GreenSheep Lifts ESL Premiership Hearthstone Spring 2017 Trophy

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 27/05/2017

Gosu Crew British Hearthstone player James “GreenSheep” Luo has won the 2017 ESL Premiership spring split.
He beat MnM Gaming’s Alister “Mysterious” Kerridge in the grand final which went to two best-of-fives. This was due to the double elimination format – play continues until everyone bar the overall winner has lost two games.
GreenSheep beat x13en 3-0 in the winners’ bracket semi-final at MCM London Comic Con, while Mysterious picked up a 3-0 victory over Duncan in the losers’ bracket.
Mysterious then swept x13en 3-0 to meet GreenSheep in the final, whom he beat 3-1, bringing the final to a second best-of-five.
But it was i60 winner GreenSheep who picked up the victory, with a straight 3-0 in the second series.

Won @ESLUK , Reoccurring UK LAN Winner pic.twitter.com/p5V6ewCmzC

— James @ MCMComicon (@GreenSheepHS) May 27, 2017

GreenSheep had a testing 2016, with former org Team Dignitas deciding to exit the Hearthstone scene in September last year.
But he’s come back strong, joining Gosu Crew, playing in the Hearthstone Championship Tour Winter Finals in the Bahamas, winning i60 and now the ESL Premiership.
He had this to say during his post-final interview today:

Check out the full final VoD on the ESL Hearthstone Twitch channel here

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

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.

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