ESEA Season 23 Global Challenge is set to begin tomorrow with the ESEA Premier Finals for both Europe and North America before the $50,000 event itself kicks off on Friday.

The event in Burbank, California, will begin with Europe's and North America's ESEA Premier Season 23 finalists locking horns for a spot in each of ESL Pro League Season 5's divisions.

The losers of the respective matches will have to fight through ESL Pro League Season 4 relegation, where PENTA and Splyce are waiting for their opponents.

Those matches will also determine the groups for ESEA Season 23 Global Challenge, which will take place from January 6-8:

Initially, BigGods and VG.CyberZen were supposed to participate in the $50,000 event after qualifying from their regions. However, visa issues prevented both teams from traveling to the United States and they were replaced by Rogue and Muffin Lightning.

Keep in mind that TSM will take part with their previous roster, including Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta, due to roster locks.

The event's full schedule is following:

Thursday, January 5th 21:00 Kinguin LDLC vs. BO3 * 00:30 TSM Rush vs. BO3 ** Friday, January 6th 18:00 Bravado TSM / winner vs. Rush winner BO1 19:30 Rogue Kinguin / loser vs. LDLC loser BO1 21:00 Tainted Minds TSM / loser vs. Rush loser BO1 22:30 Muffin Lightning Kinguin / winner vs. LDLC winner BO1 00:00 Group A winners' match BO1 01:30 Group B winners' match BO1 03:00 Group A elimination match BO3 Saturday, January 7th 18:00 Group B elimination match BO3 22:00 Group A decider BO3 02:00 Group B decider BO3

Sunday, January 8th 18:00 Semi-final #1 BO3 21:30 Semi-final #2 BO3 01:30 Grand final BO3

* winner qualifies for ESL Pro League Season 5 Europe

** winner qualifies for ESL Pro League Season 5 North America

The $50,000 prizepool will be distributed followingly: