ESL

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[e][h]ESL
Company Information
Focus:
Professional Gaming League
Founded:
1997 as Deutsche ClanLiga
2000 as ESL
Headquarters:
Cologne, Germany
Employees:
135
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ESL (formerly known as the Electronic Sports League) is an esports league founded in 1997. It has over 2 600 000 registered members, thus being one of the biggest gaming leagues, and organises several StarCraft II events.

Overview[edit]

The ESL, which is a brand that belongs to Turtle Entertainment GmbH, is nowadays present in 37 countries. Each sections of ESL are operated by ventures under a license granted by Turtle Entertainment GmbH. These sections could correspond to a country, (like ESL Germany for instance), or to a group of low-demography countries (like ESL Nordic for Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark).