ESL Pro Series Qualification

Qualification to the ESL Pro Series in Counter-Strike: Source is through the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division.

Directly beneath the ESL Pro Series, the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division is the second tier in the ESL UK Counter-Strike: Source league system. It gives up and coming teams their share of the spotlight and the opportunity to play in a league with professional rules and prepares them for competing at the top level.

At the end of the ESL Pro Series season, the top teams from the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division will be promoted directly to the ESL Pro Series or play in a relegation tournament against teams that were relegated from the ESL Pro Series.

The top 4 teams from the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division are promoted to the ESL Pro Series
The 5-8th teams from the ESL Amateur Series 1st Divsion play in a relegation tournament against the 9-12th teams from the ESL Pro Series

ESL Amateur Series 1st Division Season 4 will be a qualifying season for ESL Pro Series Season 4.

ESL Amateur Series 1st Division Qualification

Qualification to the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division in Counter-Strike: Source is through the ESL Amateur Series.

Directly beneath the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division, the ESL Amateur Series is the third tier in the ESL UK Counter-Strike: Source league system. Here the next generation of up and coming players compete to prove themselves worthy of going to the next level.

At the end of the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division season, the top teams from the ESL Amateur Series will be promoted directly to the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division or play in a relegation tournament against teams that were relegated from the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division.

The top 2 teams from the ESL Amateur Series are promoted to the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division
The 3-4th teams from the ESL Amateur Series play in a relegation tournament against the 7-8th teams from the ESL Amateur Series 1st Division

Requirements to qualify for EAS 1st Division Season 4

Teams must be in the ESL Amateur Series by Midnight Monday 5th April and remain inside until the qualification snapshot
Teams must play at least 8 matches, since the 1st March, excluding default wins and losses

Sign up to the ESL Amateur Series

1. All players in your team must register on the ESL.

Important! If you have ever registered before and you have forgotten your details, do not make a new account, write a support ticket.

2. All players in your team must register their SteamID (HL2/CSS) gameaccount.

3. The team captain should create the team by going to My Teams (at the top) and Register new team.

4. After creating the team, the captain should set a password (My Teams -> Manage team -> Edit team, then give the link to the team to all players who can join it with the 'join team' link on the team page.

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