ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference Preview

ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference will start in a few hours. Over the next five days, sixteen teams from Europe, the CIS, North and South America, Oceania and China will compete for a prize pool of $15,000, as well as the main prize - six tickets to the ESL Pro League Season 16 group stage. We invite you to get acquainted with the format organization, participants and other information that will help before the start of the championship.

Format of the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference

The championship will offer participants a classic playoff bracket with a double elimination. Four teams that get two victories and do not suffer a single defeat qualify for ESL Pro League Season 16. In turn, the remaining participants who have allowed no more than one defeat will get a chance to compete for the remaining two tickets to the ESL Pro League Season 16 group stage through the bottom grid. All matches of the championship will be held in BO3 format.

Participants of ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference

• Outsiders is the winner of ESL Challenger #48.
  
• Sprout is the winner of ESEA Season 39: Premier Division - Europe.
• Encore is the winner of ESEA Season 39: Premier Division - Australia.
  
• HEET is the winner of ESL Challenger League Season 40: Europe.
  
• MIBR is the winner of ESL Challenger League Season 40: North America.
  
• Strife — TOP-4 ESL Challenger League Season 40: North America (replaced by paiN Gaming).
  
• ORDER is the winner of ESL ANZ Champs Season 14.
  
• VERTEX — TOP 2 ESL ANZ Champs Season 14.
  
• EndPoint is the winner of ESL Premiership Spring 2022.
  
• cowana Gaming — TOP-2 ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022.
  
• Illuminar is the winner of ESL Mistrzostwa Polski Spring 2022.
  
• For The Win is the winner of ESL Masters España Season 11.
  
• Falcons is the winner of ESL Championnat National Spring 2022.
  
• Eternal Fire is the winner of the National Championships Qualifier.
  
• HUMMER Esports is the winner of the South American Qualifier.
  
• TYLOO — TOP-2 ESL Challenger League Season 40: Asia-Pacific (replaced Rare Atom).

Prize pool distribution for ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference

• 1st-4th place: ESL Pro League Season 16 slot.
• 5th-6th place: slot for ESL Pro League Season 16.
• 7th-8th place: $2,500
• 9th-12th place: $1,500.
• 13th-16th place: $1,000.

ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference will be held from June 16 to 20 in Jönköping at the Elmia site. As part of the championship, sixteen teams from Europe, the CIS, North and South America, Oceania and China will compete for a prize pool of $15,000, as well as six tickets to ESL Pro League Season 16.