Esports match organiser ESL has introduced that the finals of ESL Professional League Season 23 will happen in entrance of a reside viewers.
Going down from March thirteenth to fifteenth, 2026, at Stockholm’s Annexet, followers may have a chance to look at the world’s finest Counter-Strike 2 groups in motion.
Eight groups will earn a spot on the area, which has a capability of three,950 folks, and compete for a share of a $1m (~£750,940) prize. The ESL Professional League additionally contributes to the ESL Grand Slam, an initiative offering groups competing on the ESL Professional Tour a probability to win a further $1m prize.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals will use a best-of-three collection to find out the winners, whereas the Grand Remaining will characteristic a best-of-five collection to resolve the ESL Professional League Season 23 champion.
ESL Professional League Season 23 marks the primary time the long-standing Counter-Strike league has taken place in entrance of a reside viewers since 2019. Over the previous six years, ESL has held the occasion inside its Stockholm-based studio.
ESL In 2025
ESL continues to cement its place among the many main esports match organisers. In November, it shared particulars on qualifiers for subsequent 12 months’s Professional Tour occasions together with additional integrity measures to make sure honest play is maintained in on-line matches.
