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ESL Pro League Season 20 – Tournament Format & Guide

By Tit Krajnik

31 Aug 2024

Tit Krajnik 31 Aug 2024

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ESL Pro League Season 20 will begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2024
32 Counter-Strike teams
$750,000 prize pool

ESL Pro League Season 20

ESL Pro League Season 20 is an upcoming S-Tier Counter-Strike esports tournament and the second ESL Pro League event of 2024. It will welcome 32 CS teams, vying for the lion’s share of the $750,000 prize pool and one of the most prestigious tournament trophies on the Counter-Strike calendar.

When Is the ESL Pro League Season 20?
Where is ESL Pro League Season 20?
ESL Pro League Season 20 Format
Group Stage
Playoffs
ESL Pro League Season 20 Teams
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
What Is the ESL Pro League Season 20 Prize Pool?
ESL Pro League Season 20 Betting Odds
Where To Bet on ESL Pro League Season 20?

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When Is the ESL Pro League Season 20?

ESL Pro League Season 20 is set to begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The tournament will run until Sunday, September 22, when the top two teams will clash in the grand final.

Where is ESL Pro League Season 20?

ESL Pro League Season 20 will be held at InterContinental Malta in Saint Julian’s in Malta. The same venue hosted the last three ESL Pro League tournaments – since February 2023.

ESL Pro League Season 20 Format

The tournament will follow the same competitive format as the last iteration of the ESL Pro League, dividing all 32 participating teams into four groups of eight for the first stage of the tournament.

The groups will be triple-elimination, with all matches played as best-of-three. The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, with the winners securing a direct bye to the quarterfinals.

Second placed teams from each group will proceed to Round of 12 as high seeds, while the third and fourth-placed teams proceed to Round of 16 as high and low seeds, respectively.

The playoffs will feature just 16 Counter-Strike esports teams, seeded into a single-elimination bracket. All playoff matches are best-of-three (BO3), excluding the grand finals, which are best-of-five (BO5).

Group Stage

32 Counter-Strike teams
Four triple-elimination format groups
Eight teams per group
All matches are best-of-three (BO3)
Group stage winners advance to quarterfinals
Group stage runners-up advance to Round of 12 as high seeds
Third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16 as high seeds
Fourth-placed teams advance to the Round of 16 as low seeds

Playoffs

16 Counter-Strike teams
Single-elimination bracket
All matches, except for the grand final are best-of-three (BO3)
Grand final is best-of-five (BO5)

ESL Pro League Season 20 Teams

ESL Pro League Season 20 will feature 32 Counter-Strike teams, including 14 partner organisations and squads who either qualified through regional events or with their current ESL World Ranking. The list of participating teams includes all but one of the current top-13 ranked teams and a long list of outsiders.

The teams were already divided into four groups of eight based on their power ranking to create balanced groups.

Group A

FaZe Clan
Sangal Esports
FlyQuest
Eternal Fire
HEROIC
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Lynn Vision
Natus Vincere

Group B

Team Spirit
Wildcard
MIBR
9z Team
The MongolZ
3DMAX
KOI
G2 Esports

Group C

MOUZ
Rooster
BIG
Imperial Esports
Complexity
M80
Fnatic
Astralis

Group D

Team Vitality
ATOX Esports
FURIA Esports
Team Falcons
Team Liquid
ENCE
RED Canids
Virtus.pro

What Is the ESL Pro League Season 20 Prize Pool?

ESL Pro League Season 20 will offer a $750,000 prize pool, which will be divided among all 32 participating teams. The champions will take home $170,000, while the bottom-placed teams will receive only $3,500 each.

On top of the monetary reward, ESL Pro League Season 20 will also award BLAST Premier points to the top-eight placed teams.

Champions - $170,000 + 2,000 BLAST Premier Points
Runners-up - $80,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier Points
3rd-4th-place - $45,000 + 750 BLAST Premier Points
5th-8th-place - $32,000 + 275 BLAST Premier Points
9th-12th-place - $23,500
13th-16th-place - $17,500
17th-20th-place - $12,500
21st-28th-place - $7,000
29th-32nd-place - $3,500

ESL Pro League Season 20 Betting Odds

The best Counter-Strike bookmakers have released outright ESL Pro League Season 20 markets, which make it very clear which teams have a realistic chance to claim the trophy and who don’t. Yet there are several strong contenders to compete for top spots, with six squads priced at single digits.

Team	Odds
Team Vitality	4.00
Natus Vincere	4.33
Team Spirit	4.50
G2 Esports	5.00
MOUZ	6.00
FaZe Clan	7.00
Team Liquid	10.00
Virtus.pro	13.00
Astralis	13.00
Complexity	17.00
The MongolZ	21.00
HEROIC	26.00
Team Falcons	34.00
9z Team	51.00
Eternal Fire	51.00
FURIA	67.00
Ninjas in Pyjamas	67.00
BIG	101.00
Fnatic	101.00
ENCE	151.00
Sangal Esports	151.00
KOI	151.00
Imperial Esports	151.00
3DMAX	151.00
MIBR	251.00
FlyQuest	501.00
M80	501.00
RED Canids	501.00
Wildcard	751.00
Lynn Vision	1001.00
ATOX	1501.00
Rooster	1501.00

Team Vitality (4.00) are the current betting favourites to win ESL Pro League Season 20, ahead of Natus Vincere (4.33), and Team Spirit (4.50). G2 Esports join the list of strong contenders at 5.00, at slightly shorter odds than MOUZ (6.00) and FaZe Clan (7.00) as the only remaining side priced at single digits.

Team Liquid (10.00) remain a serious threat to produce a deep run, as are Virtus.pro (13.00), Astralis (13.00), Complexity (17.00), and The MongolZ (21.00) and less so HEROIC (26.00) and Team Falcons (34.00).

Priced at 51.00, 9z Team join the long list of outsiders, which consists of mostly lower-ranked squads with little to no accomplishments to show for in bigger events. At the bottom of the list, we have Wildcards (751.00), Lynn Vision (1001.00), ATOX (1501.0), and Rooster (1501.0), who are not expected to make it out of the group stage.

Where To Bet on ESL Pro League Season 20?

ESL Pro League Season 20 is, besides Majors, one of the most prestigious Counter-Strike esports tournaments of the season. So it comes as no surprise that it is extremely well covered by all online sportsbooks that offer esports betting markets.

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