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The European division of ESL Pro League Season 3 has come to an end, as NiP, Astralis, fnatic and G2 have secured spots at the $512,000 finals taking place in London, United Kingdom from May 12-15.

Over the course of nine weeks 12 teams have fought for four spots at the third season's finals as well as $119,000 allocated for each divison's online portion of ESL Pro League Season 3.

From beginning to end Ninjas in Pyjamas have been in the driving seat, winning 19 of their 22 matches and thus securing first place in the league.

Astralis and fnatic secured a place as well as they split maps in the last week's matches, while G2 made it past Natus Vincere due to a tiebreaker scenario.

NiP power through to Season 3 Finals 

After the Ukraine-based team exchanged maps with MOUZ, their fate was in the hands of fnatic, who had to win one of the maps versus Astralis to escape a three-way tie, which would have put G2 in fifth place due to head-to-head results.

However, such a scenario didn't occur - G2 and Natus Vincere split maps in their encounter, which meant their placing was decided by rounds won as the second tie-breaking condition (G2 - 305, Natus Vincere - 298). 

The final standings of the European division are following:

1. Ninjas in Pyjamas - Finals spot

2. Astralis - Finals spot

3. fnatic - Finals spot

4. G2 - Finals spot

5. Natus Vincere - $27,000

6. Dignitas - $23,500

7. FaZe - $20,000

8. MOUZ - $16,500

9. Envy -$13,000

10. SK - $9,500

11. FlipSid3 - $6,000

12. Virtus.pro - $3,500

As ESL have adjusted the format of the league, which will have 14 spots in the next season, Virtus.pro has a chance to stay in the league, as they will face the second-placed team from the Premier division to keep their spot.