ESL Pro League S15 Conference: Renegades move past Renewal to face Extra Salt; ORDER struggle against Anonymo

Alistair “aliStair” Johnston (20-19, 84 ADR, 1.19 HLTV rating) also scored an ace as the Oceanic squad broke through Renewal’s CT defence and locked down Ancient 16-8.

RNG kept their momentum into Inferno, leading 5-1 on T side before Renewal adapted. The Mongolian squad stepped up, going 7-1 to finish the half with the lead.

But once more it was INS (26-18, 89 ADR, 1.36 HLTV rating) stepping up on CT, and together with a 15-kill half from aliStair and a 20-piece from Liam “malta” Schembri, RNG dispatched of a resilient Renewal 16-13.

Renegades will take on North America’s Extra Salt, who overcame a poor Ancient opener to defeat Sprout 2-1 in their opening match.

It was a different story for ORDER in their game against Anonymo.

The Aussies managed just seven T side rounds across their two-map series against the Polish team, with ORDER going down 0-2 (9-16, 8-16).

“[We’re] going to need to get hyped and out of our scared zone to get through this tournament,” said veteran Ricardo “Rickeh” Mulholland on Twitter following their loss.

“We need much more EU time to play like we deserve to be here [but] it’s only the beginning, no stress”.

It was a solid international debut for young gun Declan “Vexite” Portelli (33-34, 77 ADR, 1.09 HLTV rating) despite the result, but the squad have their backs to the wall in the lower bracket on day one, and must defeat RBG Esports to keep their EPL dream alive.

We’re covering everything EPL S15 Conference — schedule, streams, results and more.

ESL Pro League S15 Conference Streams

The ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference will be streamed live on Twitch across three channels — ESL CSGO, ESL CSGO B and ESL CSGO C.

ESL CSGO — Main Channel

ESL CSGO B — Secondary Channel

ESL CSGO C — Tertiary Channel

ESL Pro League S15 Conference Schedule

This event is a 16-team double elimination bracket, with the two upper bracket finalists and the loser bracket winner qualifying for ESL Pro League Season 15’s group stage.

All matches played will be best-of-three.

Matchday 2 — Wednesday. September 24

Matchday 3 — Thursday, September 25

ESL Pro League S15 Conference Results

Matchday 1 — Tuesday, September 23

ESL Pro League S15 Conference — Event Preview (September 23)

ESL Pro League has returned to close out 2021’s CS:GO competition calendar, but starting with Season 15 and going forward, the format for EPL qualification has changed somewhat.

Gone are the tournament play-ins, with spots at ESL’s premier tournaments in Katowice and Cologne now earned through ESL Pro League.

Season 15 kicks off tonight with the ESL Conference, featuring sixteen teams qualifying through ten separate regions. Only the top three can progress to the ESL Pro League group stage — set for April 2022.

The ESL Pro League Conference will be the first event in two years that will feature not one but two OCE-based squads, with both Renegades and ORDER in Europe to battle it out for EPL qualification.

LookingForOrg await them in the ESL Pro League group stage following their victory at ESEA Premier Season 38.

Renegades remained in Europe following their PGL Stockholm Major campaign to boot camp ahead of the ESL Pro League Conference, with their opening match tonight marking two months overseas.

RNG are heavy favourites heading into their opening series against Mongolian squad Renewal, who come into the EPL Conference as the lowest ranked team in attendance.

It’s a different story for RNG’s compatriots in ORDER. A long time has passed since ORDER’s previous international venture; only Matthew “Valiance” Hartrick and Karlo “USTILO” Pivac remain from the roster that went down to INTZ at 2019’s ESEA Global Challenge.

Rifler Declan “Vexite” Portelli will make a long-awaited international debut at the EPL Conference, with ORDER taking on Anonymo Esports in a tough opening series.

ESL Pro League S15 Conference Rosters

The ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference sees sixteen teams from across the globe battle it out for just three spots at the EPL S15 group stage.

Spanish-based Movistar Riders enter the event as the highest ranked squad following their Masters Espana qualification and a solid run at the PGL Stockholm Major.

Renegades earned qualification through their victory at DreamHack Open OCE in September, while ORDER join thanks to their second place result at ESL ANZ Champs.

Normally, the ESL ANZ Champs victor would have qualified here, but LookingForOrg’s ESEA-P S38 victory already earned them a spot in the group stage for ESL Pro League Season 15.