Yesterday evening the top eight players progressing to the ESL UK & Ireland Hearthstone Premiership playoffs were confirmed.
The top eight taking part in the quarter finals are as follows:
1. xl3en
2. HelloLeeroy
3. Tingting52
4. Mysterious
5. Duncan
6. Danswf
7. Ness
7. GreenSheep
This means that the past two UK Hearthstone champions – BoarControl and Jambre – have been eliminated from the competition.
Felt powerless during them. Will look to improve and do better next prem, went 8-9 in games but ended up 1-3 in matches
— George Webb (@BoarControl) April 17, 2017
It hasn’t been a good month for their previous organisation either – promising UK org Torpedo have sadly disbanded.
The playoff fixtures can be found on the ESL Play website.
The winners bracket will get underway next Monday (May 1st) and the losers bracket the week after.
Four winning players will reach the finals, taking place at the MCM London Comic Con on May 26th to 28th. Let’s just hope there aren’t any streakers for ESL’s Matt Loftus and a ‘jedi’ to deal with this time.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
