It starts again: The ESL Pro League goes into its eleventh season on 16.03. in Counter Strike : Global Offensive. Everything important about teams, schedule and the streams you can find here in the Megathread:
Originally, the group phase was to be a LAN tournament before the final in Denver was to be about the championship. Due to the global corona epidemic, the entire league has now been converted to an online format.
In order to ensure the safety of players, fans and our crew in the current global dynamics, Season 11 of #ESLProLeague will be played entirely online and the finals will be moved from Denver to a studio location.
Full details: https://t.co/qBdmv0QjSj pic.twitter.com/rhT6awYDEQ
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) March 11, 2020
Streams and VoDs
Despite the cancellation of the offline events, the games will still take place and will of course be broadcast. The action can be followed via the ESL’s twitch channels:
Main Channel:
If you miss the games, you can find the VoDs in the official ESL archive on YouTube:
ESL Archive
Schedule
Group stage: 16 March – 04 April.
Three games are played per matchday. The starting times are as follows (all information in German time)
2:45 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
Finals: 10.04.- 12.04.
Previous results:
Here are all tables on the ESL-Pro-League page!
Group A:
ESL Pro League Group A Interim result on 23.03.2020
Group B:
ESL Pro League Group B Interim result on 23.03.2020
Groups at a glance
Europe Division:
Group A:
– Astralis
– BOOM Esports
– GODSENT
– Ninjas in pyjamas
– Sharks Esports
– team vitality
Group B:
– BIG
– complexity gaming
– Fnatic
– forZe
– North
– Natus Vincere
Group C:
– FaZe Clan
– G2 Esports
– mousesports
– OG
– Tyloo
– Virtus.Pro
North America Division:
– 100 Thieves
– Evil Geniuses
– FURIA Esports
– Swole Patrol
– mibr
– Liquid Team
Format
Group phase
In Europe, two group phases will be played out initially. Each game in round-robin mode is played as a best-of-3. The first players in the first phase move directly into the second round. For the second and third place finishers, a deciding game is played to move on to the next round.
Also in the second group phase, everyone plays against everyone else in a best-of-3 mode, after which the group winner advances directly to the European final. The second and third place finishers play a best-of-3 for a place in the final. The big final will then take place as a best-of-5.
The American division plays a different mode due to a smaller field of participants. After the group stage in the already mentioned Round-Robin-Best-of-3 mode, the four best teams qualify for the playoffs in North America. In the elimination matches, first and second place will be seeded in the Winner’s Bracket Final, while third and fourth place will start in the Lower Bracket. The American Championship will then be played out in double elimination mode. The final is also a best-of-5.
