ESL Pro League is arguably the biggest tournament in CS:GO ecosystem. Season 17, which begins on Feb. 22, features a new format, which will see 32 teams battling it out for a lion’s share of $850,000, and a spot at both IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST Premier World Final 2023.
The new format still relies on having four groups of competition to start the event, with 32 teams now in play. Groups will have eight teams each and feature a triple-elimination bracket. Each group will see four teams advancing to the playoffs, where the best squads will be placed directly in the quarterfinals, the second-best teams in the round of 12, and the third and fourth rosters landing in the round of 16.
Fans will be able to tune in to watch some of the strongest squads in CS:GO as of now, since all 15 permanent partner teams like FaZe Clan, Team Liquid, Heroic, and Team Vitality will be joined by the winners of other events. The latter include for example ESL Challenger Rotterdam 2022 and IEM CS:GO Rio Major winners, Outsiders or ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022 winners, paiN Gaming.
All in all, with such a complex bracket and arguably the best teams from all around the world, ESL Pro League season 17 is shaping up to be one of the fiercest tournaments in 2023.
Here’s everything you need to know about ESL Pro League season 17.
How to watch ESL Pro League season 17
ESL Pro League season 17 will be streamed on ESL channels on Twitch and YouTube. With the group stage featuring multiple matches broadcasted at the same time, you should also follow ESL’s B channels on Twitch and YouTube, since there will also be a number of matches streamed on them. Last but not least, it’s likely that some community figures like Gaules will be livestreaming some of the games on their channels.
ESL Pro League season 17 group stage brackets
ESL Pro League season 17 group stage schedule and results
All matches are listed in Central Time and are susceptible to delays.
Group B
Thursday, March 2
- 5:30am: Movistar Riders 2-0 Complexity (Movistar Riders 16-8 on Vertigo, Movistar Riders 16-13 on Ancient)
- 9am: MOUZ 2-0 FURIA (MOUZ 16-12 Mirage, MOUZ 16-9 on Ancient)
- 12:30pm: Heroic vs. BIG (LIVE on Nuke)
- 12:30pm: Imperial vs. SAW (LIVE on Vertigo)
Friday, March 3
- 9am: Group B mid-bracket semifinal
- 12pm: Group B mid-bracket semifinal
Saturday, March 4
- 5:30am: Group B lower bracket quarterfinal
- 9am: Group B mid-bracket final
- 120m: Group B lower bracket semifinal
Sunday, March 5
- 5:30am: Group B lower bracket semifinal
- 9am: Group B upper bracket final
- 12:30pm: Group B lower bracket final
Wednesday, March 1
- 9am: Heroic 2-0 Movistar Riders (Heroic 16-6 on Ancient, Heroic 16-5 on Overpass)
- 9am: BIG 2-1 Complexity (Complexity 16-8 on Ancient, BIG 16-12 on Nuke, BIG 16-14 on Vertigo)
- 12:30pm: FURIA 2-0 Imperial (FURIA 16-13 on Inferno, FURIA 19-16 on Mirage)
- 12:30pm: MOUZ 2-0 SAW (MOUZ 16-3 on Vertigo, MOUZ 16-9 on Ancient)
Group C
Wednesday, March 8
- 9am: paiN vs. NiP
- 9am: FaZe vs. Rooster
- 12:30pm: OG vs. 00NATION
- 12:30pm: Grayhound vs. Vitality
Thursday, March 9
- 5:30am: Group C mid-bracket round one
- 5:30am: Group C mid-bracket round one
- 9am: Group C upper bracket semifinal
- 9am: Group C upper bracket semifinal
Friday, March 10
- 9am: Group C mid-bracket semifinal
- 12pm: Group C mid-bracket semifinal
Saturday, March 11
- 5:30am: Group C lower bracket quarterfinal
- 9am: Group C mid-bracket final
- 120m: Group C lower bracket semifinal
Sunday, March 12
- 5:30am: Group C lower bracket semifinal
- 9am: Group C upper bracket final
- 12:30pm: Group C lower bracket final
Group D
Wednesday, March 15
- 9am: forZe vs. NAVI
- 9am: Spirit vs. Astralis
- 12:30pm: Liquid vs. Rare Atom
- 12:30pm: ATK vs. ENCE
Thursday, March 16
- 5:30am: Group D mid-bracket round one
- 5:30am: Group D mid-bracket round one
- 9am: Group D upper bracket semifinal
- 9am: Group D upper bracket semifinal
Friday, March 17
- 9am: Group D mid-bracket semifinal
- 12pm: Group D mid-bracket semifinal
Saturday, March 18
- 5:30am: Group D lower bracket quarterfinal
- 9am: Group D mid-bracket final
- 120m: Group D lower bracket semifinal
Sunday, March 19
- 5:30am: Group D lower bracket semifinal
- 9am: Group D upper bracket final
- 12:30pm: Group D lower bracket final
Group A
Sunday, Feb. 26
- 5:30am: Fnatic def. IHC
- Fnatic wins map one on Inferno, 16-9.
- IHC wins map two on Overpass, 19-17.
- Fnatic wins map three on Nuke, 16-5.
- Fnatic wins 2-1, IHC is eliminated.
- 9am: Cloud9 def. Outsiders
- C9 wins map one on Vertigo, 16-9.
- Outsiders win map two on Mirage, 16-14.
- C9 wins map three on Ancient, 16-8.
- C9 wins 2-1.
- 12:30pm: Fnatic def. Eternal Fire
- EF wins map one on Inferno, 16-9.
- Fnatic wins map two on Overpass, 19-15.
- Fnatic wins map three on Nuke, 16-13.
- Fnatic wins 2-1, Eternal Fire is eliminated.
Saturday, Feb. 25
- 5:30am: IHC def. Evil Geniuses
- IHC wins map one on Inferno, 16-10.
- EG wins map two on Overpass, 16-6.
- IHC wins map three on Nuke, 16-6.
- IHC wins 2-1, EG is eliminated.
- 9am: G2 def. Fnatic
- G2 wins map one on Vertigo, 16-8.
- Fnatic wins map two on Nuke, 16-4.
- G2 wins map three on Inferno, 16-9.
- G2 wins 2-1.
- 12:30pm: Eternal Fire def. MIBR
- EF wins map one on Anubis, 16-10.
- EF wins map two on Vertigo, 16-11.
- EF wins 2-0, MIBR is eliminated.
Friday, Feb. 24
- 9am: Fnatic def. Eternal Fire
- EF wins map one on Anubis, 16-11.
- Fnatic wins map two on Overpass, 16-11.
- Fnatic wins map three on Nuke, 16-11.
- Fnatic wins 2-1.
- 12pm: G2 def. MIBR
- G2 wins map one on Vertigo, 16-8.
- G2 wins map two on Nuke, 16-12.
- G2 wins 2-0.
Thursday, Feb. 23
- 5:30am: MIBR def. IHC Esports
- MIBR wins map one on Inferno, 16-12.
- MIBR wins map two on Anubis, 16-14.
- MIBR wins 2-0.
- 5:30am: Eternal Fire def. Evil Geniuses
- Eternal Fire wins map one on Anubis, 16-6.
- Eternal Fire wins map two on Overpass, 16-14.
- Eternal Fire wins 2-0.
- 9am: Outsiders def. Fnatic
- Outsiders win map one on Inferno, 16-14.
- Outsiders win map two on Vertigo, 16-12.
- Outsiders wins 2-0.
- 12:30pm: G2 vs. Cloud9
- C9 wins map one on Vertigo, 16-6.
- C9 wins map two on Inferno, 16-12.
- C9 wins 2-0.
Wednesday, Feb. 22
- 9am: Outsiders def. IHC
- Outsiders win map one on Inferno, 16-13.
- Outsiders win map two on Overpass, 16-7.
- Outsiders win 2-0.
- 9am: Fnatic def. MIBR
- Fnatic wins map one on Ancient, 16-7.
- Fnatic wins map two on Overpass, 16-12.
- Fnatic wins 2-0.
- 12:30pm: Cloud9 def. Evil Geniuses
- C9 wins map one on Inferno, 16-5.
- C9 wins map two on Mirage, 16-4.
- C9 wins 2-0.
- 12:30pm: Eternal Fire vs. G2
- G2 wins map one on Anubis, 16-9.
- G2 wins map two on Nuke, 16-14.
- G2 wins 2-0.
