FUT Esports and Legacy qualify for ESL Professional League Season 23 Stage 2

FUT Esports and Legacy have develop into the primary groups to qualify for Stage 2 of ESL Professional League Season 23 after a flawless efficiency in the course of the opening stage.

The Brazilian aspect of Legacy defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas, G2 Esports, and Parivision, whereas FUT Esports bested M80, Ardour UA, and Astralis to advance.

Heading into Professional League after a robust PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 marketing campaign, FUT Esports has continued its momentum in the course of the first stage of on-line matches. Specifically, Aulon ‘Krabeni‘ Fazlija delivered constant performances towards Ardour UA and Astralis to steer FUT Esports into Stage 2 filled with confidence.

Legacy’s debut event with Andrei ‘arT‘ Piovezan within the beginning line-up has begun on the entrance foot after topping the scoreboard in the course of the staff’s opening victory towards Ninjas in Pyjamas. Following its victory over G2 Esports, Legacy needed to overcome BLAST Bounty Season 1 winner Parivision in spherical three.

Second-half comebacks on Inferno and Mud II demonstrated Legacy’s sturdy attacking and defensive capabilities towards the world’s prime groups. A 2-0 sweep over Parivision locked in a Stage 2 place and one other probability to make a Tier 1 playoff.

Whereas some groups have superior to the following stage, the ESL Professional League journey for NRG and SemperFi Esports has ended.

Defeats to HEROIC and Monte put NRG on the again foot heading right into a must-win match towards Ninjas in Pyjamas. A 13-7 win on Historic compelled an Anubis decider, the place the Swedish aspect managed to overturn a four-round deficit to power additional time. Kacper ‘xKacpersky‘ Gabara shone all through the map, enjoying a pivotal position in sending NRG packing with out a win to its identify.

For SemperFi Esports, losses to Parivision and 3DMAX arrange a conflict towards a struggling Workforce Liquid aspect, giving the majority-Australian aspect a ultimate probability of staying within the event. Workforce Liquid opened with a 13-6 win on Mud II earlier than SemperFi Esports responded with a 13-7 win on Mirage to stage the best-of-three.

Workforce Liquid lastly confirmed some kind within the first half of Inferno, taking 10 defensive rounds within the opening half. SemperFi Esports mounted a defiant comeback within the second half, however Workforce Liquid managed to shut out the map 13-9 and the sequence 2-1 to eradicate SemperFi Esports from the event.

Following the primary qualification and elimination matches, Stage 1 matches proceed as 12 groups battle for six remaining locations in Stage 2.

Going down on March 4th, 2026, the fourth spherical of matches is as follows:

Followers can tune into the motion throughout ESL’s Twitch and YouTube channels to see which groups advance to spherical 5 and which fall on the first hurdle.