Your CS2 guide to ESL Pro League Season 24

Strap in for another huge Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports tournament, as the best teams in the world fight on the servers for a huge prize pool. Let’s just get straight to the most important details of ESL Pro League Season 24!

ESL Pro League Season 24 event details

ESL Pro League Season 24 runs from 3 to 11 October 2026, taking place in Poland. The action begins with a Swiss Stage, featuring all 16 teams in a Swiss System format, where all matches are BO3, and the top eight teams move on to the Playoffs Stage.

Previously home to the iconic and now sunsetted IEM Katowice series, the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, will be the home of the ESL Pro League Season 24 Playoffs Stage. There, the final eight teams will compete for the lion’s share of the $1 million prize pool. That’s roughly R16.3 million, in case you were wondering.

The teams will fight through a single-elimination bracket, where all matches are best-of-three, except for the Grand Final, which is best-of-five.

Teams competing

Check out the neat little table below where we’ve ranked the teams competing at ESL Pro League Season 24, as well as how they qualified.

CS2 esports fans can watch all the top-tier ESL Pro League Season 24 matches live via the official ESL_CSGO Twitch channel. Stay tuned to Esports Central for a plethora of CS2 esports coverage, including the results and a highlights video of ESL Pro League Season 24.

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