ESL have revealed the groups, format and schedule for the $512,000 Pro League Season 3 Finals, taking place in Leicester and London, United Kingdom from May 11-15.

ESL Studio in Leicester, United Kingdom, will play host to the Pro League Season 3 Finals group stage, which will be played in the classic GSL-style format with best-of-one's in the opening round and winners' matches, while elimination and decider matches will feature best-of-three's.

Top four teams from each region, Europe and North America, have been split into the two following groups, seemingly according to their placing in the regular season:

Group A Group B Luminosity NiP Astralis Cloud9 OpTic fnatic G2 Liquid

For playoffs the competition will move to London's The O2 state-of-the-art arena after a travel day on Friday, May 13. Semi-finals will feature best-of-three's, while the grand final will come down to a best-of-five series.

ESL have also released a full schedule for the $512,000 event. As usual with ESL events, matches will start shortly after previous ones end, the schedule is only approximate:

Wednesday, May 11th 14:00 OpTic Astralis vs. BO1 15:10 Luminosity G2 vs. BO1 16:20 fnatic Cloud9 vs. BO1 17:30 NiP Liquid vs. BO1 18:40 Group A winners' match BO1 19:50 Group B winners' match BO1 21:00 Group A elimination match BO3 Thursday, May 12th 14:00 Group B elimination match BO3 17:15 Group A decider BO3 20:30 Group B decider BO3

Saturday, May 14th 16:00 Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2) BO3 19:40 Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2) BO3 Sunday, May 15th 16:00 Showmatch 18:00 Grand final BO5

ESL have yet to reveal the nature of the showmatch, which has in the past been a showdown of casters' and analysts' skills, for example at IEM San José.