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
  • 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$ USDTeam1st$150,000 TBD2nd$80,000 TBD3rd$45,000 TBD4th$25,000 TBD5th-6th$15,500 TBD TBD7th-8th$12,000 TBD TBD9th-11th$7,500 TBD TBD TBD12th-14th$5,500 TBD TBD TBD15th-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!