ESL, together with GSMA's Mobile World Congress, is bringing eSports back to Barcelona in late February.
ESL has announced plans to team up with GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to bring League of Legends and Counter Strike: Global Offensive to Spain. Scheduled to take place over three days, February 19th-21st, at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc trade fair institution, the participating teams will be competing for a share of the €80,000 prize pool for the respective tournaments.
The event will house the Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World Congress and will include eight CS:GO teams. Four international teams will receive invites, along with two European and two Spanish teams. Fnatic and Team EnVyUs are already confirmed to be attending.
Sebastian Radu, MD of ESL Spain and ESL LATAM, is quoted as saying of the event:
