ESL Pro League Season 11 splits teams in regional groups; three teams drop from league

ESL has released more details about the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 11. Due to coronavirus concerns, ESL Pro League Season 11 was changed from being on LAN to instead taking place online due to travel restrictions on teams, and for the safety of everyone involved.

Teams have now been split into regional groups to help cut down on online inconsistencies. Three teams have also been replaced in ESL Pro League Season 11. Renegades, Sharks, and Heroic will be replaced in the league due to different issues among the three teams. BIG will replace Heroic, and Swole Patrol will replace Renegades. A replacement for Sharks has yet to be announced.

With these team shake-ups and the new regional groups, here are the new groups for ESL Pro League Season 11:

Group A

• Astralis
• Team Vitality
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• GODSENT
• ENCE
• BOOM ID

Group B

• Natus Vincere
• Fnatic
• North
• forZe
• BIG
• Complexity

Group C 

• Evil Geniuses
• Team Liquid
• 100 Thieves
• FURIA Esports
• Swole Patrol
• TBD

Group D

• mousesports
• G2 Esports
• FaZe Clan
• Virtus.pro
• OG
• Tyloo

ESL Pro League Season 11 will still kick off on Monday, March 16, 2020. The three daily series will still be a best-of-three format. There are some minor changes to the schedule and what teams are playing where with groups C & D seeing North American teams play in the last slot of the day. You can see the full schedule here.