The organizers of ESL Pro League Season 22 have announced the teams that received direct invites or secured their spots at the tournament. NAVI will begin from Stage 2, while B8 will start in Stage 1 as champions of ESEA Advanced (ECL Season 49). The event will take place from September 27 to October 12 in Stockholm, featuring a $1,000,000 prize pool.
Qualifiers, Academies, and the Road to the Major
The first stage of the tournament will carry special importance — its results will impact the updated ranking system used to determine invites for the upcoming Major in Budapest.
Additionally, NIP, fnatic, NAVI Junior, TNL, ENCE, Passion UA, and Party Astronauts have accepted invitations to the closed regional qualifiers for ESL Pro League. Only one team from each region will advance to the LAN stage.
Interestingly, if NAVI Junior or Spirit Academy qualifies for the main tournament, their organizations will have to choose which roster to field — the main team or the academy lineup — as ESL rules allow only one lineup per organization in the league.
Stage 2
Stage 1
Closed Qualifiers
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Each team was invited based on their roster submitted through the VRS. The deadline to finalize all rosters is September 13, 2025.
- Declined invites in Europe: ECSTATIC, BetBoom Team, HOTU.
- Declined invites in North America: Complexity.
- Declined invite in South America: FURIA Esports Impact.
- Declined invites in Asia: FlyQuest, Eruption.
Thus, ESL Pro League Season 22 promises to be not only a prestigious event with a million-dollar prize pool but also a crucial battleground on the path to the Budapest Major. Invites, qualifiers, and potential roster dilemmas add intrigue from the very beginning. Fierce competition lies ahead — and every match could prove decisive.
Source: pro.eslgaming.com
