Overall, following the incredible IEM Katowice event, international CS:GO competition is returning in the coming weeks. Accordingly, the ESL Pro League Season 17 looks to bring it back with a league style competition – read on to learn How to Watch this event in this featured article below!
Event Background
For those unaware, the ESL Pro League is a yearly event for CS:GO. Indeed, organized by ESL, with the Intel Grand Slam on the line, this event looks to be incredible.
Accordingly, taking place between 22nd February and 26th March, there’ll be $850,000 on the line with the top 32 teams in the world. Indeed,, heading to Malta once again, here are the competing teams below according to their means of qualification:
Permanent Partner Team
- Astralis
- BIG
- Complexity Gaming
- ENCE
- Evil Geniuses
- FaZe Clan
- Fnatic
- FURIA Esports
- G2 Esports
- Heroic
- MOUZ
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
ESL Challenger
- Valencia – Movistar Riders
- Melbourne – paiN Gaming
- Rotterdam – Outsiders
ESL World Ranking
- Cloud9
- Team Spirit
- OG
European Conference
- Eternal Fire
- SAW
- forZe
North American Conference
- ATK
- MIBR
South American Conference
- Imperial Esports
- 00 Nation
Asian Conference
- Rare Atom
- IHC Esports
Oceanic Conference
- Grayhound Gaming
- Rooster
Apart from the prize pool, the winner of the event will also earn a coveted direct seed to the IEM Cologne 2023 event.
Read on to learn more about the format below!
Format
Overall, the format for this event involves multiple stages of competition.
Firstly, a Group Stage event will involve four triple-elimination format groups, where each group has eight teams. With all matches being BO3, here are the groups below:
- A: Outsiders, IHC Esports, MIBR, Fnatic, Cloud9, Evil Geniuses, G2 Esports, Eternal Fire
- B: Heroic, Movistar Riders, BIG, Complexity, Imperial Esports, FURIA Esports, SAW, MOUZ
- C: FaZe Clan, Rooster, paiN Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas, OG, 00 Nation, Grayhound, Team Vitality
- D: Team Liquid, Rare Atom, ATK, ENCE, Team Spirit, Astralis, forZe, Natus Vincere
In order to make it to the Quarterfinals, teams advance to the Playoffs from the Group Stage in the following manner for each group:
- Winners – advance to Quarterfinals
- Runners-up – advance to Round of 12 (High Seeds)
- 3rd place – advance to Round of 16 (High Seeds)
- 4th place – advance to Round of 16 (Low Seeds)
Once in the Playoffs, a single-elimination bracket will take place. Notably, this implies that teams have one lifeline and a loss results in elimination. All matches here are BO3, while the Grand Final is BO5.
Schedule for the ESL Pro League Season 17
With regards to the ESL Pro League Season 17, we recommend visiting the event page here to learn more about the schedule.
Watch the ESL Pro League Season 17 on esportsguide
You can also watch the ESL Pro League Season 17 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
In order to predict, we need to go off of the IEM Katowice results:
- #1 – G2 Esports
- #2 – Heroic
- #3-4 – Team Liquid, Natus Vincere
- #5-6 – Team Vitality, Outsiders
Bearing this in mind, the likes of G2 Esports are the clear favourite after their show of dominance at the IEM Katowice – can they replicate that performance over multiple months?
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