ESL Pro League Season 23 - Teams, Format, Prize Pool

ESL Pro League Season 23 will take place from March 1 to March 15. A total of 24 teams will compete for a $400,000 prize pool. The first two stages will be played online, while the playoffs will take place on LAN in Stockholm, Sweden.

Tournament Format

The championship is divided into three stages.

The first stage will be played in a Swiss system format with 16 teams. The top eight teams will advance to the second stage.

The second stage will also follow a Swiss format. The eight winners from Stage 1 will be joined by eight invited teams. At the end of this stage, eight playoff participants will be determined.

The playoffs will be held in a Single Elimination format on LAN in Stockholm, Sweden. All matches except the final will be played as best-of-three (bo3), while the grand final will be best-of-five (bo5).

Stage 1 Teams:

• Legacy (dumau, latto, n1ssim, arT, saadzin)

• G2 (SunPayus, huNter-, malbsMd, MATYS, HeavyGod)

• Liquid (NAF, EliGE, NertZ, siuhy, ultimate)

• 3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, misutaaa, Ex3rcice, Graviti)

• Astralis (ryu, HooXi, phzy, jabbi, Staehr)

• HEROIC (xfl0ud, nilo, susp, Chr1zN, Alkaren)

• paiN (vsm, biguzera, piriajr, nqz, snow)

• FUT (dem0n, lauNX, Krabeni, cmtry, dziugss)

• NIP (Snappi, sjuush, r1nkle, xKacpersky, cairne)

• Passion UA (JT, try, Senzu, Kvem, nicx)

• PARIVISION (Jame, BELCHONOKK, zweih, xiELO, nota)

• NRG (nitr0, Sonic, oSee, br0, Jeorge)

• Gaimin Gladiators (HEN1, felps, NEKIZ, Luken, JOTA)

• SemperFi (hazr, keen, shadiy, ADDICT, SaVage)

• M80 (slaxz-, Swisher, s1n, JBa, Lake)

• Monte (Rainwaker, Bymas, afro, Gizmy, AZUWU)

Stage 2 Teams:

• FURIA (FalleN, YEKINDAR, yuurih, KSCERATO, molodoy)

• Team Spirit (magixx, sh1ro, zont1x, tN1R, donk)

• NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)

• MOUZ (Brollan, Spinx, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)

• FaZe (karrigan, Twistzz, jcobbb, frozen, broky)

• The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, cobrazera, mzinho, 910)

• Aurora (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, soulfly)

• B8 (alex666, npl, kensizor, esenthial, s1zzi)

Prize Pool Distribution:

• 1st place — $100,000

• 2nd place — $55,000

• 3rd place — $37,500

• 4th place — $22,500

• 5th–8th place — $15,000

• 9th–11th place — $12,500

• 12th–14th place — $10,500

• 15th–16th place — $8,500

• 17th–19th place — $6,500

• 20th–22nd place — $4,500

• 23rd–24th place — $3,000

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ESL Pro League Season 23 will be one of the key tournaments of the spring season and will help shape the competitive landscape ahead of the next major LAN events.