{"id":22755,"date":"2025-03-12T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=22755"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:00:32","slug":"esl-pro-league-season-21-playoff-stage-overview-brackets-schedule-and-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-21-playoff-stage-overview-brackets-schedule-and-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League Season 21 Playoff Stage Overview: Brackets, Schedule and Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-21-play-in-overview-teams-format-favorites-and-underdogs\/\">Stage 1<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-21-stage-2-overview-teams-schedule-favorites-and-underdogs\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-pro-league-season-21-stage-2-overview-teams-schedule-favorites-and-underdogs\/\">Stage 2<\/a><\/strong>, we now know eight teams that will attend the playoffs and fight for the prize pool of <strong>$400,000<\/strong>. We didn&#8217;t get any underdog teams in the playoff stage<strong> <\/strong>this time, and now we will see all the top teams fighting each other and showing their best. It will be interesting to see who will come out on top this time. <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> are the champions of <strong>ESL Pro League 20<\/strong>, and it&#8217;s their chance to defend their champions title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff Stage Brackets and Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfXZLOmCZ9GIwbdH68ZCB-sKDOXmllKbKSTelHaSfDwHkdiX399dy9PAR3hvvgqhsUoWwFKqxpjzas_a1kzgRZGUbDngwrz0A740eExamWM6RuGf6_BuVCIBLR_LacwqgGKw3C4Pg?key=Vt088ZhRw1AuEel1UN3kUWPS\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ESL Pro League Season 21 &#8211; Playoff Stage &#8211; Brackets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vitality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liquid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natus Vincere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TheMongolZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MOUZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eternal Fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spirit <\/strong>looks like the favorite for their side of the bracket since <strong>G2 <\/strong>doesn&#8217;t look as good as before. <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>has yet to prove itself against the best teams with its new in-game leader, and <strong>Eternal Fire <\/strong>is also shaky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not that clear about the other side of the bracket. <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> is here to defend their champion title, but they&#8217;re not in their best shape. <strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>did great in previous stages, but they still lack consistency. <strong>Team Liquid<\/strong> got unfortunate with the bracket. They don&#8217;t seem ready for the best teams yet, even though they always have a chance to surprise. <strong>Vitality <\/strong>crushed the previous stage and will be the biggest threat to <strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>if they both get to the <strong>semi-final<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 13<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quarter-final #1, <strong>Eternal Fire <\/strong>vs. <strong>Spirit <\/strong>starting at <strong>15:45 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quarter-final #2, <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>vs. <strong>G2 <\/strong>starting at <strong>18:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quarter-final #3, <strong>Vitality <\/strong>vs. <strong>Liquid <\/strong>starting at <strong>15:45 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quarter-final #4, <strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>vs. <strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>starting at <strong>18:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Semi-final #1 starting at <strong>15:45 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Semi-final #2 starting at <strong>18:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Grand Final<\/strong> starts at <strong>17:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>ESL Pro League Stage 2<\/strong> will be streamed live for viewers worldwide. Whether you&#8217;re at home, at work, or on the go, you can enjoy every thrilling moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ESLCS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESL Pro League Primary Twitch Stream<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ESLCS\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESL Pro League YouTube Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview After Stage 1 and Stage 2, we now know eight teams that will attend the playoffs and fight for the prize pool of $400,000. We didn&#8217;t get any underdog teams in the playoff stage this time, and now we will see all the top teams fighting each other and showing their best. It will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":22756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-22755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-tournaments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22757,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22755\/revisions\/22757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}