Kasper: Get Ready For ESL Pro League S16

September 14, 2022

Two weeks of group stage play at the 16th season of ESL Pro League has gone by with Group A and B finished. Finally it is our time to shine in Group C consisting of Astralis, ENCE, Heroic, MOUZ, Complexity and HEET. We start our journey tomorrow, September 14th vs Complexity at 16:00 CEST in a Bo3. Our group stage matches is being played from September 14th to September 18th.

The Group Stage format is based on four single round-robin groups with six teams in each group. All teams play against each other in Bo3 matches, whereas the top 3 from the group advances further into the tournament. More specifically, the first place in the group advances directly into the Quarterfinals while the second and third place teams advances to the Round of 12. As an extra bonus, each win in the group stage is awarded with $5,000.

The Playoffs consists of a single elimination bracket with all matches being Best of 3. The Round of 12 starts on the 27th of September and continues with matches every single day until October 2nd with the collidation of it all in The Grand Final as a Bo5.

ESL Pro League Season 16 totals 24 competing teams, all fighting for a combined prize pool of $823,000 and a spot in the BLAST Premier World Finals 2022. The tournament runs from August 31st to October 2nd.

Teams competing in the Group Stage

Group A:

  • #1 Vitality
  • #2 fnatic
  • #3 Natus Vincere
  • #4 Spirit
  • #5 Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • #6 Endpoint

Group B: 

  • #1 G2
  • #2 FaZe
  • #3 Outsiders
  • #4 BIG
  • #5 MIBR
  • #6 FTW

Group C:

  • Astralis
  • ENCE
  • Heroic
  • MOUZ
  • Complexity
  • HEET

Group D:

  • Cloud9
  • Movistar Riders
  • Liquid
  • FURIA
  • Evil Geniuses
  • Eternal Fire

About 5 months ago we participated in the last season of ESL Pro League where we reached the Quarterfinals after a 2-1 loss against FURIA. This season we are striving to advance further into the tournament - as we always do.

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