ESL Pro League Season 19 playoffs: Preview
ESL Pro League Season 19's group stage has run its course and the playoffs are set to begin tomorrow (7th May 2024). The playoffs will host 16 teams in a single elimination bracket with group toppers MOUZ, Complexity, Astralis and Vitality directly making it to the quarter-finals.
Alongside a massive $170,000 USD cash prize, the winner also secures an invite to IEM Cologne 2024 which is set to take place in early August 2024. Posting convincing wins against Falcons and G2, TheMongolz have qualified from Group B and will represent Asia in the playoffs. Here's a quick look at the teams that have cleared the group stage to advance to the playoffs:
Group A
Astralis
3DMAX
FaZe
Virtus.pro
Group B
Vitality
TheMongolz
BetBoom
G2
Group C
MOUZ
Liquid
GamerLegion
Monte
Group D
Complexity
NAVI
BIG
FlyQuest
The opening round of games in the playoffs will feature G2 taking on BIG and GamerLegion taking on Virtus.pro at 7:45PM IST tomorrow. FlyQuest, the ex-Grayhound roster have become the first Australian team to make it to an ESL Pro League Playoffs in 11 seasons.