2022/2023
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 Regional Standings
4 Player advance
Group Stages (Ro24)
24Players
- 5x EPT/GSL Winners
- 13x EPT Regional Standings
- 2x from Global Standings
- 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, America, and Asian servers.
Each year from the qualification deadline for Katowice, ESL Open Cups will not provide EPT.
In the 2022/2023 season there are two competitive seasons split into Valencia and Atlanta. 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 and 2021 systems, providing the best players with an invitation to the seasonal finals hosted live at either DreamHack Valencia or DreamHack Atlanta.
Apart from those seasons and the GSL, there will be several non-ESL competitions offering EPT Points to the World Champion crowning tournament at IEM Katowice.
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 2021-22 invited based on their final result in Katowice and the 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
- 16x Year 2 Result
- 16x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 4x
REQUALIFACTION
- Top 16x Re-Invited
- 16x Qualifiers
North America16 Player
Player Distribution
- 8x Year 2 Result
- 8x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 2x
REQUALIFACTION
- Top 8x Re-Invited
- 8x Qualifiers
Latin America8 Player
Player Distribution
- 4x Year 2 Result
- 4x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 1x
REQUALIFCATION
- Top 4x Re-Invited
- 4x Qualifiers
Oceania & Roa8 Player
Player Distribution
- 4x Year 2 Result
- 4x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 1x
REQUALIFACTION
- Top 4x Re-Invited
- 4x Qualifiers
China8 Player
Player Distribution
- 4x Year 2 Result
- 4x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 1x
REQUALIFCATION
- Top 4x Re-Invited
- 4x Qualifiers
TAI/HK/MAC/JPN/MN8 Player
Player Distribution
- 4x Year 2 Result
- 4x Qualifier
QUALIFIED FOR SEASON FINALS
- 1x
REQUALIFACTION
- Top 4x Re-Invited
- 4x Qualifiers
GSL & EPT Integration
ESL Pro Tour
PRIZE & POINTS
REGIONAL Allocation
Europe
North America
China
Latin America
Taiwan
Oceania
DH SC2 MASTERS:EUROPE
Prize Money | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
TOTAL | $110,500 | 6820 Points | |
1ST | $15,000 | 1200 Points | |
2ND | $10,000 | 825 Points | |
3RD | $6,000 | 600 Points | |
4TH | $4,500 | 375 Points | |
5TH-6TH | $3,500 | 285 Points | |
7TH-8TH | $3,000 | 225 Points | |
9TH-12TH | $2,500 | 195 Points | |
13TH-16TH | $2,000 | 165 Points | |
17TH-20TH | $1,500 | 120 Points | |
21ST-24TH | $1,200 | 90 Points | |
25TH-28TH | $900 | 60 Points | |
29TH-32ND | $600 | 30 Points | |
33TH-40TH | $400 | 15 Points | |
41ST-48TH | $200 | 5 Points | |
Win in Groupstage | $200 | ||
Global Allocation
DREAMHACK SC2 MASTERSFESTIVALS
Prize Money | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
TOTAL | $100,000 | 10840 Points | |
1ST | $15,000 | 1500 Points | |
2ND | $10,000 | 1000 Points | |
3RD-4TH | $6,500 | 600 Points | |
5TH-8TH | $3,600 | 375 Points | |
9TH-16TH | $2,000 | 225 Points | |
17TH-24TH | $1,250 | 150 Points | |
25TH-32ND | $1,000 | 120 Points | |
33RD-40TH | $750 | 90 Points | |
41ST-48TH | $500 | 60 Points | |
49TH-56TH | $300 | 40 Points | |
57TH-64TH | $150 | 20 Points | |
65TH-80TH | – | 0 Points |
ESL Pro Tour
CHAMPIONSHIP DISTRIBUTION
Direct Invites
From Standings
EPT StandingsEU 4 | NA 2| LA 1 | CN 1
Korea Standing 5
From Standings
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!
