Movistar Riders win ESL Masters, qualify for ESL Conference

The Spanish team will now compete for a spot at ESL Pro League after winning the domestic title.

Movistar Riders have been crowned ESL Masters champions after taking down SAW 2-1, making it their fourth consecutive victory in the domestic tournament, all of which they won against their Portuguese foes.

This time around it happened on home soil at the Movistar Esports Center in Madrid, Spain, where the two teams battled on LAN for the Iberian crown and a spot at ESL Conference, the vestibule of ESL's flagship league, ESL Pro League.

This victory brings Movistar Riders's win count to three since returning from PGL Stockholm, their first Major, as they also defeated 1WIN and Nemiga in ESEA Premier bouts this week.

Movistar Riders

The series kicked off on Ancient, SAW's pick, where the Portuguese squad got off to a quick start on the attack, hitting double digits by half time to bring it home without a hitch on the defense with a stellar Tiago "⁠JUST⁠" Moura.

The series got dicey for Movistar Riders as they struggled to gain control on Nuke despite keeping things very tight on the attacking side, going into the half down by just one round.

Unable to take immediate control, SAW had a chance to run away with the series, but Alejandro "⁠mopoz⁠" Fernández-Quejo Cano and company were finally able to settle late into the map to turn things around, 16-12.

Everything came down to Inferno, where the team led by Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet played a very calm and collected terrorist side which ended up with the Spaniards hitting double digits before the switch. SAW won an all-important second pistol round to try and bring things back in their favor, but a blundered round against a a full eco allowed Movistar Riders to pounce and take the map 16-7.

ESL Masters Spain Season 10 FinalsBest of 3 Movistar RidersMatchpage 2 1 12th November 2021 SAW 9Ancient 16 16Nuke 12 16Inferno 7

Movistar Riders	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoDeathZz	64 - 51	+13	104.7	1.36
Álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaSunPayus	57 - 40	+17	75.3	1.20
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Canomopoz	52 - 49	+3	75.7	1.10
Alejandro 'alex' Masanetalex	48 - 45	+3	65.1	0.99
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudodav1g	28 - 54	-26	43.1	0.66

SAW	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesMUTiRiS	46 - 49	-3	73.6	1.02
Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalvesstadodo	47 - 47	0	67.6	1.02
Tiago 'JUST' MouraJUST	51 - 53	-2	76.3	0.99
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveiraroman	48 - 47	+1	64.1	0.94
Omar 'arki' Chakkorarki	45 - 53	-8	69.7	0.89

The ESL Conference teams so far are:

GODSENT
Extra Salt
LDLC
Renegades
Sharks
Anonymo
Movistar Riders
DH Open NovemberEternal Fire
RBG
Wisla Krakow
Endpoint
ORDER
EC Brugge
Renewal
ESL MeisterschaftExtra Salt #30 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Renegades #31 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri RBG #56 Colby 'Walco' WalshJerric 'wiz' JiangJordon 'jitter' RuggieroJadan 'HexT' PostmaConnor 'chop' Sullivan EC Brugge #127 Mateusz 'matty' KołodziejczykAlex 'FUSiON' DincofSteven 'Stev0se' RombautRobin 'simix' BynensMateusz 'n0tice' Wolniak Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Age: 25 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1033 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Tiago 'JUST' Moura Age: 25 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 731 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Endpoint #65 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManGuy 'NertZ' IluzMohammad 'BOROS' Malhas ORDER #68 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' PivacJireh 'J1rah' YouakimMatthew 'Valiance' HartrickDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli Wisla Krakow #58 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikGrzegorz 'jedqr' JędrasKrzysztof 'Goofy' Górski GODSENT #22 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' VasconcellosEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto 1WIN #28 Vadim 'Polt' TsyrovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivAleksandr 'glowiing' MatsievichDenis 'deko' ZhukovDanil 'ravenlot' Bikvaidze Nemiga #41 Rassim 'Jyo' ValijevAnton 'boX' BurkoArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovAliaksandr '1eeR' Nahorny Eternal Fire #53 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşYasin 'xfl0ud' Koç LDLC #52 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaLambert 'Lambert' PrigentAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaNicolas 'Keoz' Dgus Movistar Riders #17 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaDavid 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo Alejandro 'alex' Masanet Age: 25 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1190 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Renewal #145 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarUuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-OtgonYesuntumur 'nin9' GantulgaBoldbaatar 'rate' Tengis Sharks #50 Jhonatan 'jnt' SilvaFillipe 'pancc' MartinsAntonio 'realz1n' OliveiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Anonymo #51 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'innocent' MocekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz SAW #55 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves