Today is Sunday, and this always means that there's a lot of fun comming up! Almost 40 matches will be played today, and all part of this 1st Matchweek! We will be providing a live update of each match, in the ESL newspost. You will be able to see all the scores and all the highlights of the matches with just a simple click!

Live updates

23:18 - End of Sunday Matches!
22:50 - Last 3 Sunday matches are currently being played in the Winter Leagues! Check them out here!
22:35 - Premier League matches are now over! 8k damage on Goldrush and 5 man kill is how the polish team managed to win against a very promising and reinforced team ! 4-2 after an intense match! hunter - Man of the match!
22:05 - DOUBLE FULLHOLD on Goldrush for mCon but delivered on Adlernest !
22:00 - 18 matches still being played ! tMoe vs Codelust and mCon vs This Is Madness still without a winner!
21:40 - What a teamplay for the czechs from zeroE on adlernest! Succesful combo: rape an oppo - take obj - make 3 man kill defending transmitter ! 2:23 on Adlernest = Game over for aToon!
21:30 - If you are stuck in traffic, tell your team mates that you can't play through facebook ! That's what happened in this match!
21:00 - SICK 3 man panzer by Elviss! Match closed, clean and easy for clan6!
20:55 - 25 matches are going to start in 5 minutes! Good luck spectating all of them guys! :D
20:42 - Queens delivered ! 4-0 against Kolmee Raitaa!
19:55 - Queens are going to match soon ! 6on6 matches, clan6 vs S.I.C.K will be spectated by FoaMeA and ND vs NBS by Kwizlord! Expect some quality matches starting with 20.00 CET !
19:36 - Clean and easy for mCon!
19:12 - Hard victory for the wise guys! 4-0 against the yermans! More details...
19:00 - mCon vs UFO started!
18:50 - First surprise of this Sunday in 3on3 Premier League!
18:35 - re+play managed to easily win against Priests!
18:00 - Three 3on3 matches from the premier league started!
17:30 - CF announcement

In each week we will feature/highlight the most interesting matches in the first division(3on3 and 6on6). As we are always happy to receive feedback from players, if you have any suggestion regarding what match(es) should be featured in the next weeks, feel free to post in the ESL news.

A new year has arrived and it is time to get the winter leagues started! All swaps are done, all teams are ready. Here we go with the Winter Leagues 2012! Several matches are already scheduled while other teams are still completing their line-up for this season.

This season we are going to try to provide far more coverage than we did in the last leagues that we hosted. You will see players giving out statements about the match, interviews, an admin spectating the match, after-match statements and for the first time, match reviews for those who missed the match and want a quick story about it.

In each week we will feature/highlight the most interesting matches in the first division(3on3 and 6on6). As we are always happy to receive feedback from players, if you have any suggestion regarding what match(es) should be featured in the next weeks, feel free to post in the ESL news. We'll try to provide a voting system for this matter as soon as possible.

The signups are closed! It's time for the groups of the Winter Leagues to be published! The 1on1 tournament will start with 52 players divided into 2 parts which will merge together after the group stage. 32 teams found their way into the 2on2 tournament divided into two divisions. The 3on3 (76 teams) and the 6on6 (68 teams) tournaments will both have 4 divisions.

The 3on3 map voting was won by et_ice with 50% while missile_b3 turned out to be the winner at the 6on6 voting with 53%. Both maps are included in the schedule and will be played.

The ESL Summer Leagues season has reached the finals stage and I'm pretty sure that there are some cool matches to see, even tonight.

First off, we have the ESL Summer Leagues 1on1 Grand final, where the two best players of this season will fight to become the Summer's number 1 player from ESL. Tune in at 19.00 CET to see this legendary battle.

We have just finished the ESL Summer Leagues 2011 Groupstage, and here we are, announcing the Playoffs. So far, we had 64 teams in 3on3, and 72 teams in 5on5. We would like to thank all the teams that participated in the Summer Leagues so far, and wish good luck to those that will participate in the Playoffs.
Also, we have a new schedule for this part of the Summer Leagues:

• 24th of July - 31th of July - Winner Bracket Round 1
  
• 1st of August - 7th of August - WB Round 2 & LB Round 1
  
• 28th of August - 14th of August - Loser Bracket Round 2
  
• 15th of August - 21th of August - Loser Bracket Round 3
  
• 22th of August - 28th of August - WB Round 3 & LB Grand Final
  
• 27th of August - 4th of September - Winner Bracket Grand Final

Groups are now done and live as all participants were waiting for some time now.
We had some problems regarding the seedings of the teams, as there were 64 teams in 3on3 and 72 teams in 5on5 that needed to be seeded accordingly with the rating that was given by team captains. Hopefully, we'll not have so many swaps requests due to few divisions and precise ratings.
Also, the schedule for this competition has changed a little bit. We now have 5 playweeks for the groupstage. Here's how the schedule looks:

• 7th of June - 12th of June - Swaps
  
• 13th of June - 19th of June - First matchweek
  
• 20th of June - 26th of June - Second matchweek
  
• 27th of June - 3rd of July - Third matchweek
  
• 4th of July - 10th of July - Fourth matchweek
  
• 11th of July - 17th of July - Fifth matchweek[/b]
  
• 18th of July - 24th of July - Playoffs announcement

We ask all players and teams to play their match before every Sunday or on Sunday, to avoid having the match decided by an admin.Other informations like groups, mappool, how to swap and rules can be found in the original ESL newspost.

Swaps list
5on5
- Sticked.et(div 1) with aToOn-logic(div 2)
- Synergy.et(div 1) with Teuva Total Dominating(div 2)
- BusinessDistrict - business as usual(div1) with Team-Vortex(div3)
3on3
- For the Fun(div 2) with aToOn-logic(div 3)
- PALLOKALAJYTKYVITTU(div 2) with Flying Iris(div 3)[/hide]

The ESL European Enemy Territory section is back in action with the well-known Summer Leagues. We expect at least the same amount of teams that we had in the previous seasonal leagues, and why not, maybe even more!

As in each seasonal leagues, we try to improve our rules and schedule so that players enjoy playing. Same goes for the Summer Leagues, where we are asking all teams/1on1 players that before signing up, they should add a viable IRC contact method on their player/team page.

Electronic Sports League is now back in action in the ET scene with a fresh new cup that will replace the well-known Spring Leagues.

This is a brand new ideea with several stages but also with a consistent prize for the 1st place.

Are you curious so far? If not, let me just tell you that I have more for you, and it's all about these Series. Scroll down a little bit and you'll see all the details!

The last match of the ESL Winter Leagues Group Stage was played several hours ago, and with the end of it, we are now announcing the start of the ESL Winter Leagues Playoffs. For those who haven't seen the match between the estonian team, K1ck, and the germans of teamoxid, you can still watch it by clicking on the image below and requesting a replay.



At the beginning of the ESL Winter Leagues Group stage we had the following number of teams signed up:

• 5on5 - 111 teams
  
• 3on3 - 92 teams
  
• 2on2 - 54 teams
  
• 1on1 - 73 players

We are pleased to announce our Fall cups. The system will change a bit from the previous seasons. The previous Fall leagues were independent from another leagues. This time we will link Fall and Winter leagues in one. Teams that will play in the Fall season and get a good place, will have a better seeding in the Winter Leagues. So, signup if you want to get in the right division in the Winter Leagues!