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ESL Announce New African Championship
ESL revealed today it’s new ESL African Championship with a $150,000 prize pool for CS:GO and Hearthstone tournaments.
The event will have its open qualifiers from all over the world starting in April to June, The top four players/teams from the group stage advance to the playoffs of the pre-series, whilst the bottom four players/teams are sent into the second series relegation matches which will start in July, until the LAN finals hosted in October at the rAge Gaming Expo, Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa.
ESL’s Executive Board Member, Malte Barth expressed the following in the announcement:
“We are excited to bring the ESL African Championship to the local esports community. By giving gamers the opportunity to compete at the leading global leagues and tournaments, we help them pave their way to create legendary moments within the ESL esports universe. Together with our partner Kwesé, we are committed to making the ESL African Championship a great success!”
