Esportz Premier Series 2023 Grand Finalists secured

After four days of intense action in the Esportz Premier Series 2023 Qualifier 1, the top two teams for the Grand Final, who will battle it out for the INR 1 lakh prize pool have been decided.

The online event saw some of the most recognised team's in the Indian scene take part and a couple of new rosters also made their debut at the event.

The tournament kicked off with the BO1s across three rounds from which the top four teams would head to the semi-finals which would be held in a BO3 format.

The Grand Final is a BO5 matchup. The winner will take home INR 50k while runner-up will go home with INR 30k. The third placed team walks away with INR 15k and the tournament MVP will be handed a prize money of INR 5k. The Grand Final is scheduled for November 9, 2023 at 14:00 IST and can be caught live here.

Here's a recap of the semi-finals.

Gods Reign vs Team Direct Gharpe

The first semi-final saw Gods Reign take on Team Direct Gharpe and it was a 7-5 lead from Gods Reign starting on the CT side of Direct Gharpe's pick of Mirage. It was one-sided traffic on Gods Reign's T side as they closed out the opener at 13-6.

Gods Reign pick was Ancient and they started strong on their offensive half, going on to take a 11-1. After securing the pistol on the CT side, Gods Reign put their opponents out of their misery closing out the map at 13-1.

A clean 2-0 for Gods saw them secure the Grand Final spot at the Esportz Premier Series 2023 with their new roster including CycloneF.

Enigma Gaming vs Revenant Esports

The second semi-final kicked off on Ancient and it was Enigma running away with a 10-2 opening half. on their T side. Revenant tried to pull off a comeback but SpawN and co. closed it out at 13-7.

Mirage started the same way as the opening map and this time Enigma started once again with a 10-2 lead on their T side. Mirroring the opening map, Revenant fought back once again in the second half but Enigma managed to hang on at 13-8 to close out the series 2-0 and book their Grand Final spot.

Scores of streamed matches:

Round 1

• Firedup Gaming 13 - 10 2ez Gaming (Nuke)

• Enigma Gaming 13 - 2 Slow Aimers (Mirage)

• Team Respect 16 - 13 Fire5 Esports (Ancient)

Round 2

• Direct Gharpe 13 - 8 Airavata Esports (Inferno)

• Gods Reign 13 - 1 Team Khatarnaak (Anubis)

• Enigma Gaming 13 - 6 Usual Suspects (Mirage)

Round 3

• Gods Reign 13 - 3 Black Bulls (Inferno)

• Enigma Gaming 13 - 10 Team Respect (Ancient)

• Aqua Gaming 13 - 6 Greedy Aces (Overpass)