NAVI will compete with Fnatic in their debut match at ESL Pro League Season 14
Ihor MatusESL yesterday published the schedule for the first few game days from August 16 to 25. On the night of August 5-6, they announced all the matches that will be held within the group stage of the upcoming CS: GO league.
Natus Vincere got into Group C along with such teams as FaZe Clan, BIG, mousesports, Evil Geniuses and Fnatic. On the first game day of this sextet, namely on August 27, BIG will fight against Evil Geniuses, NAVI will face off against players from Fnatic, and FaZe Clan will fight against mousesports.
By the way, we now know who Gambit will play with in Group D. They got into the fourth sextet with such teams as NiP, FURIA Esports, Team Liquid, Entropiq and TeamOne. In the first game day of Group D, namely on September 1, the following confrontations will take place: Gambit Esports vs TeamOne, FURIA Esports vs Entropiq, NiP vs Team Liquid.
Earlier, we talked about the first ten days that will be spent as part of ESL Pro League Season 14. If you missed our material, then we suggest catching up.
The championship will start from the group stage. There, 24 teams were divided into 4 groups of 6 participants each. The teams that take 1st place in the groups will advance to the quarterfinals. Collectives, located on the 2nd and 3rd lines in their groups, will go to Round of 12. The rest of the participants, who will take 4-6 places in their sextets, will complete their path in the event. All group stage matches will be played in Bo3 format. 12 teams will advance to the playoffs with a single-elimination bracket. This means that teams have no room for error. All matches, with the exception of the grand final, will also be played in the Bo3 format, but the final match will be held in a series of up to three wins (Bo5).
ESL Pro League Season 14 is a major CS: GO league with a prize pool of $ 750,000. It starts on August 16 and ends on September 12. 24 teams will take part in the division of the prize money. The winner will claim the main prize of $ 175,000, while the vice-champion will earn $ 60,000. The teams that take 3-4 places will receive $ 30,000 each. In addition to the prize money, the teams will also receive ESL Pro Tour and BLAST Premier rating points.