Electronic Sports League

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[e][h]Electronic Sports League
Company Information
Parent Company:
Founded:
1997 as Deutsche ClanLiga
2000 as ESL
Headquarters:
Cologne, Germany
Employees:
135
Links

The Electronic Sports League, often abbreviated ESL, is an eSports league founded in 1997. It has over 2 600 000 registered members, thus being one of the biggest gaming leagues, and organises several StarCraft II events.

Overview[edit]

The ESL, which is a brand that belongs to Turtle Entertainment GmbH, is nowadays present in 37 countries. Each sections of ESL are operated by ventures under a license granted by Turtle Entertainment GmbH. These sections could correspond to a country, (like ESL Germany for instance), or to a group of low-demography countries (like ESL Nordic for Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark).

In 2022, it was announced that ESL and esports platform FACEIT were being acquired by Savvy Gaming Group (SGG), a holding company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. As part of the acquisition, the two companies are set to merge and form the ESL FaceIt Group.[1]

Events[edit]

Community Cups[edit]

Europe[edit]

S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
May 8, 2016
 
Europe Europe
50 participants
Apr 24, 2016
 
Europe Europe
6 participants
Apr 17, 2016
 
Europe Europe
3 participants
Apr 10, 2016
 
Europe Europe
6 participants
Apr 3, 2016
 
Europe Europe
12 participants
Mar 27, 2016
 
Europe Europe
7 participants
Mar 20, 2016
 
Europe Europe
14 participants
Mar 13, 2016
 
Europe Europe
10 participants
Mar 6, 2016
 
Europe Europe
9 participants
Feb 28, 2016
 
Europe Europe
12 participants
Feb 22, 2016
 
Europe Europe
15 participants

North America[edit]

S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
May 7, 2016
 
North America North America
11 participants
Apr 9, 2016
 
North America North America
1 participants
 
TBD
Apr 2, 2016
 
North America North America
2 participants
Mar 26, 2016
 
North America North America
3 participants
Mar 19, 2016
 
North America North America
2 participants
Mar 12, 2016
 
North America North America
3 participants
Mar 5, 2016
 
North America North America
5 participants

Other[edit]

S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Nov 8 - Dec 7, 2024
$20,000
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
8 participants
Nov 1, 2024
 
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
10 participants
Oct 25, 2024
 
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
13 participants
Oct 18, 2024
 
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
7 participants
Sep 27, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Sep 20, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Sep 13, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Sep 6, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Aug 30, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Aug 27, 2016
 
Brazil Brazil
21 participants
Aug 23, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Aug 20 - 21, 2016
$100,000
Germany Cologne
8 participants
Aug 16, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
3 participants
Aug 13, 2016
 
Brazil Brazil
21 participants
Aug 9, 2016
$1,000
North America North America
4 participants
Aug 7, 2016
 
Latin America Latin America
31 participants
Aug 3 - 4, 2016
 
North America North America
16 participants
 
TBD
Jul 27 - 28, 2016
 
North America North America
80 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 25 - 26, 2016
 
Europe Europe
86 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 20 - 21, 2016
 
North America North America
62 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 18 - 19, 2016
 
Europe Europe
79 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 13 - 14, 2016
 
North America North America
71 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 11 - 12, 2016
 
Europe Europe
103 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 6 - 7, 2016
 
North America North America
74 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jul 4 - 5, 2016
 
Europe Europe
84 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD
Jun 24, 2016
 
Brazil Brazil
71 participants
Dec 7, 2015
$1,000
Europe Europe
4 participants

Gallery[edit]

Logos[edit]


References[edit]

  1. Tyler Wilde (24 January 2022). "Major esports host ESL Gaming is now owned by Saudi Arabia". PCGAMER. Retrieved 3 June 2022.