PENTA have won the ESL Pro League Season 3 Relegation match over Virtus.pro (Cache 16-3, Mirage 9-16, Cobblestone 19-17) to qualify for the next season of the league. As Virtus.pro placed last in the online portion of ESL Pro League Season 3 following a 4-18 record, they were originally supposed to be relegated to ESEA Premier, but a change in the number of teams and the relegation system gave them a chance to stay in the league. PENTA were the ones to join them in the relegation match due to placing second to HellRaisers (who qualified for the league directly) at ESEA Premier Season 21 Finals earlier this month. The two teams fought for the ESL Pro League spot in a best-of-three series earlier today and it was the Germany-based squad who qualified following a nail-biting finish on the decider, Cobblestone. With PENTA qualifying, the league’s list of participants for season four currently looks as follows:

NiP	Astralis	fnatic	G2
Natus Vincere	dignitas	FaZe	mousesports
EnVyUs	SK	FlipSid3	HellRaisers
PENTA	TBA

There is still a possibility for the Poles to keep their spot in the league, as ESL still have yet to announce the invited team for the wild card slot.   [Source: hltv]