The ESL Pro League Season 3 CSGO finals are taking place at Indigo at the O2 Arena in London this weekend.
Now that the group stages have concluded, four top teams from Europe and four from North America are battling it out on Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15th.
Current champions Fnatic have won the ESL Pro League twice in a row, and are favourites again to win this tournament.
The prize breakdown is as follows:
1. $200,000
2. $90,000
3/4. $44,000
5/6. $36,000
7/8. $31,000
While the top eight will play for $512,000, there’s a $750,000 prize pool overall. The remaining $238,000 will be handed out to the teams that finished in fifth to 12th position in each division.
The first semi-final (Luminosity vs Ninjas in Pyjamas) started at 3pm on Saturday and the second one (G2 vs Fnatic) will get underway at around 6.40pm.
The grand final will begin at 5pm on Sunday, after a showmatch at 3pm.
You can see the updated standings, results and schedule on this Reddit post, and watch the matches live here.
“This is by far the most prestigious year of ESL Pro League to date, and we’re taking it to the next level in indigo at the O2,” said Ulrich Schulze, VP of Pro Gaming at ESL.
Check out our site after the final for a full write-up.
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