2021/2022
How itWorks
esl pro tour
It has created an open ecosystem that provides opportunities for players all over the world to compete at the biggest tournaments across the SC2 calendar. Throughout the year, players compete and earn ESL Pro Tour points which determine their position within the ESL Pro Tour Race in order to qualify for the EPT Championship at the end of the yearly season which crowns the official World Champion.
EPT Championship
The ESL Pro Tour Championship takes place once a year where the best performing players come together in Katowice, Poland to compete for $500,000 and the title of ‘World Champion’.
The top performing 20 players from the ESL Pro Tour Race are invited into the Group Stages (Ro24) while the next best 16 players are to compete within the Play-In Stage which advances 4 players into the Group Stages.
Play-IN (Ro36)
16Players
- 16x EPT Ranking (15-30)
4 Player advance
Group Stages (Ro24)
24Players
- 13x EPT Ranking (1-13)
- 7x EPT Winners
- 4x from Play-In Stage
12 Player advance
Playoffs (Ro12)
12Players
- 12x Group Stage Winner
World Champion
The EPT Levels
The ESL Open Cups are a series of weekly online cups. These tournaments are the grassroots of the ESL Pro Tour operating every week to provide all players an opportunity to compete within the ESL Pro Tour structure. Each week there are 3 of these, played on the Europe, North America, and Asia servers.
In the 2021/2022 season there are three competitive seasons, Summer, Fall & Winter. Each season will have open online qualification which leads into regionalized tournaments to then conclude with the main body of the competition. The regionalized tournaments will work identically to the 2020 system, providing the best players with an invitation to the seasonal finals hosted live at a European Studio or if possible a DreamHack festival.
Once all three seasons are complete, there will be one final competition in 2022 ahead of the EPT Championship where online qualification will lead to a 16 player tournament, offering the final EPT Points and one final Invitation to the World Champion crowning tournament.
Season 2021/2022
EPT Masters
DreamHack Sc2 mastersSummer
- May - Jul 2021
EPT Masters
DreamHack Sc2 mastersFall
- Jul - Sep 2021
EPT Masters
DreamHack Sc2 mastersWinter
- Sep - Nov 2021
EPT Masters
DreamHack Sc2 mastersLast Chance
- Jan 2022
EPT Championship
Intel Extreme MastersKatowice
- Feb 2022
Throughout the year, each season will begin with Open Qualifiers which will lead into Closed Qualifiers to fight for spots in the regionalized main event. The first season of the year will have players from the 2020-21 season invited based on final EPT standings, and the later seasons will have the top half of each regional event automatically qualify for the next season, while the bottom half are placed into Closed Qualifiers where they will play against players from the open portion.
Regional Divisions
Europe32 Player
Player Distribution
- 8x EPT Seeding
- 24x Qualifier
Advance to Main Event
- 4x
Season 2/3
- Top 16x Requalify
- 16x Qualifiers
North America16 Player
Player Distribution
- 4x EPT Seeding
- 12x Qualifier
Advancing players
- 2x
Season 2/3
- Top 8x Requalify
- 8x Qualifiers
Latin America8 Player
Player Distribution
- 2x EPT Seeding
- 6x Qualifier
Advancing players
- 1x
Season 2/3
- Top 4x Requalify
- 4x Qualifiers
Oceania8 Player
Player Distribution
- 2x EPT Seeding
- 6x Qualifier
Advancing players
- 1x
Season 2/3
- Top 4x Requalify
- 4x Qualifiers
China8 Player
Player Distribution
- 2x EPT Seeding
- 6x Qualifier
Advancing players
- 1x
Season 2/3
- Top 4x Requalify
- 4x Qualifiers
TAI/HK/MAC/JPN8 Player
Player Distribution
- 2x EPT Seeding
- 6x Qualifier
Advancing players
- 1x
Season 2/3
- Top 4x Requalify
- 4x Qualifiers
GSL & EPT Integration
Starting from the 2021/2022 season, players competing within the GSL will also be able to compete within the ESL Pro Tour. The best performing 6 players from the GSL will earn qualification to compete at the subsequent DreamHack SC2 Masters competition & upon the return of DreamHack festivals will also be able to travel & compete within the respective tournament open brackets.
ESL Pro Tour
Point Allocation
Online Event Allocation
Europe
North America
Latin America & China
Taiwan & Oceania
DH SC2 Masters:Europe
Prize Money | Points | |
|---|---|---|
TOTAL | $55,000 | EPT 3805 |
1ST | $8,000 | 600 points |
2ND | $5,000 | 375 points |
3RD | $3,000 | 300 points |
4TH | $2,100 | 250 points |
5TH-6TH | $1,750 | 195 points |
7TH-8TH | $1,500 | 155 points |
9TH-12TH | $1,250 | 120 points |
13TH-16TH | $1,000 | 90 points |
17TH-20TH | $700 | 70 points |
21ST-24TH | $550 | 50 points |
25TH-28TH | $450 | 35 points |
29TH-32TH | $350 | 20 points |
33TH-40TH | $150 | 5 points |
41ST-48TH | $100 | 0 points |
Win in Groupstage | $100 |
Offline Event Allocation
Season Finals
Last Chance
IEM Katowice
DH SC2 Masters:Season Finals
Prize Money | Points | |
|---|---|---|
TOTAL | $50,000 | 4110 |
1ST | $10,000 | 900 points |
2ND | $6,500 | 600 points |
3RD-4TH | $4,500 | 375 points |
5TH-8TH | $3,000 | 240 points |
9TH-12TH | $2,000 | 150 points |
13TH-16TH | $1,250 | 75 points |
ESL Pro Tour
Slot Distribution
Regional
EPT StandingsEU 4 | NA 2| LA 1 | CN 1
Korea Standing 5
Regional
EPT StandingsEU 3 | NA 1 | LA 1 | CN 1 | TW 2 | OCE 1
Korea Standing 7
RegionAL COMPETITION
Competition is now six regional divisions that compete in three seasons. A season is 5-6 weeks and players collect points to secure their RO24 or RO36 spot per region at IEM Katowice Masters Championship 2021.
Masters Championship
Bigger & Better! The new “Global Playoffs” moves from BlizzCon to Katowice. Formally it was 8 circuit players vs 8 from Korea. Now it’s expected to be about 18 vs 18. The tournament now has 36 of the best players compete for the crown of World Champion.
10 Year Anniversary
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of SC2 and the release of the new ESL Pro Tour system, all tournaments will see a significant prize pool boost totalling an additional $325,000. Happy birthday SC2!
