Förhandsgranskning ESL Pro League Season 16

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.

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

ESL 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.