ESL One Birmingham 2026 — 22 - 29 march 2026

General information

Tournament format

general information

• 12 teams take part in the tournament.
• The four teams are selected by the EPT ranking system.
• Eight teams advanced to the tournament thanks to regional qualifiers.

Playoff table.

• A second-chance tournament grid, i.e. a tournament system in which a participant is eliminated from the tournament after two losses.
• All matches, except for the Grand Final, are held in the Bo3 format.
• The Grand Final is held in Bo5 format.
• Double Elimination
• All matches are Bo3.
• Grand Final Bo5.

Group stage

• The participants of the tournament are divided into two groups of 6 teams each.
• All matches are played in Bo2 format.
• All matches are played in a single round-robin format. It is a tournament system in which each team faces every other team only once.
• The top two teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs.
• The 3rd and 4th place teams advance to the lower playoff bracket.
• The remaining teams are eliminated from the tournament.
• The top two teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs.
• The teams that took 3rd and 4th place advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs.
• The remaining teams are eliminated from the tournament.