UK esports organisation Endpoint continued their dominance in UK CSGO this evening after winning the Autumn 2022 CSGO ESL Premiership grand final.
It was Endpoint’s tenth Premiership win – and their eighth in a row – following Endpoint’s Spring 2022 ESL Prem victory earlier in the year.
Endpoint tonight defeated Viperio 3-2 in an incredibly close grand final, with Viperio taking Endpoint to a full five games and showing the scene that Endpoint are not invincible.
The first three games had 16-13 scorelines, with Endpoint, Viperio then Viperio again winning these on Nuke, Ancient and Vertigo respectively. Endpoint then came in clutch to win the next two games on Mirage (16-11) and Inferno (16-9).
Following the win, Endpoint have qualified for the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference.
After the game, experienced UK Endpoint player MiGHTYMAX – who has won all ten Prems with Endpoint – told UK casters Ne0kai and ReTr00: “I’m relieved more than anything. It was a long day, there were technical issues, we managed to pull out the result in the end. It was closer than I thought it would be, to see Viperio in the final and taking us to five maps was really impressive.
“[I think this is the most competitive UK CSGO has been], it’s nice to see progression in the UK scene. Our goal of winning Prem has been achieved, and next year we want to make the major and the Pro League.”
MiGHTYMAX, Endpoint
The casters also spoke about UK CS improving and decent talent coming through, and how close the final was, with it being the first time Endpoint were taken to a full best-of-five in the Prem in this way.
Is this the most competitive UK CSGO has been?@MiGHTYMAXcsgo spoke to casters @Ne0Kai & @EU_ReTr00 after the game pic.twitter.com/qaYLZOp1fS
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Endpoint beat Arctic Raptors and Into the Breach to reach the final, while Viperio defeated Chetz Esports and 1Pin.
Endpoint’s roster this evening was Surreal (UK), MiGHTYMAX (UK), Nertz (Israel), mhL (Poland) and Thomas (UK), while Viperio consisted of arTisT (Ireland), Girafffe (UK), Gizmy (UK), Ping (UK) and MMS (UK).
A few people in the Twitch chat called for ESL UK to run a LAN finals event for the Premiership next time.
In other recent UK CS news, CSGO UK & Ireland Circuit became a CCT National Leagues Partner.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
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 worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
