Groups for ESL Pro League 13 Revealed

ESL have revealed the group seeds for their upcoming CS:GO event ESL Pro League Season 13 – all 24 participants have been split into four groups as follows:

• Group A (March 8th – 12th): BIG, Heroic, Complexity, OG, Renegades, FPX
• Group B (March 13th – 18th): Vitality, G2, mousesports, FaZe, NiP, ENCE
• Group C (March 19th – 24th): NAVI, FURIA, Gambit, Cloud9, One, MIBR
• Group D (March 25th – 29th): Astralis, Liquid, Virtus.pro, EG, Fnatic, Endpoint

The groups will follow a round-robin format with each match being best-of-three. The winners of each group will compete in a play-in stage – the best two teams will advance to the semifinals, while the other two teams will start from the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in their groups will start the playoffs in the round of 12.

While the group stage will be played online, the playoff is supposed to be held offline in a studio and is scheduled for April 8th – 11th. The event features a 750,000 prize pool and is part of the Intel Grand Slam Series.