A new season ESL EPS is about to begin. But before the season kicks off, eight German teams will fight for the four spots in the upcoming EPS season XII. Who’s going to secure a spot in the most prestigious league in Germany?

Just like the previous season, the LAN relegation for ESL Pro Series XII will take place at Cologne Sport and Olympic museum. Eight participating teams will have their shot at qualifying for the upcoming ESL EPS XII.

The LAN relegation will stretch over this weekend, starting from Saturday 26th, ending Sunday 27th.

Four of the teams attending the LAN relegation come directly from the ESL Amateur Series, while the remaining four teams attended ESL EPS last season, but in the lower part of league and will have to re-qualify.

Participants for ESL EPS Relegation XII:

Ocrana- crunsher, diRk, r0k, eRz, STEPHAN & WonG
BHK-Vagant- VipeR, zweipehohhh, alekz, alive & festral
ULTRAFORCE- priest, dstN, Quak3R, sash & shoot
myRuSh- fazeR, Chris_TheG, micr0man, log1c & luc1ano
QPool- blood, crakk, divine, granny & Michael R
n!faculty- chrizzo, b4d, shiddy, Frigh & gerdi
KomaCrew - AAL, FataL, Iaire, Snooper & Hannibal
DkH - attack, duB, EkuaL, Mikey & preve

First round in the upperbracket is set to start at 10:00 CET with four matches. The LAN relegation tournament will be played in a double elimination bracket playing best of three maps. Find the tournament bracket here.

Saturday’s schedule:

10:00 CET- Upperbracket Round 1
12:15 CET- Upperbracket Round 2
12:15 CET- Lowerbracket Round 1
14:30 CET- Lowerbracket Round 2

The four teams finishing top4 will win their ticket to ESL EPS Season XII.

All matches from the LAN relegation will be broadcasted here on HLTV.org. The matches will also feature our web scorebot, so you won’t miss a thing. Keep an eye on HLTV.org for all the action from the LAN relegation. Our coverage section will provide you with brackets, results, demos and a lot more.