The tournament operator ESL announced the seeding of participants for the fifth season of the major women's league ESL Impact League – eight teams were evenly divided into two groups.
Group A includes teams such as Imperial Valkyries, FlyQuest RED, HSG fe, and BIG EQUIPA. In Group B, there are NAVI Javelins, TSM Shimmer, Fluxo Demons, and Let Her Cook.
The group stage of the championship will follow the GSL system (initial matches and winner's final played to one victory, all others to two). The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will be held in a Single Elimination BO3 format.
The final stage of ESL Impact League Season 5 will take place from May 31 to June 2 in Dallas, USA. The championship's prize pool will be $123,000.