ESL Pro League Season 22 Brackets Drawn

The Stage 1 group draw for ESL Pro League Season 22 produced one of the season's most stacked groups: NAVI, Vitality, FaZe, and 9z share Group A, with three top-five sides set to clash before playoffs. Group B headlines G2 vs Heroic in the opening round and a wide-open path through MOUZ and Spirit.

The format reverts to the traditional best-of-three group stage with a single-elimination playoffs bracket. Crowd attendance returns at the LAN finals in Cologne for the first time since the engine transition, with capacity already past 80% in early ticket sales.

First match is set for next Tuesday at 16:00 CET; the official broadcast lineup announces tomorrow.