ESL Pro League Season 11 schedule revealed
ESL have publicly announced the schedule for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage, set to begin on Monday, March 16, with 24 teams in attendance and US $350,000 on the line.
ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage is set to begin at the start of the next week and will run through April 4 in Malta, before the tournament changes location to Denver, Colorado for the finals.
The group stage will feature a total of 24 CS:GO teams, which includes Astralis, Complexity Gaming, ENCE, Evil Genuises, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, G2 Esports, mousesports, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Liquid, Team Vitality, 100 Thieves, TYLOO, Sharks Esports, North, Renegades, forZe, BOOM Esports, FURIA Esports, GODSENT, OG and Virtus.pro.
The 24th and last spot will be filled with a yet unknown team, which will replace the vacant spot left behind by Heroic, who were initially a part of the league, but have since sold its roster to FunPlus Phoenix. The new Chinese CS:GO team will instead compete at FLASHPOINT Season 1. What will happen with the vacant spot remains to be seen as ESL has yet to announce the replacement team.
The ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage will feature four groups of six teams, who will compete in round-robin best-of-three (Bo3) format. The winners of Group A and Group B will face off in a play-in stage that will earn them a direct bye into the semi-finals, while the losers advance into the quarter-finals. The same process will be used for Group C and D, while the second and third-place finishers in each group will, start their playoffs runs in the Round of 12.
ESL Pro League Season 11 Groups:
Group A: Astralis, ENCE, GODSENT, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Sharks, Vitality
Group B: Complexity, fnatic, forZe, FURIA, Natus Vincere, TBA
Group C: 100 Thieves, BOOM Esports, Team liquid, mousesports, Renegades, Virtus.pro
Group D: Evil Genuises, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, North, OG, TYLOO
The ESL Pro League Season 11 will kick off with Group A and Group B fixtures set to be played on March 16-25, followed by Group C and Group D fixtures, which will be running from March 26-April4.
ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage schedule:
All times are in CET (Central European Time)
Group A
Monday, March 16
14:25 ENCE vs. Sharks
18:20 Vitality vs. GODSENT
22:15 Astralis vs. NiP
Wednesday, March 18
14:25 NiP vs. Sharks
18:20 Astralis vs. GODSENT
22:15 Vitality vs. ENCE
Friday, March 20
14:25 NiP vs. GODSENT
18:20 Vitality vs. Sharks
22:15 Astralis vs. ENCE
Sunday, March 22
14:25 ENCE vs. GODSENT
18:20 Astralis vs. Sharks
22:15 Vitality vs. NiP
Tuesdy, March 24
22:20 Astralis vs. Vitality
22:20 NiP vs. ENCE
22:20 GODSENT vs. Sharks
Group B
Tuesday, March 17
14:25 Heroic vs. forZe
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. Complexity
22:15 fnatic vs. FURIA
Thursday, March 19
14:25 fnatic vs. Heroic
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. forZe
22:15 FURIA vs. Complexity
Saturday, March 21
14:25 fnatic vs. forZe
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. FURIA
22:15 Heroic vs. Complexity
Monday, March 23
14:25 FURIA vs. forZe
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. Heroic
22:15 fnatic vs. Complexity
Tuesday, March 24
18:25 Natus Vincere vs. fnatic
18:25 FURIA vs. Heroic
18:25 forZe vs. Complexity
Group A and Group B (play-in)
Wednesday, March 25
22:00 Group A winner vs. Group B winner
Group C
Thursday, March 26
14:25 100 Thieves vs. BOOM
18:20 mousesports vs. Virtus.pro
22:15 Liquid vs. Renegades
Saturday, March 28
14:25 Renegades vs. BOOM
18:20 Liquid vs. Virtus.pro
22:15 mousesports vs. 100 Thieves
Monday, March 30
14:25 Renegades vs. Virtus.pro
18:20 mousesports vs. BOOM
22:15 Liquid vs. 100 Thieves
Wednesday, April 1
14:25 100 Thieves vs. Virtus.pro
18:20 Liquid vs. BOOM
22:15 mousesports vs. Renegades
Friday, April 3
18:25 mousesports vs. Liquid
18:25 100 Thieves vs. Renegades
18:25 Virtus.pro vs. BOOM
Group D
Friday, March 27
14:25 G2 vs. TYLOO
18:20 North vs. OG
22:15 Evil Geniuses vs. FaZe
Sunday, March 29
14:25 North vs. TYLOO
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. OG
22:15 G2 vs. FaZe
Tuesday, March 31
14:25 FaZe vs. TYLOO
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. North
22:15 G2 vs. OG
Thursday, April 2
14:25 G2 vs. North
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. TYLOO
22:15 FaZe vs. OG
Friday, April 3
22:20 G2 vs. Evil Geniuses
22:20 FaZe vs. North
22:20 OG vs. TYLOO
Group C and Group D (play-in)
Saturday, April 4
22:00 Group C winner vs. Group D winner
