ESEA announce S18 prize distribution

Season 18 of ESEA will feature a total of $204,000 of prize money for CS:GO and TF2, with CS:GO receiving the vast majority at $186,000.

As previously reported, the top three prizes for the currently completed Invite division were nearly tripled, and a total of $144,000 will be up for grabs when the top European and North American teams converge in Dallas between April 17-19.

Additionally, all eight qualified teams receive a minimum of $4,000 in travel support which should ensure that all teams from Europe will certainly be present for the offline finals.

ESEA S18 will have the most prize money on record for the league

Of note is that the Premier division prize pot has also been doubled to $12,000 in order to make the division below Invite more illustrious for aspiring teams.

The remainder of the Season 18 prize pool distribution is as follows:

Global Invite	NA Premier	EU/NA Main	EU/NA Intermediate
1. $70,000	1. $6,000	1. $2,000	1. $1,300
2. $25,000	2. $4,000	2. $1,400	2. $850
3. $15,000	3-4. $1,000	3-4. $850	3-4. $525
4. $10,000	-	-	5-8. $200
5-6. - $7,000	-	-	-
7-8. - $5,000	-	-	-

EU/NA/BR Open	AP/AU Open
1. $1,000	1. $850
2. $650	2. $400
3-4. $400	3-4. $225
5-6. $175	5-6. $150

Aside from representing a marked increase on all fronts in terms of prize money, this is also the first time that the Brazilian, Australian and Asia-Pacific regions will be able to earn prize money through their respective open leagues.