ESL Pro League Season 16 Preview
This Wednesday, August 31, ESL Pro League Season 16 will start. Another major tournament will take our attention for a whole month, and at this time, the strongest teams on the planet will compete for a total prize pool of $835,000, as well as other prizes, including trips at BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023. While you are trying to understand why this tournament deserves attention, we invite you to get acquainted with the format, participants, schedule and distribution of the ESL Pro League Season 16 prize pool.
Format of ESL Pro League Season 16
The championship will be divided into two stages:
- Group stage: August 31 - September 25
- Playoffs: September 28 - October 2
About a month before the start of the event, the organizers represented by the tournament operator ESL presented the results of the group stage draw.
Group A (August 31 - September 4) |
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Group B (September 7-11)
Group C (14-18 September)
Group C (September 21-25)
Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan
ENCE
Cloud9
Ninjas in pajamas
G2 Esports
heroic
Movistar Riders
Team Vitality
BIG
Astralis
Team Liquid
fnatic
Outsiders
Mouz
FURIA Esports
Team Spirit
MIBR
Complexity
Evil Geniuses
end point
FTW Esports
HEET
Eternal Fire
Follow the events from ESL Pro League Season 16 with our portal. On EGW you will find the results of each match, up-to-date predictions, statistics and information on the participants of the event.
Prize pool distribution for ESL Pro League Season 16
- 1st place: $175,000 + 2,800 BLAST Premier points + ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 + ticket to IEM Katowice 2023
- 2nd place: $70,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier points
- 3rd-4th place: $35,000 + 875 BLAST Premier points
- 5th-8th place: $17,500 + 262.5 BLAST Premier points
- 9th-12th place: $12,000
- 13th-16th place: $9,000
- 17th-20th place: $7,500
- 21st-24th place: $6,000
In addition, each team will receive $5,000 for winning the group stage.
News from the camp of participants
ESL Pro League Season 16 will be a testing ground for many teams. In particular, more than half of the participants managed to make changes in the compositions in the off-season. Teams that will debut at ESL Pro League Season 16 in the new format:
- Eternal Fire, HEET, FTW, MIBR, Movistar Riders, MOUZ, Team Vitality, Fnatic, G2 Esports, Evil Geniuses, BIG, ENCE and Complexity
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FaZe ClanESL Pro League Season 16 will be held from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams will compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.
fnatic
Astralis
NaVi
Cloud9
Complexity Gaming
G2 Esports
FaZe Clan
ENCE
Heroic
BIG
MOUZ
Team Spirit
EndPoint
Movistar Riders
FURIA
MIBR
Vitality
Evil Geniuses
Eternal Fire
HEET
Outsiders
Liquid
FTW Esports
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Team Liquid — Vitality Grand Final Becomes the Most Viewed at ESL Pro League Season 16At its peak, 502,822 people watched the final match of the entire championship.5827perepelovskyZywOo is the best player in ESL Pro League Season 16The 21-year-old French sniper finished the event with an overall rating of 1.42.4174Lord MatusTeam Vitality are the champions of ESL Pro League Season 16!The team with great difficulty defeated their last opponent in the grand final.4528perepelovskyTeam Liquid vs. Vitality: who will be the strongest at ESL Pro League Season 16?We are looking forward to the start of the ESL Pro League Season 16 Grand Finals, which will begin very soon.3490Lord MatusTeam Vitality will face Liquid in the finals of ESL Pro League Season 16The team will compete with Team Liquid for the right to become the champion of the tournament with a prize pool of $833651perepelovskyTeam Liquid reached the grand finals of ESL Pro League Season 16The North American team beats Cloud9 with a score of 2:1 in a tense duel.127fauesdeКоманда B8 виходить до плей-оф PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 після перемоги над Legacy з рахунком 2:1У захопливій серії PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 команда B8 перемогла Legacy з рахунком 2:1 та вийшла до плей-оф. Headtr1ck блищав за B8, а lux відзначився як MVP серії.117fauesdeGamerLegion вибив fnatic з PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 після запеклої боротьби з рахунком 2:0Fnatic завершили свою серію перемог на PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 після поразки від GamerLegion з рахунком 0–2. Британсько-шведська команда фінішувала з рахунком 1–3, а GamerLegion залишився в групі з рахунком 2–2.131fauesdeLiquid здійснили приголомшливий камбек проти FlyQuest та забезпечили собі плей-оф PGL Masters Bucharest 2025EliGE допомогли Team Liquid здобути перемогу з рахунком 2–0 над FlyQuest на PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 після епічного камбеку Mirage та впевненого фінішу на Train.120fauesdeGentle Mates вибили BetBoom з PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 після трилера на трьох картахСерія виступів BetBoom на PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 завершується після поразки від Gentle Mates з рахунком 1:2. Іспанська команда обіграла Nuke з рахунком 13:11 та пройшла далі, тоді як BetBoom посідає 12-14 місця з призом $9,375.140fauesdeSAW виходить у плей-оф PGL Masters Bucharest 2025, Aurora програє з рахунком 2-2Португальські аутсайдери SAW перемогли Aurora з рахунком 2:1 на PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 та вийшли до плей-оф, залишивши турецьку команду на межі виходу з рахунком 2-2.108fauesdeAstralis вибили 3DMAX з PGL Masters Bucharest 2025Домінантний виступ Astralis, яка вибила 3DMAX з PGL Masters Bucharest 2025. dev1ce лідирує з рейтингом 1.9 на Ancient; Astralis тепер борються за місце у плей-оф.
