ESL Pro League (formerly known as the ESL ESEA Pro League; shortened as EPL) is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) professional league based in two continents, North America and Europe, currently comprising 26 teams: 14 in Europe and 12 in North America. The EPL is considered to be the premier professional CS:GO league in the world (along with FACEIT’s Esports Championship Series) and one of the major professional leagues in eSports. The ESL Pro League began as a venture between ESL (formerly Electronic Sports League) and E-Sports Entertainment Association League(ESEA). Its inaugural season started on May 4, 2015.
ESL Pro League Start
The very first season featured twelve teams from each continent that were invited by ESL to participate in its inaugural season that started on May 4, 2015 with Team Dignitas defeating Titan. In the first three seasons, the EPL gave the top four teams in each league a ticket to the finals on an offline tournament. Starting with Season 4, ESL decided to expand the Pro League to 28 teams, so that there would be fourteen teams per league. This also meant that six teams from each region would qualify for the offline finals.
ESL Pro League Teams Europe
3DMA Cloud9
Astralis
BIG
FaZe Clan
Fnatic
G2 Esports
HellRaisers
Heroic
Mousesports
Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas
North
OpTic Gaming
ex-Space Soldiers
Team Kinguin
Windigo Gaming
ESL Pro League Teams USA
Cloud9
complexity Gaming
eUnited
Ghost Gaming
INTZ eSports
MIBR
NRG Esports
Renegades
Rogue
Swole Patrol
Team Envy
Team Liquid
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