ESL Pro League Season 14 viewer’s guide
A massive CS:GO esports tournament, ESL Pro League Season 14, gets underway next week. It is a not-to-be-missed event, featuring a huge prize pool and the top teams in the world. While it is not a LAN event, CS:GO esports fans should still be very excited. Here’s everything you need to know about the ESL Pro League Season 14, from the tournament format to the teams, prize pool and how to watch all the action.
ESL Pro League Season 14 details
The ESL Pro League Season 14 isn’t a short tournament taking place over the span of a week. Instead, it takes place from 16 August to 12 September 2021, which means there’s a whole lot of top tier CS:GO to look forward to.
A total of 24 teams will be competing for their share of the $750,000 prize pool. To put this into a local perspective, that’s over R10 million. For each win during the group stage, teams will also get a nice $5,000.
ESL Pro League Season 14 will begin with a group stage. Each group features six teams, and all teams will play each other once. All matches are best-of-three. The 1st place in each group advances to the quarterfinals of the playoffs, while the 2nd and 3rd place advances to the Round of 12. Check out the groups and their respective schedules below.
Group A: 16 to 20 August
- Heroic
- Astralis
- Team Vitality
- Team Spirit
- Bad News Bears
- ENCE
Group B: 21 to 25 August
- G2 Esports
- Virtus.pro
- Complexity Gaming
- OG
- Renegades
- Sinners Esports
Group C: 27 to 31 August
- Na’Vi
- FaZe Clan
- BIG
- mousesports
- Evil Geniuses
- Fnatic
Group D: 1 to 5 September
- Gambit Esports
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- FURIA Esports
- Team Liquid
- Entropiq
- Team One
Following the group stage, the playoffs will run until 12 September 2021. The playoffs feature a single-elimination format. All matches are best-of-three, with the exception of the grand final, which is best-of-five. The winner will not only get $175,000 but also a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final which takes place in December this year.
Each day, the tournament is scheduled to begin at roughly 13:30 SAST. You can catch all the CS:GO esports action via the official ESL CS:GO Twitch channel.
We are extremely excited to see what goes down at ESL Pro League Season 14, especially since there have been quite a number of roster changes in the off period. While Na’Vi and Gambit are considered the favourites, it is difficult to count out several other teams competing.
Header image via ESL.
