ESL Pro League Season 18
ESL Pro League Season 18 ran 30 August–1 October 2023 in Malta and was won by MOUZ. A $850K prize pool and 32 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 30 August–1 October 2023
- Location: Malta
- Prize pool: $850K
- Teams: 32
- Tier: Tier 1
- Type: Intl. LAN
Final standings
- 1st — MOUZ — $200K
- 2nd — Natus Vincere — $90K
- 3-4th — ENCE — $50K
- 3-4th — Monte — $50K
- 5-8th — G2 — $35K
- 5-8th — Movistar Riders — $35K
- 5-8th — Eternal Fire — $35K
- 5-8th — Vitality — $35K
- 9-12th — Complexity — $25K
- 9-12th — FaZe — $25K
- 9-12th — 9z — $25K
- 9-12th — BIG — $25K
- 13-16th — Virtus.pro — $20K
- 13-16th — FURIA — $20K
- 13-16th — fnatic — $20K
- 13-16th — Astralis — $20K
- 17-20th — Liquid — $15K
- 17-20th — 5yclone — $15K
- 17-20th — MIBR — $15K
- 17-20th — GamerLegion — $15K
- 21-28th — Lynn Vision — $8K
- 21-28th — Cloud9 — $8K
- 21-28th — Apeks — $8K
- 21-28th — Imperial — $8K
- 21-28th — Evil Geniuses — $8K
- 21-28th — HEROIC — $8K
- 21-28th — Grayhound — $8K
- 21-28th — Ninjas in Pyjamas — $8K
- 29-32nd — 9INE — $4K
- 29-32nd — M80 — $4K
- 29-32nd — Rooster — $4K
- 29-32nd — ORKS — $4K
Format
- Group stage: Double elimination Bo3 · Last Chance Stage: · Single elimination Bo3 · 1st place in each group advances directly to the playoff quarter-finals; · 2nd places in each group proceed to the second round of playoffs; · 3rd places and Last Chance Stage winners (4th places) in each group go to the first round of playoffs.
- Playoffs: Single elimination Bo3 · Grand final Bo5
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.