The last two teams for the North American division of ESL Pro League Season 5 have been decided as Luminosity and Rush won the relegation matches.

When the North American version of ESL Pro League Season 5 starts on February 7th, it will be with 14 teams battling it out for the much-coveted spots at the LAN finals.

12 of the 14 teams were already decided but the two relegation matches were going to send two more teams into the EPL and two teams into ESEA Premier Season 24.

In the first relegation match Luminosity were going to try to steal away Selfless' spot in EPL. The Brazilians achieved success in this particular goal as they won the series without any problems. Especially Gustavo "⁠yel⁠" Knittel showed up in the game as he ended with a rating of 1.69.

ESL Pro League Season 4 North America RelegationBest of 3 SelflessMatchpage 0 2 18th January 2017 Luminosity 6Train 16 11Cache 16  

Selfless	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Matthew 'no_one' Congdonno_one	39 - 39	0	83.8	1.06
Terry 'dsr' Riouxdsr	29 - 42	-13	76.6	0.84
Alec 'Slemmy' WhiteSlemmy	27 - 40	-13	61.0	0.75
Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty	19 - 38	-19	50.0	0.66
Jake 'kaboose' McDonaldkaboose	22 - 40	-18	60.1	0.60

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel	49 - 21	+28	93.4	1.54
Lucas 'destiny' Bullodestiny	44 - 35	+9	99.4	1.42
Bruno 'shz' Martinellishz	35 - 27	+8	74.1	1.23
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME	35 - 30	+5	85.9	1.22
Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL	34 - 24	+10	71.1	1.17

 The last relegation match was set between Splyce and Rush and this was going to be a close match. Splyce started out best in the series as they won Mirage 16-13, but they couldn't keep up their strong play on the second map, Cobblestone, which they lost 13-16.  
LILMAN had a great game versus Splyce.  The decider for the match was Overpass, where especially Derrick "⁠LILMAN⁠" Boyne had a great day. Rush managed to take the lead in the match and they didn't let that go, winning 16-10 to clinch the spot in ESL Pro League Season 5.  ESL Pro League Season 4 North America RelegationBest of 3 SplyceMatchpage 1 2 19th January 2017 Rush 16Mirage 10 13Cobblestone 16 10Overpass 16  

Splyce	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselCRUC1AL	67 - 56	+11	80.3	1.29
Taylor 'Drone' JohnsonDrone	59 - 55	+4	71.8	1.12
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylickiryx	57 - 54	+3	85.3	1.08
Arya 'arya' Hekmatarya	50 - 56	-6	73.2	1.05
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	50 - 53	-3	68.5	0.98

Rush	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Derrick 'LILMAN' BoyneLILMAN	58 - 59	-1	84.2	1.15
Matt 'Pollo' WilsonPollo	59 - 59	0	88.0	1.10
Kyuhyun 'blade' William Uhmblade	57 - 56	+1	68.3	1.04
David 'Toy' HanToy	50 - 51	-1	67.0	0.97
Daniel 'virtus' Carrillovirtus	48 - 58	-10	66.6	0.92

 This means that the two teams from ESEA Premier S23 qualify for the next season in ESL Pro League while Selfless and Splyce will be demoted to ESEA Premier S24. The following teams will compete in the North American division of ESL Pro League Season 5:

NRG	OpTic
CLG	Complexity
Liquid	Renegades
Misfits	Winterfox
Cloud9	SK
Rush	Immortals
Echo Fox*	Luminosity

 *Echo Fox still hold the spot, but they haven't announced any team yet. Immortals #13 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Gustavo 'yel' Knittel Age: 24 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 85 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 CLG #34 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Luminosity #46 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelBruno 'shz' Martinelli Cloud9 #9 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Derrick 'LILMAN' Boyne Age: 23 Team: Rush Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 43 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Complexity #37 Rory 'dephh' JacksonCory 'APE' BateKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorMichael 'Uber' Stapells Splyce #110 Arya 'arya' HekmatJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenRonnie 'ryx' BylickiTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Misfits #45 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Renegades #22 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac NRG #59 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' GurneyVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEdgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Selfless #36 Matthew 'no_one' CongdonNoah 'Nifty' FrancisJake 'kaboose' McDonald Winterfox Mike 'ap0c' AliferisChris 'emagine' RowlandsRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyChristopher 'dexter' Nong Rush #60 Kyuhyun 'blade' William UhmDaniel 'virtus' CarrilloDavid 'Toy' HanMatt 'Pollo' WilsonDerrick 'LILMAN' Boyne