Twenty-four of the best CS:GO<\/em> teams in the world will battle for their share of $750,000 in ESL Pro League season 14 starting on Monday, Aug. 16.<\/p>
This will be the first premier CS:GO<\/em> tournament to be played after the end of the summer player break on Aug. 15, which saw most of the teams rest after IEM Cologne finished on July 18. The competition will be played entirely online from Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite ESL\u2019s best intentions to hold it on LAN.<\/p>
CS:GO<\/em> tournaments and teams continue to be affected by the pandemic, especially Renegades<\/a>, who had to withdraw from the event less than a week before its start due to the travel restrictions that are taking place in Australia at the moment. ESL filled the vacant spot with forZe, the best team placed on its world rankings that didn’t make the Pro League in the first place.<\/p>
Here\u2019s everything you need to know about ESL Pro League season 14.<\/p>