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EGL One Season 2 announced: Schedule, qualifiers and R50,000 prize pool

27 January 2021 - 07:20

By Wessel Minnie

All the way back in September 2020, South African retailer Evetech announced a new tournament organizer, EveSports, as well as a huge new CS:GO tournament for local teams to enter. It was called EGL Season One, and in the end, ATK Arena dominated the tournament to win the lion's share of the prize pool.

Now, EveSports has announced EGL One Season 2, another CS:GO tournament for South African teams to enter, featuring a great prize pool to fight for.

EGL One Season 2: Registrations, schedule & prize pool

If you are part of a CS:GO team and want to compete against the best South Africa has to offer, you should register for the EGL One Season 2 qualifiers. Simply head on over to the EGL One Season 2 Battlefly page to enter. Registration is free.

Four teams will be invited directly to the tournament's main event. Eight teams will have to earn their spot via the qualifiers, and four teams will make it through the wildcards section.

Invited teams:

ATK Arena
Goliath Gaming
DNMK Esports
Energy Esports

This means a total of 16 teams will compete in a double-elimination, best-of-three bracket for a chance at their share of the prize pool. The EGL One Season 2 tournament features an R50,000 prize pool, just like Season 1.

The prize pool distribution:

1st Place: R25,000
2nd Place: R12,500
3rd Place: R6,500
4th Place: R4,000
5th Place: R2,000

There will be a 5th and 6th place playoff match to determine which team gets the R2,000 for 5th place. If all this sounds fantastic and you love playing CS:GO, then mark your calendars. The qualifiers for EGL One Season 2 begins on 26 January 2021.

The EGL One Season 2 schedule:

Registrations: 20th January - Closes 25th January
Qualifiers: 26th January - 7th February
Wildcard draw: 8th/9th February
First broadcast: 16th February
Finals Weekend: 10th-11th April
Winners announced: 12th April