With $1,000,000 of prize pool, ESL One Kuala Lumpar betting is the next best thing following the conclusion of The International. Moreover, in this ESL One Kuala Lumpur betting preview, we’re looking at betting sites, odds, predictions and more!

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ESL One Kuala Lumpur Outright Odds

At the time of writing, tournament outright esports betting odds for the main event are available.

Team	GG.Bet Outright Odds
Gaimin Gladiators	+345
Team Liquid	+350
BETBOOM Team	+580
LGD Gaming	+665
Invictus Gaming	+710
Azure Ray	+750
Team Secret	+1400
9Pandas	+1900
Team Falcons	+2050
Blacklist International	+3000

Odds accessed on 20th November, susceptible to change.

Moreover, if you’d like to learn more about GG.Bet, we recommend checking out our extensive GG.Bet review.

Tournament Overview

Series	ESL One
Start Date	11th December 2023
End Date	17th December 2023
Prize Pool	$1,000,000
Venue	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Teams	12

ESL One Kuala Teams

With teams seeding from all across the world, here are the teams confirmed so far:

• Invited: Gaimin Gladiators, LGD Gaming, Azure Ray
• Western Europe: Team Liquid, Team Secret
• Eastern Europe: BetBoom Team, 9Pandas
• MENA: Team Falcons
• China: G2.iG
• Southeast Asia: Blacklist International
• North America: TSM
• South America: Wawitas Sagazes

ESL One Kuala Lumpur Format

The ESL One Kuala Lumpur format kicks off with multiple regional qualifiers as listed above. Featuring double elimination bracket, and two open qualifiers, a final closed qualifier in each region grants the seeds to the Main Event.

Once in the Main Event, the format involves two stages of competition.

Firstly, a single round-robin Group Stage:

• Two groups of six teams
• Two game series
• Top 2 advance to Upper Bracket of Playoffs
• 3-4th advance to Lower Bracket of Playoffs
• 5-6th are eliminated

Teams have been seeded into Groups accordingly:

• Group A – Azure Ray, Blacklist International, BetBoom Team, Gaimin Gladiators, Team Secret, Wawitas Sagazes
• Group B – Team Falcons, Tundra Esports, G2.iG, Team Liquid, 9Pandas, LGD Gaming

In the Playoffs, a double-elimination bracket with BO3 matches crowns a winner from the 8 remaining teams. concluding with an epic BO5 Grand Final.

Schedule

The schedule for ESL One Kuala Lumpur is as follows:

• Group Stage – 11-13th December 2023
• Playoffs – 13-17th December 2023

Everything builds up to the most thrilling matches of the weekend:

• Upper Bracket Final – 16/11/23 – 08:35 CET
• Lower Bracket Final – 17/11/23 – 05:00 CET
• Grand Final – 17/11/23 – 09:00 CET

ESL One Kuala Lumpur Predictions

Ahead of ESL One Kuala Lumpur, it was announced that Team Spirit would be withdrawing from the event. Despite being invited, health issues have forced the reigning The International champions to opt out.

Considering their position at the top of the esport, the ESL One Kuala Lumpur predictions are very interesting for this particular reason, making for exciting esports odds.

Considering how recently The International was hosted, esports betting sites are heavily weighing performances at this prestigious event ahead of ESL One Kuala Lumpur. Here’s a reminder of how teams stacked up at TI 2023;

• #1 – Team Spirit
• #2 – Gaimin Gladiators
• #3 – LGD Gaming
• #4 – Azure Ray
• #5-6 – Team Liquid, BetBoom Team
• #7-8 – nouns, Virtus.pro

Notably, Gaimin Gladiators, LGD Gaming and Azure Ray have all been invited, thanks to their impressive performance at TI.

Naturally, these three teams will likely be favoured by esports betting sites, together with top teams from East and West Europe such as Team Liquid, BetBoom Team and Tundra Esports.

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