ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs this week – full schedule
The ESL Pro League Season 16 has been fantastic so far, as the best CS:GO esports teams in the world smacked each other around during the group stage. It is time for the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs to begin this week. Here’s what you need to know.
ESL Pro League S16 playoffs schedule
As the dust settles over the group stage, 24 teams have been whittled down to 12. The final twelve will compete in the playoffs, starting on Tuesday, 27 September 2022. We can’t wait to get into some more CS:GO esports action, especially with how intense the group stage was.
The group stage saw the first-place teams of each group advance to the Quarterfinals of ESL Pro League Season 16. The 2nd and third-place teams advanced to the Round of 12 in the playoffs, while the rest were eliminated. In Group A, it was Team Vitality that came out on top, while in Group B, G2 Esports showed renewed form to top the group. In Group C, we saw MOUZ going 4-1 to win it, while in Group D, Cloud9 proved dominant.
The playoffs will feature a single-elimination bracket, with all matches being best-of-three, except the grand final, which is a best-of-five affair.
ESL Pro League S16 full schedule:
- Fnatic vs Team Liquid – Round of 12 – 27 September at 15:30
- FaZe Clan vs Complexity – Round of 12 – 27 September at 19:00
- Heroic vs Na’Vi – Round of 12 – 28 September at 15:30
- FURIA Esports vs Outsiders – Round of 12 – 28 September at 19:00
- MOUZ vs TBA – Quarterfinals – 29 September at 15:30
- Cloud9 vs TBA – Quarterfinal – 29 September at 19:00
- G2 Esports vs TBA – Quarterfinal – 30 September at 15:30
- Team Vitality vs TBA – Quarterfinal – 30 September at 19:00
- Semifinals 1 – 1 October at 15:30.
- Semifinals 2 – 1 October at 19:00.
- Grand finals – 2 October at 17:00.
All times in the schedule above are in SAST for your viewing convenience.
The winner of ESL Pro League Season 16 gets the lion’s share of the prize pool and direct invites to BLAST World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023. There’s certainly a lot on the line, and you can catch all the CS:GO esports action over on the official ESL CS:GO Twitch channel.
Header image via ESL.
