
Tournament operator ESL presented a comparative analysis of the participants’ starting seeding ahead of the first stage of the ESL Pro League Season 24 championship. The organizers compared the official VRS rankings with the seeding based on the esports teams’ own assessments of their opponents’ strength.
According to published data, Team Vitality took second place in the team seeding list, which is two spots higher than its position in the VRS system. Team Spirit topped both lists. Meanwhile, MOUZ ranked fourth according to the participants, whereas in Valve’s chart, the organization holds the second spot. A discrepancy in rankings was also noted for Aurora Gaming, which received the seventh seed from the teams compared to tenth in the VRS. The rankings for Team Spirit, Team Falcons, FURIA, Natus Vincere, BetBoom Team, PARIVISION, and SHINDEN were identical in both tables.
ESL Pro League Season 24 will take place from October 3 to 11, 2026, in Poland at the Spodek Arena. During the competition, sixteen teams will compete for a total prize pool of $1,000,000.
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