The 20th season of ESL Pro League will take place in Malta from 3rd to 22nd September, with a prize pool of $750,000.
A total of 32 teams will compete in the tournament. They have been divided into four groups of eight teams, with a Triple Elimination format (teams must lose three matches to be eliminated).
The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, with their group standings determining their seeding in the final bracket, which will be played in a Single Elimination format. All matches in the tournament will follow a best-of-three format, with the grand final being 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.
5th September
Group A
- 20:30 Sangal 1-1 Heroic
- 20:30 Ninjas in Pyjamas 1-0 Faze
Group B
- 14:30 Spirit 1-2 MIBR
- 14:30 The Mongolz 2-0 KOI
- 17:30 3DMax 1-2 G2
- 17:30 Wildcard 0-2 9z
6th September
Group A
- 17:30 Lynn Vision vs FlyQuest
7th September
Group A
- 20:30 NAVI vs Eternal Fire
10th September
Group C
- 14:30 Mouz vs Rooster
- 14:30 Fnatic vs Astralis
- 17:30 BIG vs Imperial
- 20:30 Complexity vs M80
Group D
- 17:30 Liquid vs Ence
- 20:30 Red Canids vs Virtus.pro
11th September
Group D
- 14:30 Vitality vs Atox
- 14:30 Furia vs Falcons