The ESL Pro League Season 3 finals are just around the corner, so it is time to bring you our trademark viewer's guide with the full schedule, the talent crew and the prize distribution.

The top four sides from both the European and the North American divisions of the ESL Pro League are ready to lock horns at the season finals, with a total of $512,000 on offer at the event.

The group stage matches will be played inside ESL's studio in Leicester, while the playoff games will be held at Indigo at the O2, an entertainment venue located next to the O2 Arena, in London.



Astralis face OpTic in the first match in Leicester

In the group stage, featuring a double-elimination format, the Upper Bracket matches will be played in a best-of-one format, while the elimination matches and the decider matches will be best-of-three.

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

Below you can find the complete tournament schedule:

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



The talent panel for the event is led by O.J. Borg and Alex "Machine" Richardson, the two hosts, with the likes of Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and Anders Blume breaking down the action for viewers and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović sitting at the analyst desk. The full list looks as follows:

O.J. Borg - Host Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk Host Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst Anders Blume - Caster

Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster

Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster

Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Caster

John "Blu" Mullen - Caster Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo - Observer

Alex Rush - Observer

The $512,000 allocated to the season finals will be distributed between the competing teams as follows:

1. $200,000

2. $90,000

3-4. $44,000

5-6. $36,000

7-8. $31,000

Don't forget to check out our preview for the event, written by Michal "stich" Malachowski, who takes a look at all eight competing teams.