Here are your 24 teams that will be attending ESL Pro League Season 21!
Teams going directly to Stage 2 are the top-8 teams in the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) as of January 6, 2025. The remaining 16 teams who will be starting their journey in Stage 1 include teams in the VRS ranked 9th-12th, regional winners and runners-up of the ESL Challenger League (ECL) Season 48 as well as the winners of ECL Atlanta 2024 and ECL Katowice 2024.
directly to stage 2

G2 esports

Team Spirit

The MongolZ

Team Vitality

MOUZ

Natus Vincere

Team Falcons

Team Liquid
stage 1 teams

FURIA esports

3DMAX

Eternal Fire

GamerLegion

Heroic

Nemiga Gaming

M80

NRG

paiN gaming

MIBR

Tyloo

Lynn Vision

Mindfreak

Housebets

FlyQuest

SAW
Each team has received their invite based on their rosters stated in the VRS.
Note: the final roster submission deadline for all teams is February 15, 2025.
For a team to be eligible to accept their invitation they must retain a majority roster. In this case there are some notable points to consider when looking at the invited teams.
- Team Falcons have been invited as they have acquired majority roster of HEROIC (VRS Rank 8).
- FaZe Clan (VRS Rank 5) declined their invite, meaning Team Liquid (VRS Rank 9) took the final Stage 2 invite slot; and GamerLegion were invited as the final team via VRS going to Stage 1.
- HEROIC have acquired majority roster of Sangal Esports who qualified via ECL Season 48 in Europe.
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For more information on ESL Pro League visit Season 21 page here.
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