After Katowice 2022, the Intel Grand Slam must go on. Accordingly, the next event on the horizon for CS:GO is the ESL Pro League Season 15. Indeed, a beloved event, we can’t wait for this massive event to kick off. Read on as we go through all of the viewership details you need below!
Event Background
What everyone loves about the EPL 15 is the open nature behind it. Indeed, the event is heading over to Cologne in an offline environment. Accordingly, the event will run from 9th March to 10th March, a total of 24 teams will be competing for the stakes of $823,000.
Here are the teams listed below, with their qualification parameters:
Permanent Partner Team
- Astralis
- BIG
- Complexity
- ENCE
- Evil Geniuses
- FaZe Clan
- Fnatic
- FURIA Esports
- G2 Esports
- MOUZ
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
ESL World Ranking
- Gambit Esports
- Heroic
- Virtus.pro
- Entropiq
ESEA S38 EU Premier
- AGO
ESEA S38 NA Premier
- Party Astronauts
ESEA S38 AU Premier
- LookingForOrg
EPL Conference
- Movistar Riders
- GODSENT
- Sprout
Apart from the prize pool, a seed to the BLAST World Final 2022 is up for grabs for the first place seed of the event. Otherwise, a tonne of BLAST Premier and ESL Pro Tour Points are also up for grabs.
Format
Indeed, the format is rather typical for an event of this kind.
Firstly, we’ll have the Group Stage. Here, each group will involve a single round-robin format, with each team facing one another once in a BO3 match. Accordingly, here are the teams listed below:
- A: G2 Esports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Entropiq, Fnatic, MOUZ, LookingForOrg
- B: Team Vitality, Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan, FURIA Esports, ENCE, Sprout
- C: Gambit Esports, Team Liquid, GODSENT, BIG, Movistar Riders, Party Astronauts
- D: Natus Vincere, Heroic, Astralis, Complexity Gaming, Evil Geniuses, AGO
At this point, only 3 groups from each team will progress. First place will move onto the quarterfinals, while 2nd and 3rd will move to the Round of 12.
After seeded into the Playoffs, here a single-elimination bracket will take place. With one lifeline, teams will compete in BO3 matches, finishing with a BO5 matches.
Schedule for the ESL Pro League Season 15
Considering the length of the event, we highly recommend visiting the official event page here to stay up to date with all of the details.
Watch the ESL Pro League Season 15 on esportsguide
You can also watch the ESL Pro League Season 15 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
For predictions, it’s always best to consider the most recent event. Accordingly, this is as recent as IEM Katowice which concluded 27th February.
Here are the standings for this past event , worth considering for this next one:
- #1 – FaZe Clan
- #2 – G2 Esports
- #3-4 – Heroic, Natus Vincere
- #5-6 – Gambit Esports, Virtus.pro
- #7-8 – Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis
Considering these standings, it’s likely that the favourites for this event are Natus Vincere, the long-standing winners and the recent champions in FaZe Clan. Accordingly, in CS:GO we constantly see these back-to-back wins for top teams – this could be the case for FaZe Clan.
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