ESL have made public the schedule for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season11 group stage, which starts on Monday, March 16.

The ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage will kick off on March 16 and run through April 4 in Malta before the tournament changes locale to Denver for the finals.

The group stage will feature four groups of six teams playing round-robin best-of-threes. The winners of Group A and B will face off in a play-in that will give them a spot in the semi-finals or quarter-finals, as will the top two teams in Group C and D, while the second and third-place finishers in each group will start their playoff runs in the round of 12.

Astralis will face NiP on the first day of play in Malta

With the last preparations underway before the start of the competition, it is still unclear what will happen with HEROIC's spot in the tournament, as reports about the Danish lineup being bought by FunPlus Phoenix to join Flashpoint 1 as a partner in the new league emerged yesterday.

The action will kick off with Group A and Group B, whose teams will play on March 16-25, followed by the Group C and D matches running from March 26 to April 4.

The ESL Pro League Season 11 group stage schedule is the following:

Monday, March 16 - Group A

14:25 ENCE vs. Sharks
18:20 Vitality vs. GODSENT
22:15 Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Tuesday, March 17 - Group B

14:25 HEROIC vs. FORZE
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. Complexity
22:15 fnatic vs. FURIA

Wednesday, March 18 - Group A

14:25 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Sharks
18:20 Astralis vs. GODSENT
22:15 Vitality vs. ENCE

Thursday, March 19 - Group B

14:25 fnatic vs. HEROIC
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. FORZE
22:15 FURIA vs. Complexity

Friday, March 20 - Group A

14:25 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. GODSENT
18:20 Vitality vs. Sharks
22:15 Astralis vs. ENCE

Saturday, March 21 - Group B

14:25 fnatic vs. FORZE
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. FURIA
22:15 HEROIC vs. Complexity

Sunday, March 22 - Group A

14:25 ENCE vs. GODSENT
18:20 Astralis vs. Sharks
22:15 Vitality vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Monday, March 23 - Group B

14:25 FURIA vs. FORZE
18:20 Natus Vincere vs. HEROIC
22:15 fnatic vs. Complexity

Tuesday, March 24 - Groups A & B

18:25 Natus Vincere vs. fnatic
18:25 FURIA vs. HEROIC
18:25 FORZE vs. Complexity
22:20 Astralis vs. Vitality
22:20 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. ENCE
22:20 GODSENT vs. Sharks

Wednesday, March 25 - Groups A & B (play-in)

22:00 Group A winnervs. Group B winner

Thursday, March 26 - Group C

14:25 100 Thieves vs. BOOM
18:20 MOUZ vs. Virtus.pro
22:15 Liquid vs. Renegades

Friday, March 27 - Group D

14:25 G2 vs. TYLOO
18:20 North vs. OG
22:15 Evil Geniuses vs. FaZe

Saturday, March 28 - Group C

14:25 Renegades vs. BOOM
18:20 Liquid vs. Virtus.pro
22:15 MOUZ vs. 100 Thieves

Sunday, March 29 - Group D

14:25 North vs. TYLOO
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. OG
22:15 G2 vs. FaZe

Monday, March 30 - Group C

14:25 Renegades vs. Virtus.pro
18:20 MOUZ vs. BOOM
22:15 Liquid vs. 100 Thieves

Tuesday, March 31 - Group D

14:25 FaZe vs. TYLOO
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. North
22:15 G2 vs. OG

Wednesday, April 1 - Group C

14:25 100 Thieves vs. Virtus.pro
18:20 Liquid vs. BOOM
22:15 MOUZ vs. Renegades

Thursday, April 2 - Group D

14:25 G2 vs. North
18:20 Evil Geniuses vs. TYLOO
22:15 FaZe vs. OG

Friday, April 3 - Groups C & D

18:25 MOUZ vs. Liquid
18:25 100 Thieves vs. Renegades
18:25 Virtus.pro vs. BOOM
22:20 G2 vs. Evil Geniuses
22:20 FaZe vs. North
22:20 OG vs. TYLOO

Saturday, April 4 - Groups C & D (play-in)

22:00 Group C winnervs. Group D winner

Renegades #23 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Evil Geniuses #7 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 100 Thieves #9 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Complexity #16 William 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevOwen 'oBo' SchlatterBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Simon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Natus Vincere #1 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy FaZe #8 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier G2 #4 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković OG #18 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin FORZE #22 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov ENCE #21 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo HEROIC #14 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' Lund Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif MOUZ #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Virtus.pro #19 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali TYLOO #29 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuWingHei 'Freeman' CheungSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son North #24 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' Gade GODSENT #17 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' LinjalaMartin 'STYKO' StykKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendPavle 'Maden' Bošković Liquid #5 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken FURIA #13 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Sharks #127 Raphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraJhonatan 'jnt' SilvaLuca 'Luken' NadottiOlavo 'heat' Marcelo BOOM #41 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' Martinelli