ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 is part of the ESL tournament series. During the tournament, the top 12 teams will play for a prize pool of $1,000,000.
Participants:
Group Stage:
- Two single round-robin groups of six teams each;
- All matches are Bo2;
- Top two teams from each group advance to upper bracket of playoffs;
- 3rd to 4th place teams from each group advance to lower bracket of playoffs;
- Remaining teams are eliminated;
Group Stage tiebreaker rules:
- If the tie is over a position of significance;
- Two teams - a Bo3 will be played;
- Three teams or more - a Bo1 round-robin will be played;
- If the tiebreaker does not resolve following the first round of the round robin:
- Three teams - the tiebreaker will be replayed;
- Four teams or more - the matrix listed below will be used to resolve the tie, adding the information from the tiebreaker matches to those gathered during the group stage;
- For ties that are not over positions of significance (in order of importance):
- Neustadtl score;
- Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
- Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
- 1v1 tiebreakers;
- If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.
Playoffs:
- Double-elimination bracket;
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3;
- Grand Final is Bo5.
