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The time has come to announce the transformation of the ESL Pro League for Season 11.
The agreement represents a group effort to ensure continued growth and professionalization for competitive CS:GO.
ESL’s European National Championship winners will face a clear path from Challengers up to the Masters via LAN Qualifier and direct slots to DreamHack Open thanks to improved model.
We’ve been brewing in anticipation and excitement to announce that ESL One Rio 2020 will be coming to full fruition next year during May. In a world’s first, we’d also like to declare that ESL One Rio 2020 will stand as Brazil’s first Valve sponsored Major Championship of all time. Harbouring one of the most passionate fan bases of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Brazil’s calls for a Major tournament have deservingly been answered.
European side mousesports flabbergasted thousands around the world as star player Finn “karrigan” Andersen led his squad to a gruelling victory at Odense’s Jyske Bank Arena in his native Denmark. The victory saw mousesports claim a variation of spoils, namely the main share of $600,000, the newly designed trophy and a direct invite to the IEM Katowice 2020 Masters Championship.
Astralis continued their dominant run back to undisputed no. 1 status in the CS:GO scene by winning IEM Beijing-Haidian without dropping a single map.
The typhoon of ESL One New York 2019 has settled with the debut of Evil Geniuses’ shiny new roster conquering recent Major champions Astralis in 3:1 fashion. The mostly American squad lead by coach “ImAPet” & IGL “stanislaw” prevailed, claiming the lion’s share of $200,000 and their first Intel Grand Slam contribution victory in the Barclays Center!
The American squad's run as the world no. 1 in Counter-Strike continues after a flawless victory on home soil at the United Center.
With the commencement of a new race to $1,000,000, we are updating the conditions of completing the award.
The ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals saw the Bold Brazilians Luminosity Gaming earn their first ESL Pro League title in our marquee studios during mid 2016. Bolstering their impact on the professional scene, the Brazilians went on to cement themselves as the No. 1 team in the world with their fairytale storyline.
Swedish sensations FNATIC ushered in their second ESL Pro League championship in Season 2 on the colourful shores of California. The ESL Pro League Season 2 Finals exhibited the best four teams from the European and North American regions in December of 2015.
