5on5 Amateur Series

   Meeting place: #esl.uk.css on Quakenet IRC - web chat is available!
   Match mode: One map, first to 16 rounds, draws possible
   Maps: de_dust2, de_inferno, de_nuke
   Demos: All players must record POV demos
   Anti-Cheat: All players must play with ESL Wire Anti-Cheat
   AutoChallenger: All teams have a compulsory AutoChallenger match every Monday 8pm
   Rules & more: Click here

Qualification for the 1st Division and ESL Pro Series

Teams joining now can qualify for the seventh season and eighth of the 1st Division and from there the sixth season of the ESL Pro Series!

1st Division Qualification - Season 7
- Teams must be in the ESL Amateur Series by Midnight Tuesday 17th January and remain inside until the qualification snapshot
- Teams must play at least 10 matches, since the 15th November, excluding default wins and losses to be eligible
- Challenging will be disabled for the hot phase from the 7th February until the qualification snapshot
- During the hot phase, teams will receive up to 2 further AutoChallenger matches
- The qualification snapshot will be made when there are no further open matches

Find out more about qualification on the Amateur Series rules page.

Finding matches

   Challenge teams: You can challenge directly teams in the Amateur Series through the ranking page or their team page

   Matchmaker: You can advertise for a match at a particular time using the Matchmaker

ESL Wire Anti-cheat

The use of ESL Wire Anti-Cheat (part of ESL Wire) is compulsory!

All players must play with ESL Wire Anti-Cheat. Failure will result in default loss!

Please have all your players test their ESL Wire Anti-Cheat before arranging any matches!

Instructions for testing ESL Wire Anti-Cheat are here.

If you have problems
   See the ESL Wire/Anti-Cheat Technical Support forum. This is the ONLY place for support!

How to sign up?

First all players on your team must register on the ESL.

Important! If you or any of your players have ever registered before and have forgotten your or their details, do not make a new account, write a support ticket

All players must register their Steam ID (HL2/CSS) gameaccounts.

The team captain should create the team by going to My Teams and Register new team.

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

Then the captain can can    Sign Up

If you have any problems, open a Support Ticket