19th season of ESL Pro League – schedule and results.
From April 23 to May 12, ESL Pro League 19 will take place in Malta. The prize pool will be $750,000, and there will be an invitation to IEM Cologne 2024.
32 teams will participate in the tournament. They are divided into 4 groups of 8 teams each, with a Triple Elimination format (a team needs to lose 3 matches to be eliminated).
The playoffs will feature 4 teams from each group, with their group placements determining their seeding in the final bracket, which will be played in a Single Elimination format. All matches in the tournament will be played in a best-of-3 format, with the grand final being a best-of-5.
Group A: Faze, SAW, Virtus.pro, Eternal Fire, Astralis, Fnatic, 3DMax, Imperial;
Group B: Vitality, G2, Falcons, BetBoom Team, M80, The Mongolz, Tyloo, Sharks;
Group C: Mouz, Monte, Furia, GamerLegion, Ence, Liquid, Forze, Bad News Kangaroos;
Group D: Complexity, NAVI, BIG, Heroic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Boss, FlyQuest, Pera.
Match Schedule:
April 23
Group A
14:30 Virtus.pro 1-2 Fnatic
14:30 SAW 0-2 3DMax
17:30 Eternal Fire 0-2 Astralis
20:30 Faze 2-0 Imperial
Group B
17:30 Vitality 2-0 Sharks
20:30 BetBoom Team 2-1 M80
April 24
Group A
17:30 Virtus.pro vs. SAW / lower bracket
17:30 3DMax vs. Fnatic / upper bracket
20:30 Eternal Fire vs. Imperial / lower bracket
20:30 Astralis vs. Faze / upper bracket
Group B
14:30 Falcons vs. The Mongolz
14:30 Tyloo vs. G2
April 25
Group B
14:30 Vitality vs. BetBoom Team / upper bracket
17:30 Sharks vs. M80 / lower bracket