From 3 to 22 September, the ESL Pro League Season 20 for CS2 will take place in Malta. Thirty-two teams, including Team Spirit, Natus Vincere, and Virtus.pro, will compete for a prize pool of $750,000 and BLAST Premier ranking points.
The participants have been divided into four groups, where they will compete in a triple-elimination format with best-of-3 matches. The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, with their group stage placement influencing their position in the final stage.
The ESL Pro League Season 20 trophy will be contested in a single-elimination format. Group winners will advance directly to the semi-finals. Teams finishing in second place will enter the playoffs one round earlier, while all other teams that progress from the earlier stages will start from the Ro16. Matches will be played in a best-of-three format, with the grand final being a best-of-five.
Group A:
- FaZe
- NAVI
- Heroic
- EF
- FlyQuest
- NiP
- Lynn Vision
- Sangal
Group B:
- 3DMAX
- 9z Team
- G2
- KOI
- MIBR
- Mongolz
- Spirit
- Wildcard
Group C:
- MOUZ
- Astralis
- COL
- Imperial
- BIG
- M80
- Fnatic
- Rooster
Group D:
- Vitality
- VP
- Liquid
- Falcons
- FURIA
- ENCE
- RED Canids
- ATOX Esports
Prize Pool Distribution:
- 1st place — $170,000 and 2,000 BLAST Premier points
- 2nd place — $80,000 and 1,400 BLAST Premier points
- 3rd-4th places — $45,000 each and 750 BLAST Premier points
- 5th-8th places — $32,000 each and 275 BLAST Premier points
- 9th-12th places — $23,500 each
- 13th-16th places — $17,500 each
- 17th-20th places — $12,000 each
- 21st-28th places — $7,000 each
- 29th-32nd places — $3,500 each