ESL Pro League Season 17 groups revealed

Tournament operator ESL has unveiled via its social media accounts the seeding for the ESL Pro League Season 17 group stage. The prestigious league with a prize pool of $850,000 will take place in Malta from February 22 to March 26.

In the group stage, 32 teams will be split into four groups, where they will compete in a Triple Elimination best-of-three format. The playoff bracket for the group winners starts with the quarterfinals, for runners-up it begins in the Round of 12, while teams placing third and fourth will face off in the Round of 16. The playoffs will feature a Single Elimination best-of-three format with a best-of-five grand final.

The teams are seeded are follows in the group stage:

Group A

 Outsiders
 G2
 Cloud9
 fnatic
 MIBR
 Complexity
 Eternal Fire
 IHC

Group A bracket

Group B

 Heroic
 MOUZ
 FURIA
 BIG
 Complexity
 Imperial
 SAW
 Movistar Riders

Group B bracket

Group C

 FaZe
 Vitality
NIP
 OG
 00NATION
 paiN
 Grayhound
 Rooster

Group C bracket

Group D

 Liquid
 NAVI
 ENCE
 Team Spirit
 Astralis
 ATK
 forZe
 Rare Atom

Group D bracket

The group stage calendar is:

Group A – February 22-26
Group B – March 1-5 
Group C – March 8-12 
Group D – March 15-19 

Origin: twitter.com