ESL Pro Tour
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In January 2020 ESL announced the ESL Pro Tour (EPT), replacing the Blizzard-organized WCS system.[1][2]
The ESL Pro Tour combines the legacies of ESL, DreamHack and WCS tournaments in a 3 years' partnership. It offers more than $4 million USD in prize money across the tours and crowns the official StarCraft II World Champions. The circuit incorporates ESL and DreamHack tournaments, which are connected by a ranking system, into one narrative that builds towards the Masters Championships each year at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice. The Masters Championship will include the best players from the ESL Pro Tour and Korean leagues.
In additon to the Masters Championships, global events, the DH Masters and their qualifiers the EPT introduced the ESL Open Cups, a series of weekly cups in all three big regions, granting prize money and EPT points.
ESL Pro Tour 2020/21[edit]
| Event | Date | Winner | Runner-Up | Score |
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| World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | IEM Katowice 2021 | March 2021 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Global Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | IEM Katowice 2020 | 2020-02-24 – 2020-03-01 |   Rogue |  Zest | 4 - 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TeamLiquid StarLeague 5 | 2020-05-16 – 2020-06-07 | soO |  INnoVation | 4 - 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Summer: Season Finals | 2020-07-16 – 2020-07-19 |  Serral | Trap | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Fall: Season Finals | 2020-09-15 – 2020-09-20 |  Reynor | Trap | 4 - 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King of Battles | 2020-10-03 – 2020-10-11 | Maru | Cure | 4 - 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Winter: Season Finals | 2020-11-10 – 2020-11-15 | Serral | Stats | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TeamLiquid StarLeague 6 | 2020-12-05 – 2020-12-20 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020: Last Chance 2021 | 2021-01-12 – 2021-01-17 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GSL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2020 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 | 2020-04-11 – 2020-06-06 | TY | Cure | 4 - 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 | 2020-06-20 – 2020-08-15 | Rogue | Stats | 4 - 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 | 2020-08-29 – 2020-11-01 | TY | Maru | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EPT Korea Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Super Tournament 1 | 2020-03-18 – 2020-03-28 | Maru | Dark | 4 - 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Super Tournament 2 | 2020-12-02 – 2020-12-12 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EPT Circuit Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Summer: Europe | 2020-06-24 – 2020-07-12 | Reynor | Serral | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Summer: North America | 2020-06-30 – 2020-07-12 |  Neeb | Astrea | 4 - 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Fall: Europe | 2020-08-26 – 2020-09-13 | Reynor |  Clem | 4 - 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Fall: North America | 2020-09-01 – 2020-09-13 |  Scarlett | Astrea | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Winter: Europe | 2020-10-21 – 2020-11-08 | Clem | Reynor | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH SC2 Masters 2020 Winter: North America | 2020-10-27 – 2020-11-08 | Astrea | Neeb | 4 - 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ Electronic Sports League (2020-01-07). "Introducing the #ESLProTour for StarCraft II and Warcraft III: Reforged". Twitter.
- ↑ Oliver Olli Herrmann-Preschnofsky (2020-01-07). "ESL Pro Tour replaces WCS on a 3-year deal". Team Liquid.