ESL Pro League Season 20 viewer's guide

From September 3 to 22, Malta will host another prestigious LAN tournament – ​​ESL Pro League Season 20 – in which 32 teams will compete for $750,000 in prize money.

The group stage of the event will play out in a Triple Elimination BO3 format. The group winners will kick off the playoffs from the quarter-finals, the runners-up – from the Round of 12, while the teams that finish third and fourth will get into the Round of 16.

The ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs will be held in a Single Elimination format with BO3 matches and the final in a BO5 format.

The team seeding in the group stage looks as follows:

Group A

 FaZe (karrigan, rain, frozen, ropz, broky)
 Sangal (xfl0ud, LNZ, SaMey, yxngstxr, jottAAA)
 FlyQuest (dexter, Liazz, aliStair, INS, Vexite)
 Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, Wicadia)
 HEROIC (NertZ, TeSeS, sjuush, degster, kyxsan)
 NIP (alex, REZ, isak, r1nkle, maxster)
 Lynn Vision (Westmelon, flying, z4kr, EmiliaQAQ, afufu)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful)

Group A bracket

Group В

 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donk)
 Wildcard (stanislaw, Sonic, phzy, susp, JBa)
 MIBR (exit, saffee, drop, brnz4n, insani)
 9z (max, dgt, buda. MartinezSa. HUASOPEEK)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)
 3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
 KOI (JUST, mopoz, stadodo, dav1g, adamS)
 G2 (NiKo, huNter-, Snax, malbsMd, m0NESY)

Group B bracket

Group C

 MOUZ (Brollan, torzsi, xertioN, siuhy, Jimpphat)
 Rooster (dangeR, chelleos, asap, TjP, sliimey)
 BIG (tabseN, syrsoN, JDC, Krimbo, rigoN)
 Imperial (try, felps, VINI, decenty, noway)
 Complexity (EliGE, JT, floppy, hallzerk, Grim)
 M80 (slaxz-, Swisher, reck, s1n, Lake)
 fnatic (KRIMZ, bodyy, blameF, afro, MATYS)
 Astralis (device, stavn, br0, jabbi, Staehr)

Group C bracket

Group D

 Vitality (apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, Spinx, mezii)
 ATOX (dobu, kabal, Annihilation, yAmi, MiQ)
 FURIA (FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullz)
 Falcons (Snappi, dupreeh, Magisk, Maden, SunPayus)
 Liquid (jks, NAF, Twistzz, YEKINDAR, ultimate)
 ENCE (gla1ve, sdy, Goofy, Kylar, podi)
 RED Canids (HEN1, coldzera, nython, dav1deuS, venomzera)

Group D bracket

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $170,000
2. $80,000
3-4. $45,000
5-8. $32,000
9-12. $23,500
13-16. $17,500
17-20. $12,000
21-28. $7,000
29-32. $3,500

The full schedule and live broadcasts of ESL Pro League Season 20 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.