ESL Pro League Season 11 groups revealed

5-3-2020 18:11

ESL have announced the four groups of six that will comprise the Pro League Season 11 group stage.

Four groups of six teams have been drawn for the ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage, which will kick off on March 16 in Malta, as HLTV.org has learned. Each group will feature best-of-three matches in a round-robin format, from which the winners will advance to a play-in for better playoff seeding while the second and third-place finishers will advance to a round of 12.

Astralis could face Na`Vi in the play-in if they both top their groups

Group A will be headlined by Astralis, the favorites ahead of Vitality, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and ENCE, a pack of teams that are working on finding their identity in 2020, and underdogs GODSENT and Sharks. Meanwhile Group B will feature a strong duo at the top, IEM Katowice champions Natus Vincere and semi-finalists fnatic, who will be joined by FURIA, HEROIC, FORZE and Complexity.

MOUZ, Liquid and 100 Thieves all failed to make a semi-final appearance at IEM Katowice, but one of these three Group C teams will have a golden opportunity as the winner could end up in the top four by winning the following play-in match against the Group D champion. The other three teams in the pool, Virtus.pro , Renegades and BOOM, will have to pull off big upset performances to end at the top.

Last but not least is Group D, which will pit G2, Evil Geniuses and FaZe against each other, three teams that are all within four positions in the world ranking and that will have to deal with OG trying to break into the playoff spots. North and TYLOO round out the group with less upset potential, but could prove fatal if they manage to steal some series from the frontrunners.

The ESL Pro League Season 11 groups are:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

HAHAHAHA XD ENCE

2020-03-05 18:12

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group D pretty stacked

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+1 A little bit too ez for tyloo though

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Another Pro League win for Mouz!

2020-03-05 18:13

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Jason Lake is crying now lul

2020-03-05 18:15

And group A is by far the easiest. No real contenders. Probably NIP or Godsent second...

2020-03-06 08:00

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OMEGALUL

2020-03-06 21:14

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Vita will only get through if Zywoo plays the best he ever has. They will play with a complete rookie on pro level cs and have apex as an igl for the first time. They've already been struggling but this new team will probably not be structured enough when epl kicks off. Even Zywoo cannot bring them through I'd say. Let's wait and see.

2020-03-07 00:52

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It made me laugh that you see nip go through.

2020-03-07 14:00

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I know its hard to imagine but Nip is a streaky team. Sometimes they just get bombed and sometimes they get some wins you would not expect them to get. With vitality even before being a team easy to upset if zywoo isnt hitting all of his shots I can see Nip or Godsent to go through.

2020-03-08 12:23

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I agree, but I’d see Godsent through any day, I’m maybe biased but they‘ve always surprised and impressed me.

2020-03-08 20:02

fair point

2020-03-08 21:52

full stack of trash team?

2020-03-05 18:14

Close matches at the very least. It's like everyone in group D could beat everyone, except Tyloo who're outclassed (Still can upset tho)

2020-03-05 18:34

C is also kinda stacked, it depends on what form does VP show tbf, but the top 3 are pretty good teams.

2020-03-05 18:35

stacked? C is by far the easiest group out of them all imo

2020-03-05 18:41

Nah that's A NiP isn't that great ENCE is awful Vitality just lost their IGL GODSENT and Sharks are around decent but not good enough Group C has Mousesports, Liquid and 100T that can all reach a final in a good tournament run. VP can also reach that level but they haven't for a really long time so it's kinda hard to tell if they will. Then 2 filler spots honestly. It's better than group B that has like Na`Vi, Fnatic and then 4 upset teams.

2020-03-05 18:49

actually true, I completely forgot Vitality lost ALEX. you're right

2020-03-05 19:00

Renegades are currently better than VP.

2020-03-06 21:17

+1 even current Liquid will win Group C, so ez

2020-03-05 19:03

Easy as lose vs FaZe

2020-03-05 19:43

exactly

2020-03-05 19:16

+1 kkkkkkkkk

RIP ENCE

2020-03-05 18:11

ez for navi

+999

2020-03-05 18:48

EZ4FNATIC and NAVI (my comments) "flag"

2020-03-05 22:50

I remember Jason Lake asking to not put complexity into Navi's group, lol

Lmao ez group for Astralis

+1 Not another top 10 team in it

D-DEATH

-a? yes

2020-03-05 18:50

+1 eg og g2 faze they are all close to each other even though g2 and faze seem better for now

2020-03-05 19:39

I expect EG i current form to not pass and Faze to choke again. G2 will do it and either Faze or OG. OG had some weeks off to focus on their game and theit tactics. And they have good firepower. They might do it.

2020-03-06 08:05

and North

2020-03-08 11:13

Damn, poor Tyloo

Well, ez for tyloo jajaja

2020-03-06 00:11

cya ence. tier 500 XDDD

Lmao easy for OG, will get revenge on G2 from blast, crush EG once again and then lose to faze

G2 looks scary, dont realistically expect og to win them yet. But who knows, they have had time to train for a while now.

2020-03-05 18:24

G2 looks fluke

2020-03-05 19:13

nah bro, they look promising, nexa doink good job

2020-03-05 19:34

group D stacked af

Strongest group = B Weakest group = A

Hell no , look group D , everyone can upset , group B ez for navi and fnatic

2020-03-05 18:17

yeah navi and fnatic but teams can always upset and those teams can

2020-03-05 18:21

Group D >>> Group A A only has astralis and broken ass vitality

Group D has three good teams, two freebies and a team yet to prove itself in tier1, meanwhile in group B I could see any team going through (Na'Vi and Fnatic are pretty unstable as top teams)

2020-03-05 18:33

5 top 4 , 3 finals = unstable Ok

2020-03-05 19:15

Group D looks amazing

ENCe is fucked :D

D is for Death

wtf this a group, so ez for astralis B at least have good competition between tier 2 teams

Is Boom any good ? First time hearing about this team

2020-03-05 18:16

they are ex intz

What is play-in ? How this format works?

Nvm, already read

2020-03-05 18:18

group D is evil lol

EZ4ENCE!

ez group 4 ence

wtf astralis group is way to easy

FaZe & G2 Hunter and Hunter's cousin this is gonna be fun

true

2020-03-05 18:31

if liquid dont fix their shit then 100T could take their group, YTB

Liquids the biggest obstacle now if 100t beat them were top in our group. Goooo 100T

2020-03-05 18:42

And renegades could squeeze through in 3rd

2020-03-06 02:21

LMAO, Vitality got the easiest group ever HAHAHA

GROUP b mens B-Bad

navi not bad((

2020-03-05 18:27

Poor complexity kekw

2020-03-05 18:20

Na'Vi <3

2020-03-05 18:22

Let’s go faze baby faze up lads

lol vitality 0/5

F 4 sharks

same thing going to happen in esl s10

2020-03-05 18:25

MIBR can do this .... oh wait nvm

2020-03-05 18:28

ENCE WINLESS XDDD

2020-03-05 18:29

ok ok boomer

Navi vs forZe kreygasm

Free Group for Astralis cba

2020-03-05 18:32

NaVi too easy through semis

navi vs fnatic 0=

Group A is Astralis and 5 tier 3+ teams WTF and Group D is stacked af

+1 GROUP A IS THE MOST UNBALANCED GROUP.

allu is a tactical genius, he is most known of his signature tactic: "bringing firepower, but benching Aleksib". He has a second little known tactic of "losing to Tier 2 teams, but having fun". What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure.

Allu is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic "Rush B, but then turn back and bench AleksiB". He also has a second little known tactic of "Rush A, but then turn back and go home without any wins". What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL for sure.

2020-03-06 21:22

Astralis get easy group once again. How many times does this happen?

once again, yeah like in blast with the most stacked group ever

2020-03-05 18:45

Group A so weak smh

B is easier. So ez 4 navi

2020-03-05 19:25

Easy group for G2 <3

2020-03-05 18:36

Group A is a joke

100 Thieves vs Renegades *Spiderman meme*

lol

2020-03-05 19:23

They dont actually play each other which is sad

2020-03-06 02:22

2020-03-05 18:38

Well, at least ence got the group with the best chances of making it to playoffs!

2020-03-05 18:39

Boom is fucked lol

Predictions: Easiest Group=Group A: 1st Astralis 2nd Nip 3rd Vitality Group C 1st Navi 2nd Fnatic 3rd CoL/Furia Group C: 1st Mouz 2nd Liquid 3rd 100T through Hardest Group: Group D: 1st G2, 2nd Faze 3rd EG/OG

2020-03-05 18:40

MOUZ ALWAYS LUCKY GROUPS MENS... what a fluke team

Grp A is the easiest

Astralis with easy ass group as usual, no wonder they always make it out of groups even when they struggle

2020-03-05 18:43

can't wait

2020-03-05 18:44

Why does the article have the maltese flag?

Played in Malta.

2020-03-06 21:23

rip tyloo :(

Maltese flag? wtf men)))

2020-03-05 18:52

Group Stage is in Malta

2020-03-05 19:36

Astralis always gets the easiest group lol

2020-03-05 18:53

2020-03-05 19:21

RIP ENCE lul

Where is BIG? They are better than half of them.

2020-03-05 19:07

Playing in flashpoint against tier 5 xaxsxa

2020-03-05 19:08

HAVU is not tier 5 team. omega lul

2020-03-05 19:09

At mdl

2020-03-06 08:12

Group D most stacked group A is a joke

ez for NaVi

2020-03-05 19:17

2020-03-05 19:27

I feel sorry for the chinese :(

2020-03-05 19:20

So we're gonna have 3 games of cs daily? hell yeah esl, you know what we want

+!, I also like this format a lot.

2020-03-05 19:30

As always. Astralis gets one of the weakest groups. So ez to go to play offs

2020-03-05 19:26

Group A Astralis Vitality NIP/Godsent Group B Natus Vincere fnatic Complexity Group C mousesports Liquid 100 Thieves Group D G2 OG Faze

group a easiest, since viality lost alex

2020-03-05 19:40

I won’t underestimate them until thy play them

2020-03-06 08:19

Ence gonna have fun in group A

2020-03-05 19:28

No RNG vs 100T wtf

2020-03-05 19:52

why some of the matches are missing, its round-robin so we should have 15 bo3s in each group and not 13

2020-03-05 20:17

i miss mibr

2020-03-05 21:35

Why do some teams play 5 matches and some 4 matches wtf?

2020-03-05 22:12

how can they tease us Aussie fans with 100T & Renegades being in the same group then have them play everyone but each other in the group wtf mens. Also Groups are so unbalanced anyways predictions are: Group A: 1st Astralis, 2nd NiP 3rd GODSENT 4th Vitality 5th ENCE 6th Sharks Group B: 1st NaVi 2nd Fnatic 3rd FURIA 4th CompLexity 5th ForZe 6th Heroic Group C: 1st Liquid 2nd 100Thieves 3rd Mousesports 4th Renegades 5th Virtus Pro 6th BOOM Group D: 1st G2 2nd FaZe 3rd OG 4th EG 5th North 6th TyLoo

2020-03-05 23:27