ESL Pro League Season 16 organizers have changed the playoff seeding format
Tournament operator ESL has updated the seeding format for the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs, according to a well-known analyst and commentator SPUNJ, who is currently covering the championship.
The draw for the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoff bracket will be broadcast live tomorrow after the end of all matches.
As a result of the changes, the organizers will randomly determine pairs of the first round of the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs. Thus, ESL will almost certainly manage to get rid of the NAVI-FaZe Clan pair at such an early stage of the event.
Recall that, according to the early rules, a separate slot was attached to the representatives of each group in the first round of the playoffs, thereby the participants could recognize their opponents in advance. Now the organizers will draw the starting matches live.
Earlier, ten teams were guaranteed to qualify for the ESL Pro League Season 16 playoffs, including NAVI, Cloud9, G2 Esports and FaZe Clan. The remaining two slots are claimed by FURIA, Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses and Eternal Fire.
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Liquid02.10.22 11:05Bo52:3
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VitalityESL Pro League Season 16#1Vitality01.10.22 14:00Bo32:0
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G2 EsportsESL Pro League Season 16#13Liquid01.10.22 09:30Bo32:1
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Cloud9ESL Pro League Season 16#7G2 Esports30.09.22 13:15Bo32:1
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NaViESL Pro League Season 16#1Vitality30.09.22 09:30Bo32:0
OutsidersESL Pro League Season 16#25Cloud929.09.22 13:00Bo32:1
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FaZe ClanESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America 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.
Intermediate results of 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: Team Spirit, Astralis and BIG — $19,000
- 17th-20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas — $17,500
- 17th-20th place: MIBR and ENCE - $12,500
- 21st-24th place: Endpoint and HEET — $11,000
- 21st-24th place: FTW - $6,000
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StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Playoffs Schedule: Matchups Are Now ConfirmedThe playoffs of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, featuring the eight best teams, will begin on December 11, 2025 and run until December 14.517stawraithFalcons defeat G2 2:1 to claim the final playoff spot at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025Team Falcons have secured the last available playoff berth at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, completing a remarkable comeback to defeat G2 2:1 in a dramatic best-of-three series. #2
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