ESL Pro League Season 21 viewer's guide

Upcoming prestigious Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, ESL Pro League Season 21, will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 1 to 16, with 24 squads competing for $400,000 in prizes.

The event will kick off with the Play-In stage, which will play out in a Swiss format. The eight strongest Play-In rosters will advance to the group stage, where they will be joined by eight more invitees.

The group stage will also take place in a Swiss format. The eight best teams will eventually advance to the playoffs, which will be held in a Single Elimination format. All matches of the competition, except the final, will be BO3, while the final – BO3.

The team list for Play-In stage looks as follows:

 Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, jottAAA)
 paiN (biguzera, dav1deuS, nqz, kauez, snow)
 3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, bodyy, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
 GamerLegion (REZ, ztr, Tauson, sl3nd, PR)
 FURIA (FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullz)
 MIBR (exit, Lucaozy, saffee, drop, insani)
 SAW (MUTiRiS, story, Ag1l, AZUWU, cej0t)
 HEROIC (SunPayus, xfl0ud, LNZ, tN1R, yxngstxr)
 FlyQuest (dexter, Liazz, INS, Vexite, regali)
 NRG (nitr0, oSee, br0, HexT, Jeorge)
 M80 (slaxz-, Swisher, reck, s1n, Lake)
 Nemiga (Xant3r, 1eeR, riskyb0b, khaN, zweih)
 Lynn Vision (Westmelon, z4kr, Starry, EmiliaQAQ, C4LLM3SU3)
 TYLOO (Attacker, JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh)
 Mindfreak (Rickeh, tucks, Texta, gump, pain)
 Housebeats (BRACE, apocdud, yourwombat, pz, damyo)

First round seeding

The team list for group stage looks as follows:

 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donk)
 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)
 MOUZ (Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)
 Falcons (NiKo, Magisk, TeSeS, degster, kyxsan)
 G2 (Snax, huNter-, malbsMd, m0NESY, HeavyGod)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful)
 Liquid (jks, NAF, NertZ, Twistzz, ultimate)

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $25,000
5-8. $18,000
9-11. $13,500
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 21 can be found on the tournament page via this link.