The 20th season of the ESL Pro League takes place from 3 to 22 September in Malta, with a prize pool of $750,000.
A total of 32 teams are participating, split into four groups of eight. The format is Triple Elimination – a team will be eliminated after losing three matches.
The top four teams from each group will progress to the playoffs. Group standings will determine their seeding in the final bracket, which will follow a Single Elimination format. All matches in the tournament are best-of-three, except for the grand final, which will be best-of-five.
Group A: FaZe, Sangal, FlyQuest, Eternal Fire, Heroic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Lynn Vision, NAVI.
Group B: Spirit, Wildcard, MIBR, 9z, The Mongolz, 3DMax, KOI, G2.
Group C: MOUZ, Rooster, BIG, Imperial, Complexity, M80, Fnatic, Astralis.
Group D: Vitality, Atox, FURIA, Falcons, Liquid, ENCE, Red Canids, Virtus.pro.
Playoffs
18 September
14:00 – Eternal Fire 2-1 The Mongolz
14:00 – MIBR 2-1 Heroic
17:15 – Imperial 0-2 Spirit
20:30 – Liquid 2-0 Complexity
19 September
17:15 – M80 vs MIBR
20:30 – Vitality vs Eternal Fire
20 September
17:15 – NAVI vs Spirit
20:30 – G2 vs Liquid
21 September
17:15 – First Semi-final
20:30 – Second Semi-final
22 September
Final