The ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 LAN tournament will be held in Katowice, Poland, from 25 to 27 October. Eight teams will compete for a $100,000 prize pool and a coveted spot in the ESL Pro League Season 21. The event will take place at the ESL studio.
The tournament’s group stage will use the GSL format, featuring two groups of four teams each. Opening matches and upper bracket finals will be played as best-of-one, while all remaining matches will be best-of-three.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, following a single-elimination best-of-three format.
Group Stage Seeding:
Group A
- Falcons (Snappi, dupreeh, Magisk, Maden, SunPayus)
- Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, Wicadia)
- SAW (MUTiRiS, roman, story, ewjerkz, Ag1l)
- B8 (cptkurtka023, headtr1ck, alex666, npl, esenthial)
Group B
- Legacy (NEKIZ, dumau, b4rtiN, latto, saadzin)
- paiN (biguzera, nqz, kauez, snow, lux)
- MIBR (exit, saffee, drop, brnz4n, insani)
- Monte (dycha, hades, KEi, DemQQ, kRaSnaL)
Prize Pool Distribution:
1. $50,000 + a spot in ESL Pro League Season 21
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000 each
5-6. $3,000 each
7-8. $2,000 each