ESL Pro League Season 22 to take place in Sweden

Esports tournament operator ESL FACEIT GROUP Announced that season 22 of ESL Professional League It will be held in Stockholm, Sweden.

It was announced alongside updates to The company’s CS2 2025 rulebookThe event will take place at the ESL studio from September 27 to October 12 and will feature a prize pool of $1 million (~£819,500).

Season 22 of Counter-Strike 2 will take place in the same location as Season 21, the latter of which is scheduled to begin on March 1. As a result, this is the first year since 2021 that the ESL Pro League season will not be held in Malta.

Back in December, ESL has indicated that Season 21 of the ESL Pro League will be hosted in Stockholm, however, the location of Season 22 has not been revealed.

ESL has been a long-term partner of GamingMalta and regularly hosts ESL Pro League events in the country. In 2022, ESL expanded its partnership with a non-profit organization affiliated with the Government of Malta which saw the competition Remain in the country until the end of 2024.

For 2025, the ESL Pro League has undergone major changes due to Valve’s new app Tournament process guidelines. As a result, instead of permanent partner teams, organizations will qualify for the event through their Valve Global Rankings.

In addition, teams will also qualify through the ESL Challenger League, the tournament organiser’s second-tier structure.

In the case of Season 2112 qualified through their Valve rankings, with a further 12 entering through the ESL Challenger League ecosystem.

The announcement of the ESL Pro League Season 22 location wasn’t the only major reveal by the tournament organizer. ESL also announced its IEM series He heads to Melbourne in April.

Earlier this month, the ESL Pro League He was also granted a waiver from Valve For 2025 to operate slightly outside the scope of its new regulations. For Season 21, the event may directly invite some teams based on their previous performance in the Pro League. Meanwhile, for Season 22, the event can invite additional wildcards to its closed qualifiers.