholm, Sweden
HOTU and Inner Circle Clear ESL Pro League Season 22's Opening Stage 3-0
The Swiss stage before ESL Pro League Season 22's Stockholm playoffs ran entirely on Bo3s, and seventeen of its thirty-three matches needed a deciding map — more than any other stage played on this pool. HOTU and Inner Circle came through 3-0; NRG and Rooster went out 0-3. Nothing is settled here beyond who continues.
2025-09-28 – 2025-10-02, part of Season 3. 33 matches played across 83 maps at Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000.
championWho took it
ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 1's own name marks it as one phase of a larger tournament — its last match's winner is not a tournament champion.
Why no bracket is shown
matches.stage is empty on every row in this snapshot — no bracket, round, or placement is derivable for this event, or any other on this site.
momentsThe maps worth remembering here
The maps from this event that were not ordinary — a half thrown away and won back, a game that would not end, a side that conceded nothing. Ranked by how rare each reading is across every map in this snapshot, rarest first.
marathon2025-09-29
GamerLegion22–20Inner Circle
GamerLegion and Inner Circle played 42 rounds and triple overtime before it broke, 22–20.
Overpass · GamerLegion started on T
shutout2025-09-29
Inner Circle13–1GamerLegion
Inner Circle beat GamerLegion 13–1, conceding a single round.
Dust2 · Inner Circle started on CT
comeback2025-09-30
Inner Circle13–11Gentle Mates
Inner Circle went into the break 3–9 down on CT, took the second half 10–2 on T — 13–11 over Gentle Mates.
Ancient · Inner Circle started on CT
decider2025-10-01
3DMAX16–14ENCE
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — 3DMAX took it 16–14.
Ancient · 3DMAX started on CT
decider2025-09-28
Gentle Mates16–12HEROIC
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — Gentle Mates took it 16–12.
Ancient · Gentle Mates started on CT
What these readings are drawn from
Drawn from results, half-by-half round counts and overtime only. This snapshot carries no demo data, so nothing here is about an individual player.
formatHow the event was run
Swiss Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Dust II was the most first-banned map (9 matches), and Dust II was the most first-picked (7 matches).
- Ancient16 maps played
46.2% CT · 53.8% T — 3.8pts T-leaning
picked 8 · banned 16 · left over 9 · first ban 5 · first pick 6 · decider 9
- Mirage15 maps played
53.5% CT · 46.5% T — 3.5pts CT-leaning
picked 14 · banned 16 · left over 3 · first ban 0 · first pick 6 · decider 3
- Inferno13 maps played
58.8% CT · 41.2% T — 8.8pts CT-leaning
picked 13 · banned 18 · left over 2 · first ban 9 · first pick 3 · decider 2
- Overpass13 maps played
51.2% CT · 48.8% T — 1.2pts CT-leaning
picked 11 · banned 19 · left over 3 · first ban 0 · first pick 6 · decider 3
- Dust II11 maps played
47.9% CT · 52.1% T — 2.1pts T-leaning
picked 9 · banned 20 · left over 4 · first ban 9 · first pick 7 · decider 4
- Nuke10 maps played
67.2% CT · 32.8% T — 17.2pts CT-leaning
picked 8 · banned 18 · left over 7 · first ban 5 · first pick 4 · decider 7
- Train5 maps played
52.0% CT · 48.0% T — 2.0pts CT-leaning
picked 3 · banned 25 · left over 5 · first ban 5 · first pick 1 · decider 5
Per-map veto counts and the thin-sample rule
A row marked "thin sample" played under a quarter of this event's own busiest map — the same relative cut `/pro-meta` uses for a thin season or month, applied here within this one event. A map with no CT/T bar was banned before it was ever played, not omitted.
against the seasonHow it compares with its own season
This event played 83 maps at 53.1% CT; Season 3 as a whole played 912 maps at 53.0% CT (3.0pts CT-leaning) — 0.1pts more CT-sided than the season as a whole.
83 maps is under a quarter of Season 3's 912 maps — a small sample against the season it sat in, marked here rather than read as equally trustworthy.