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ESL Pro League Season 23: Online Stage

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[e][h]ESL Pro League Season 23: Online Stage
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
Europe Europe
Prize Pool:
$125,000 USD
Start Date:
2026-03-01
End Date:
2026-03-10
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Valve Tier:
Links
Maps
Ancient • Anubis • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass

About

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Broadcast Talent

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  • Primary Broadcasts
  • Secondary Broadcast
  • Show All
  • Observer:
    • TBA
  • Observer:
    • TBA

Format

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  • Stage 1: March 1st – 5th, 2026
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • All matches are Bo3
      • Top 8 teams proceed to Stage 2
    • Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format
  • First Round:
    • Match-ups are drawn based on the Team-Selected Seeding
  • All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
  • The total scores are summed up for each team
  • Votes outside of the expected spread range are discarded
  • The final rankings are formed
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Second Round:
    • Division into 2 groups:
      • Winners of the first round ("High")
      • Losers of the first round ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Third Round:
    • Division into 3 groups:
      • Teams with a score of 2:0 ("High")
      • Teams with a score of 1:1 ("Mid")
      • Teams with a score of 0:2 ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • "High" matches are Bo3; Winners advance to the next stage
    • "Mid" matches are Bo3
    • "Low" matches are Bo3; Losers are eliminated
  • Fourth Round:
    • Division into 2 groups:
      • Teams with a score of 2:1 ("High")
      • Teams with a score of 1:2 ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • "High" matches are Bo3; Winners advance to the next stage
    • "Low" matches are Bo3; Losers are eliminated
  • Fifth Round:
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • All matches are Bo3
    • Winners advance to the next stage
    • Losers are eliminated
  • Stage 2: March 6th – 10th, 2026
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • All matches are Bo3
      • Top 8 teams proceed to the LAN Finals
    • Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format
  • First Round:
    • Match-ups are drawn based on the Team-Selected Seeding
  • All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
  • The total scores are summed up for each team
  • Votes outside of the expected spread range are discarded
  • The final rankings are formed
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Second Round:
    • Division into 2 groups:
      • Winners of the first round ("High")
      • Losers of the first round ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Third Round:
    • Division into 3 groups:
      • Teams with a score of 2:0 ("High")
      • Teams with a score of 1:1 ("Mid")
      • Teams with a score of 0:2 ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • "High" matches are Bo3; Winners advance to the next stage
    • "Mid" matches are Bo3
    • "Low" matches are Bo3; Losers are eliminated
  • Fourth Round:
    • Division into 2 groups:
      • Teams with a score of 2:1 ("High")
      • Teams with a score of 1:2 ("Low")
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played from their group, based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • "High" matches are Bo3; Winners advance to the next stage
    • "Low" matches are Bo3; Losers are eliminated
  • Fifth Round:
    • Teams are drawn an opponent which they have not yet played based on their "Live ELO Rating"
    • All matches are Bo3
    • Winners advance to the next stage
    • Losers are eliminated

Prize Pool

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$125,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Participants

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Stage 2 Invited Teams

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B8
Notes
1Ukraine npl
2Ukraine esenthial
3Ukraine alex666
4Ukraine kensizor
5Ukraine s1zzi
CNon-representing Maddened

Stage 1 Invited Teams

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Legacy
Notes
1Brazil latto
2Brazil dumau
3Brazil saadzin
4Brazil n1ssim
5Brazil arT
CBrazil RiVAS
3DMAX
Notes
1France Lucky
2France Ex3rcice
3France Maka
4France Graviti
5France misutaaa
CFrance wasiNk
FUT Esports
Notes
1Ukraine dem0n
2Kosovo Krabeni
3Ukraine cmtry
4Lithuania dziugss
5Romania lauNX
CHungary coolio
Passion UA
Notes
1Ukraine Kvem
2South Africa JT
3United States nicx
4Argentina try
5Mongolia Senzu
CSouth Africa T.c
PARIVISION
Notes
1Russia BELCHONOKK
2Russia Jame
3Russia nota
4Russia xiELO
5Russia zweih
CKazakhstan dastan
NRG
Notes
1United States oSee
2United States nitr0
3Denmark br0
4South Africa Sonic
5United States Grim
CCanada daps
Gaimin Gladiators
Notes
1Brazil JOTA
2Brazil NEKIZ
3Brazil felps
4Brazil HEN1
5Argentina Luken
CBrazil horvy
M80
Notes
1United States Swisher
2Germany slaxz-
3Germany s1n
4United States Lake
5United States JBa
CUnited Kingdom dephh
Monte
Notes
1United Kingdom Gizmy
2France afro
3United Kingdom AZUWU
4Lithuania Bymas
5Bulgaria Rainwaker
CAustria kakafu

Results

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Stage 1

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#TeamMatchesRoundsRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1.FUT EsportsFUT Esports FUT EsportsFUTFUT EsportsFUT Esports FUT3-098-68+30M80
2:1		Passion UAPassion UA
2:1		Astralis
2:0
1.Legacy LegacyLegacyLegacy Legacy3-095-78+17Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
2:1		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
2:0		PARIVISION
2:0
3.3DMAX 3DMAX3DMAX3DMAX 3DMAX2-190-69+21paiN GamingpaiN Gaming
1:2		SemperFi Esports
2:0		Gaimin Gladiators
2:0		Astralis
3.Astralis AstralisAstralisAstralis Astralis2-173-70+3Monte
2:1		HEROIC
2:0		FUT EsportsFUT Esports
0:2		3DMAX
3.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 EsportsG2G2 EsportsG2 Esports G22-183-69+14Gaimin Gladiators
2:0		Legacy
0:2		M80
2:1		paiN GamingpaiN Gaming
3.Monte MonteMonteMonte Monte2-185-82+3Astralis
1:2		NRGNRG
2:0		HEROIC
2:0		PARIVISION
3.paiN GamingpaiN Gaming paiN GamingpaiNpaiN GamingpaiN Gaming paiN2-196-9603DMAX
2:1		PARIVISION
0:2		Passion UAPassion UA
2:1		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
3.PARIVISION PARIVISIONPVPARIVISION PV2-179-68+11SemperFi Esports
2:0		paiN GamingpaiN Gaming
2:0		Legacy
0:2		Monte
9.Gaimin Gladiators Gaimin GladiatorsGGGaimin Gladiators GG1-270-87-17G2 EsportsG2 Esports
0:2		Team LiquidTeam Liquid
2:1		3DMAX
0:2		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
9.HEROIC HEROICHEROICHEROIC HEROIC1-282-85-3NRGNRG
2:0		Astralis
0:2		Monte
0:2		Passion UAPassion UA
9.M80 M80M80M80 M801-285-95-10FUT EsportsFUT Esports
1:2		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
2:1		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
1:2		Team LiquidTeam Liquid
9.Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in PyjamasNIPNinjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas NIP1-298-110-12Legacy
1:2		M80
1:2		NRGNRG
2:1		Gaimin Gladiators
9.Passion UAPassion UA Passion UAP.UAPassion UAPassion UA P.UA1-292-93-1Team LiquidTeam Liquid
2:0		FUT EsportsFUT Esports
1:2		paiN GamingpaiN Gaming
1:2		HEROIC
9.Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team LiquidLiquidTeam LiquidTeam Liquid Liquid1-288-97-9Passion UAPassion UA
0:2		Gaimin Gladiators
1:2		SemperFi Esports
2:1		M80
15.NRGNRG NRGNRGNRGNRG NRG0-370-91-21HEROIC
0:2		Monte
0:2		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
1:2
15.SemperFi Esports SemperFi EsportsSemperFiSemperFi Esports SemperFi0-359-85-26PARIVISION
0:2		3DMAX
0:2		Team LiquidTeam Liquid
1:2


For detailed match results of Stage 1, click here.

Stage 2

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#TeamMatchesRoundsRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
.FURIA FURIAFURIAFURIA FURIA-  
.Team SpiritTeam Spirit Team SpiritSpiritTeam SpiritTeam Spirit Spirit-  
.Natus VincereNatus Vincere Natus VincereNAVINatus VincereNatus Vincere NAVI-  
.MOUZ MOUZMOUZMOUZ MOUZ-  
.FaZe ClanFaZe Clan FaZe ClanFaZeFaZe ClanFaZe Clan FaZe-  
.The MongolZ The MongolZMongolZThe MongolZ MongolZ-  
.Aurora Gaming Aurora GamingAuroraAurora Gaming Aurora-  
.B8B8 B8B8B8B8 B8-  
.FUT EsportsFUT Esports FUT EsportsFUTFUT EsportsFUT Esports FUT-  
.Legacy LegacyLegacyLegacy Legacy-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  
.To Be Determined TBDTBDTo Be Determined TBD-  


For detailed match results of Stage 2, click here.

Additional Content

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Streams

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Articles

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Previews

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References

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  1. ↑ B8 (2026-01-16). "We’d like to share a small update regarding Danya headtr1ck".
  2. ↑ B8 (2026-02-01). "Roster update".
  3. ↑ Legacy (2026-02-02). "Informamos que o jogador LUX foi movido ao banco de reservas da nossa equipe" [We would like to inform you that player LUX has been moved to the reserve bench for our team] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Legacy (2026-02-03). "O @arTcsgo é nosso novo IGL!" [@arTcsgo is our new IGL!] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  5. ↑ 3DMAX (2026-02-24). "Another important announcement concerning our main roster".
  6. ↑ 3DMAX (2026-02-24). "We’ve made an important decision regarding our 3DMAX staff team".
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "ESL Pro League Season 23: Team Invites". ESL. 2026-01-14.
  8. ↑ Passion UA (2026-02-13). "¡Buenos días".
  9. ↑ Passion UA (2026-02-13). "You know what 13 means".
  10. ↑ Passion UA (2026-02-14). "Håkon @hallzerk moves to the bench — grateful for his impact and the energy he gave the squad".
  11. ↑ Passion UA (2026-02-26). "Roster rotation continues".
  12. ↑ PARIVISION (2025-12-30). "Today we say goodbye to Andrey «AW» Anisimov".
  13. ↑ PARIVISION (2025-12-30). "We are thrilled to announce that Ivan «zweih» Gogin joins PARIVISION CS2-roster".
  14. ↑ NRG (2025-12-23). "@xoticcsgo steps down and @oSeecs returns!".
  15. ↑ NRG (2026-02-28). "We extend a sincere thank you to @jeorgecs for proudly representing the #NRGFAM, bringing trophies for NA CS and all of the incredible memories together".
  16. ↑ NRG (2026-02-28). "To our North American Counter-Strike home...".
  17. ↑ Gaimin Gladiators (2026-01-13). "Today, we officially release @shz4tw from our CS2 project".
  18. ↑ Gaimin Gladiators (2026-01-13). "The Gladiators now fight with a jacaré at their side".
  19. ↑ Gaimin Gladiators (2026-01-14). "We needed some beasts also, El Toro enters the Colosseum baby!".
  20. ↑ M80 (2025-12-15). "With the expiration of his contract we want to thank @HexTCSGO for being a part of M80".
  21. ↑ M80 (2025-12-16). "We’re eating good for christmas".
  22. ↑ Monte (2026-01-08). "@ryucsgo1 is parting ways with us and joining @AstralisCS".
  23. ↑ Monte (2026-02-10). "Welcome @Rainwakercs".
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