ESL One Germany 2020, featuring 16 teams competing for the lion's share of the $400,000 prize pool, begins the group stage.
The first day of the big EU/CIS event from ESL begins the group stage later today. As expected, the lineup of teams is top-notch and the competition is expected to be fierce with $400,000 on the line.
The event is expected to fill the hunger of high-level gameplay but most are waiting to see if Team Secret will be able to pull out yet another 3:0 sweep in the grand finals.
Format
- Participants
- Eleven invited teams
- Team Secret
- OG
- Team Nigma
- Team Liquid
- Alliance
- NiP
- Cyber Legacy
- Na'Vi
- Vikin.gg
- Hellraisers
- 5men
- Five teams from a closed qualifier
- Mudgolems
- Winstrike
- YeS
- Extremum
- Tempo Esports
- Eleven invited teams
- Group Stage - October 5th - October 20th, 2020
- One pool of 16 teams
- Modified Swiss-system format (teams will stop playing after 3 wins or 3 losses)
- Five round of matches
- Teams never play an opponent twice
- Three wins to proceed to playoffs (a total of eight teams)
- Playoffs - October 23rd - November 1st, 2020
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool
The $400,000 prize pool is expected to be distributed as indicated below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $150,000 | TBD |
| 2nd | $80,000 | TBD |
| 3rd | $45,000 | TBD |
| 4th | $25,000 | TBD |
| 5th-6th | $15,500 | TBD |
| TBD | ||
| 7th-8th | $12,000 | TBD |
| TBD | ||
| 9th-11th | $7,500 | TBD |
| TBD | ||
| TBD | ||
| 12th-14th | $5,500 | TBD |
| TBD | ||
| TBD | ||
| 15th-16th | $3,500 | TBD |
| TBD |
If you are interested in streaming the event, make sure you are up to date with the guidelines now set for streamers!
