ESL Pro League Season 23 viewer's guide

From March 1st to 15th, a prestigious Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament ESL Pro League Season 23 will take place. Twenty-four teams will compete for a $400,000 prize pool.

The competition will be divided into three parts. The first stage will be held in a Swiss format, with the top eight squads advancing to the second stage, where they will be joined by eight more invitees.

The second stage will also play out in Swiss format. The top eight rosters will advance to the playoffs, which will take place in a Single Elimination format. All matches at the event, except the final, will be best-of-three, while the final will be best-of-five.

The first two stages of the tournament will be held online, with the playoffs taking place at a LAN in Stockholm, Sweden.

List of Stage 1 participants looks as follows:

 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)

First round bracket

List of Stage 2 participants looks as follows:

 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)

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $100,000
2. $55,000
3. $37,500
4. $22,500
5-8. $15,000
9-11. $12,500
12-14. $10,500
15-16. $8,500
17-19. $6,500
20-22. $4,500
23-24. $3,000

The full schedule and live broadcast of ESL Pro League Season 23 can be found on the tournament page via this link.