ESL Pro Tour 2020

The ESL Pro Tour 2020 is the first world wide Warcraft III pro tour. It is a circuit combining ESL and DreamHack Warcraft III tournaments which are connected by a ranking system into one narrative that builds towards the WC3 Championship.

Starting with its first season, it will offer over $ 205,000 across the tour. In partnership with DreamHack ; starting in 2020, all competitions are aligned within new tier levels: ESL Open Cups, Qualifiers and Challenger Events that lead to the WC3 Championship each year. Everything are tied together with the ESL Pro Tour Ranking.

It's been planned to be a 5 events tour (excluding qualifiers) : 4 Challengers + 1 Year End Championship but due to Covid-19 it had been restructured. The restructuring basically consists in the replacement of each of the 3 last scheduled Challengers (Anaheim has been held as planned) tournaments with 3 regional seasons : America, Asia and Europe all online.

Players earn points in their respective regional seasons in order to qualify for the regional final in early 2021 (played online as well).

Rankings

• Americas
• Asia
• Europe

#	Participant	Total Points	Anaheim	Summer	Fall	Winter	ESL Opens
1	Hitman	1,440	315	300	375	450
2	Moon	900	900
3	FoCuS	630	630
4	CrunCher	562.5		150	187.5	225
5	Foggy	450	450
5	Happy	450	450
7	Ark	412.5	225	50	62.5	75
8	HawK	315	315
8	LawLiet	315	315
8	ThorZaIN	315	315
11	iNSUPERABLE	300		80	100	120
11	KiWiKaKi	300		80	100	120
13	EnTe	225	225
13	n3m0n1c	225	225
13	Neytpoh	225	225
16	Duck	162.5		25	62.5	75
17	BoO	144	144
17	lnclnerator	144	144
17	OC	144	144
17	Vankor	144	144
21	Ceron	87.5		50		37.5
22	Deuce	68.75			31.25	37.5
23	SaysO	56.25		25	31.25

#	Participant	Total Points	Anaheim	Summer	Fall	Winter	ESL Opens
1	Lyn	1,350		250	500	600
2	FoCuS	1,247.5	630	400	37.5	180
3	LawLiet	1,245	315	600	150	180
4	Sok	1,170		120	150	900
5	Moon	1,150	900	250
6	eer0	1,050		120	750	180
7	Fly100%	807.5		120	312.5	375
8	Infi	645		120	150	375
9	Colorful	522.5		30	312.5	180
10	Foggy	450	450
10	Happy	450	450
12	HawK	315	315
12	Hitman	315	315
12	ThorZaIN	315	315
15	Yange	270		30	150	90
16	Ark	225	225
16	Chaemiko	225		60	75	90
16	EnTe	225	225
16	Lin Guagua	225		60	75	90
16	n3m0n1c	225	225
16	Neytpoh	225	225
22	MichaeL	195		30	75	90
23	Fortitude	180		60	75	45
24	BoO	144	144
24	lnclnerator	144	144
24	OC	144	144
24	Vankor	144	144
28	Soin	105		60		45
29	XiaoKai	82.5			37.5	45
30	Pink	75		30		45
31	Sini	37.5			37.5
31	Zhou_Xixi	37.5			37.5

#	Participant	Total Points	Anaheim	Summer	Fall	Winter	ESL Opens
1	Happy	2,137.5	450	450	562.5	675
2	Foggy	1,202.5	450	190	112.5	450
3	HawK	927.5	315	90	237.5	285
4	Moon	900	900
5	FoCuS	630	630
6	XlorD	600		90	375	135
7	VortiX	562.5		190	237.5	135
8	Blade	547.5		300	112.5	135
9	ThorZaIN	498.75	315	90	56.25	37.5
10	KraV	442.5		45	112.5	285
11	Neytpoh	348.75	225	25	31.25	67.5
12	Hitman	315	315
12	LawLiet	315	315
14	Ark	225	225
14	EnTe	225	225
14	n3m0n1c	225	225
14	WaN	225		45	112.5	67.5
18	Spiral	216.25		25	56.25	135
19	BoO	144	144
19	lnclnerator	144	144
19	OC	144	144
19	Vankor	144	144
23	SyDe	143.75		45	31.25	67.5
24	CoopeR	121.25		90	31.25
25	Sonik	93.75		25	31.25	37.5
26	Cash	81.25		25	56.25
27	JohnnyCage	67.5				67.5
28	RaZZoRMaN	56.25			56.25
29	DeMusliM	45		45
30	Paladyn	37.5				37.5
30	TGW	37.5				37.5

Map pool

Amazonia	Concealed Hill	Echo Isles	Last Refuge	Northern Isles	Terenas Stand LV	Twisted Meadows

Seasonal division formatting

ESL Pro Tour 2020 - Division formatting

In 2020, players will compete in regional divisions across 3 seasons to take the road to the Championship in 2021. Each season will consist of: a 2 week window for qualifiers & 3 weeks of main competition.

Global formatting

The ESL Pro Tour 2020 takes place online, players are split into 3 regions : America, Asia and Europe (last one including Africa).

Regarless of the region, the "normal" path is : sign-up to an open qualifier and get a spot for the closed qualifier. Then participe to the closed qualifier and grant a spot for the Challenger.

The ESL National Championship winners can be invited to the closed qualifier, dodging open qualifiers.

The top ranked players are invited to the Challenger, they don't play qualifiers at all.

• Season 1
• Season 2
• Season 3
• Finals

• America
• Asia
• Europe

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (12 players)

Challenger (8 players)

4 from both open qual. 1 & 2

3 from open qual. 3

SaysO

11 from Open qualifiers

Hitman & Ark

6 from closed qual.

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (24 players)

Challenger (16 players)

8 from both open qual. 1 & 2

8 from open qual. 3

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24 from open qualifiers

Infi, Moon, LawLiet and Lyn

12 from closed qualifier

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (24 players)

Challenger (16 players)

8 from both open qual. 1 & 2

6 from open qual. 3

SyDe & VortiX

22 from open qualifiers

Happy, Foggy, HawK & ThorZaIN

12 from closed qualifier

• America
• Asia
• Europe

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (8 players)

Challenger (8 players)

2 from open qual. 1

2 from open qual. 2

SaysO, Ark, Duck, Ceron

4 from Open qualifiers

Hitman, CrunCher, iNSUPERABLE & KiWiKaKi

4 from closed qual.

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (16 players)

Challenger (16 players)

4 from both open qual. 1

4 from both open qual. 2

Chaemiko, Fortitude, Lin Guagua, Soin, Michael, Pink, Colorful & Yange

8 from open qualifiers

LawLiet, FoCuS, Moon, Lyn, Infi, Sok, Fly100% & eer0

8 from closed qualifier

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (16 players)

Challenger (16 players)

4 from both open qual. 1

4 from both open qual. 2

DeMusliM, Cash, Spiral, WaN, KraV, SyDe, Neytpoh & Sonik

8 from open qualifiers

Happy, Blade, Foggy, VortiX, CoopeR, HawK, XlorD & ThorZaIN

8 from closed qualifier

• America
• Asia
• Europe

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (8 players)

Challenger (8 players)

2 from open qual. 1

2 from open qual. 2

SaysO, Ark, Duck, Ceron

4 from Open qualifiers

Hitman, CrunCher, iNSUPERABLE & KiWiKaKi

4 from closed qual.

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (16 players)

Challenger (16 players)

4 from both open qual. 1

4 from both open qual. 2

Chaemiko, Lin Guagua, Michael, Fortitude, Zhou_Xixi, FoCuS, XiaoKai & Sini

8 from open qualifiers

eer0, Lyn, Fly100%, Colorful, LawLiet, Yange, Infi & Sok

8 from closed qualifier

Open qualifiers

Closed qualifer (16 players)

Challenger (16 players)

4 from both open qual. 1

4 from both open qual. 2

RaZZoRMaN, Cash, ThorZaIN, Spiral, Neytpoh, CoopeR, Sonik & SyDe

8 from open qualifiers

Happy, XlorD, VortiX, HawK, Foggy, Blade, KraV & WaN

8 from closed qualifier

• America
• Asia
• Europe

Championship (2 players)

Hitman

CrunCher

Open qualifier

Closed qualifer (8 players)

Championship (12 players)

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Top 8 goes on

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8 from open qualifier

Top 9 Asia EPT ranking

3 from closed qualifier

Open qualifier

Closed qualifer (8 players)

Championship (8 players)

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Top 8 goes on

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8 from open qualifier

Top 5 Europe EPT ranking

3 from closed qualifier

Open qualifiers format

The open qualifiers are the first step and consist of a single elimination bracket :

• early rounds played as Bo1,
• qualifying rounds played as Bo3,
• a certain number of players (depending on the region and the qualifier itself) grant a spot for the next step : the closed qualifier.

Closed qualifiers format

The closed qualifiers are the second and last step and consit of a swiss system :

• 2 wins for qualification ; 2 losses for elimination,
• a certain number of players (depending on the region) get a spot for the Challenger event and grant the opportunity of winning EPT points.

Seasonal prize distribution

ESL Pro Tour 2020 - Prize distribution

ESL Pro Tour points will split regionally, each region competing within their own division for positions at the ESL WC3 Championship.

Championship distribution

After the season 3 ending, will be qualified for the tour-ending championship :

• the Anaheim winner (Moon),
• the top 2 players from America,
• the top 8 players from Asia,
• the top 5 players from Europe.

Prize money per season

$ 25,000 per season are spread among the players as seen below :

• Anaheim is the "season 0"
• regarding season 1,2 & 3
  • America : $ 5,000,
  • Asia : $ 10,000,
  • Europe : $ 10,000.

Anaheim

Place	Prize ($)
1st	7,500
2nd	3,500
3 - 4th	2,000
5 - 8th	1,250
9 - 12th	750
13 - 16th	500
17 - 20th	-
21 - 24th	-

America (S1, S2 & S3)

Place	Prize ($)
1st	1,600
2nd	1,000
3 - 4th	600
5 - 6th	400
7 - 8th	200

Asia (S1, S2 & S3)

Place	Prize ($)
1st	2,400
2nd	1,200
3 - 4th	800
5 - 8th	600
9 - 12th	400
13 - 16th	200

Europe (S1, S2 & S3)

Place	Prize ($)
1st	2,400
2nd	1,200
3 - 4th	800
5 - 8th	600
9 - 12th	400
13 - 16th	200

Points per season

Each Challenger event provides EPT points depending of the area :

Anaheim

Place	Points
1st	900
2nd	630
3 - 4th	450
5 - 8th	315
9 - 12th	225
13 - 16th	144
17 - 20th	72
21 - 24th	36

America Season 1

Place	Points
1st	300
2nd	150
3 - 4th	80
5 - 6th	50
7 - 8th	25

Asia Season 1

Place	Points
1st	600
2nd	400
3 - 4th	250
5 - 8th	120
9 - 12th	60
13 - 16th	30

Europe Season 1

Place	Points
1st	450
2nd	300
3 - 4th	190
5 - 8th	90
9 - 12th	45
13 - 16th	25

America Season 2

Place	Points
1st	375
2nd	187.5
3 - 4th	100
5 - 6th	62.5
7 - 8th	31.25

Asia Season 2

Place	Points
1st	750
2nd	500
3 - 4th	312.5
5 - 8th	150
9 - 12th	75
13 - 16th	37.5

Europe Season 2

Place	Points
1st	562.5
2nd	375
3 - 4th	237.5
5 - 8th	112.5
9 - 12th	56.5
13 - 16th	31.25

America Season 3

Place	Points
1st	450
2nd	225
3 - 4th	120
5 - 6th	75
7 - 8th	37.5

Asia Season 3

Place	Points
1st	900
2nd	600
3 - 4th	375
5 - 8th	180
9 - 12th	90
13 - 16th	45

Europe Season 3

Place	Points
1st	675
2nd	450
3 - 4th	285
5 - 8th	135
9 - 12th	67.5
13 - 16th	37.5

The best players who reached the Closed Qualifier but failed to qualify for the regional Challenger earn some few points as well :

• Season 1
• Season 2
• Season 3
• Show All

• America : 7th to 9th ranked player each earn 10 points.
• Asia : 13th to 18th ranked player each earn 15 points.
• Europe : 13th to 18th ranked player each earn 10 points.

• America : 5th-6th ranked player each earn 12.5 points.
• Asia : 9th to 12th ranked player each earn 18.75 points.
• Europe : 9th to 12th ranked player each earn 12.5 points.

• America : 5th-6th ranked player each earn 15 points.
• Asia : 9th to 12th ranked player each earn 22.5 points.
• Europe : 9th to 12th ranked player each earn 15 points.

External links

• announcement of EPT 2020 restructuring.
• Fall season announcement.
• Winter season announcement.
• Official ranking.