ESL Masters Spring will conclude this weekend (May 31 – June 2nd) at DreamHack Dallas! StarCraft II’s top competitors will contend for the final seasonal championship of the 2023/24 EPT Circuit, and look to lock in their spots at August’s EPT World Championship which will be hosted at the Esports World Cup.Read our regionals recap for more information about how the seeded players obtained their spots.

1: Coffee declined his seed to the Winners Stage and was replaced by Nice.
2: MaxPax declined his seed to the Winners Stage and was replaced by Reynor.

Players are initially split into the Winners Stage (16 players) and Open Stage (32 players), depending on whether or not they obtained a high seed from regional competition (see player list above). Winners Stage and Open Stage results decide which players advance to the final knockout + playoff bracket, and their starting position in those brackets (while separate in name, the knockout and playoff brackets are effectively part of a single, complicated, elimination bracket*).

All 16 players from the Winners Stage advance to the knockout + playoff bracket, but their starting positions/seeding differ depending on their performance in the Winners Stage. Of the 32 Open Stage players, the top 8 players advance to the knockout + playoff bracket and start at the lowest position/seed.

For help understanding the format, check out our all-in one megachart or the ESL explainer video posted below.

Day 1 (May 31): Winners Stage + Open Stage

Start time: 15:00 GMT (+00:00)

Winners (Seeding) Stage

• 16 players: Top players from regional qualifiers + EPT point standings
• 2x eight-player double elimination brackets
• Top two players from each bracket (four total) qualify directly for the RO8 playoffs
• 3rd-8th place players (12 total) are seeded into the knockout bracket according to their placement

Winners Stage bracket #1

Winners Stage bracket #2

Open Stage

• 32 players: From open sign-ups (selected in order of EPT points)
• 4x eight-player double elimination brackets
• Top two players from each bracket (eight total) advance to the knockout bracket (seeded into lowest round of knockout bracket)

Open Stage bracket #1

Open Stage bracket #2

Open Stage bracket #3

Open Stage bracket #4

Day 2 (June 1): Knockout Stage + Playoffs RO8

Start time: 15:00 GMT (+00:00)

Knockout Stage

• 20 players: 12 from the Seeding Stage + 8 from the Open Stage
• 4x King of the hill/gauntlet style brackets
• Winner of each gauntlet bracket (four total) advances to the playoffs
• Gauntlet brackets seeded according to the results from day 1, with open stage winners starting at the bottom of the bracket

Knockout Stage seeding example

Playoffs Round-of-8

• 8 players: 4 Seeding Stage winners + 4 Knockout Stage winners
• Eight-player single elimination tournament
• RO8 & RO4 are best-of-5
• Finals are best-of-7

Playoff Seeding Example

Day 3 (June 2): Playoffs RO4 and Finals

Start time: 17:00 GMT (+00:00)

Streams & Casters

ESL StarCraft II Main Stream – Twitch
ESL StarCraft II Main Stream- YouTube

ESL StarCraft II B Stream – Twitch
ESL StarCraft II B Stream- YouTube

Make sure to check the TL.net stream bar to see which community and international casters are also streaming the event!