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Esports Championship Series Season 8 Finals
Esports Championship Series Season 8 Finals was an eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament held in Arlington, Texas, from November 28 to December 1, 2019. Astralis defeated Team Liquid in the final.
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Updated October 24, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States · Nov 28–Dec 1, 2019[2][4]
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FACEITCommercial note
Series organizer · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[1]
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PinnacleCommercial note
Official betting partner for ECS 2019 · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[5]
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HyperXCommercial note
Liquipedia-listed event sponsor · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[1]
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NVIDIACommercial note
Liquipedia-listed event sponsor · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[1]
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CS.MONEYCommercial note
Liquipedia-listed event sponsor · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[1]
PTG Database Analysis
Esports Championship Series Season 8 concluded with eight Counter-Strike teams competing at Esports Stadium Arlington from November 28 to December 1, 2019. FACEIT organized the finals. Astralis Counter-Strike defeated Team Liquid Counter-Strike in the final. HLTV and Liquipedia report a USD 500,000 prize pool.
Liquipedia lists HyperX, NVIDIA GeForce and CS.MONEY as event sponsors. Pinnacle separately announced an official betting partnership with FACEIT for the 2019 ECS season. The event continued ECS’s Arlington finals footprint at a dedicated esports venue in Arlington, Texas.
References7
- [1]Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]ECS Season 8 Finals overview — HLTV
- [3]ECS Season 8 Finals viewer's guide — HLTV
- [4]ECS to return to Arlington for Season 8 Finals — HLTV
- [5]Pinnacle becomes Official Betting Partner for ECS 2019 — Pinnacle
- [6]Esports Stadium Arlington — Visit — Esports Stadium Arlington
- [7]ECS Season 8 Finals cover reuse audit — FACEIT and Wikimedia Commons
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