ESL Pro League Season 24 (Katowice)
Counter-Strike 2's ESL Pro League returns to a full LAN format in Katowice, with the Season 24 playoffs at Spodek Arena on 9-11 October 2026.
ESL Pro League Season 24 is the first edition of the long-running Counter-Strike 2 league to be played entirely on LAN, and it is happening in Katowice, Poland. Sixteen teams opened the Swiss-format group stage on 3 October 2026; the top eight advance to a single-elimination playoff bracket held at Spodek Arena from 9 to 11 October, with the grand final played as a best-of-five.
The field is made up of twelve teams invited through the Valve Regional Standings and four qualifiers from ESL Challenger League Season 51: Team Spirit, Team Falcons, MOUZ, 9z Globant, Team Vitality, Natus Vincere, Legacy, FURIA, BetBoom Team, Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports, PARIVISION, 1WIN, M80, ShindeN and TYLOO. The total prize pool is 1,000,000 USD, with 125,000 USD going to the winner.
Spodek is the venue Counter-Strike fans know from IEM Katowice, and this is the first time in six years that ESL Pro League playoffs are being played in front of an arena crowd. For players from Croatia and the wider region, Katowice is one of the closest places to see tier-one CS2 live - a few hours by car or a short flight from Zagreb, Ljubljana or Belgrade. Ticket details are published by ESL on the official event page.
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