In Stockholm, the counter-strike 2 contest begins with a prize fund of $ 1 million

In Swedish Stockholm on March 1, the ESL Pro League Season 21 E-Sports Tournament begins with the Counter-Strike 2 game.

In the first phase of the group, 16 teams will fight a group in the Swiss system for 8 seats in the second group stage, where they will wait for the last 8 teams that showed the best results earlier in the season. After the second group, according to the Swiss system, the last 8 teams will compete in the playoffs in the BO3 matches (up to two successes). The best two teams will hold a BO5 match (up to three success) in the final.

Ukrainian Natus Vincere will begin its trip to the contest from the second group.

ESL Pro League Season 21 uses a new distribution of prize funding, which separates the prize funding to players and clubs. For the first time, players will receive $ 100 thousand, while the club will receive $ 150 thousand.

The contest has no viewers living: it can only be watched online. For group stages, two broadcasts are held at the same time 4 matches per day for each, starting at 11:30 hours of KYIV.

The first phase of the group will be held from March 1 to 5, while the remaining tournaments will be held from March 7 to 16.

We reminded, earlier it was reported that German Mouz won a counter-strike 2 contest in Romania.

Counter-Strike 2 is a computer game from the Valve to the Tactical Shooter released in 2023. The essence of the game is to destroy enemies or crack a bomb for one of the teams and neutralize a bomb or enemies for others. The first team won to win 13 wins wins. Usually, teams participating in contests consist of five players and one coach.