ESL have revealed the groups, format and schedule for the $512,000 Pro League Season 3 Finals, taking place in Leicester and London, United Kingdom from May 11-15. ESL Studio in Leicester, United Kingdom, will play host to the Pro League Season 3 Finals group stage, which will be played in the classic GSL-style format with best-of-one’s in the opening round and winners’ matches, while elimination and decider matches will feature best-of-three’s. Top four teams from each region, Europe and North America, have been split into the two following groups, seemingly according to their placing in the regular season:

Group A	Group B
Luminosity	NiP
Astralis	Cloud9
OpTic	fnatic
G2	Liquid

For playoffs the competition will move to London’s The O2 state-of-the-art arena after a travel day on Friday, May 13. Semi-finals will feature best-of-three’s, while the grand final will come down to a best-of-five series. ESL have also released a full schedule for the $512,000 event. As usual with ESL events, matches will start shortly after previous ones end, the schedule is only approximate:

Wednesday, May 11th
14:00	OpTic	vs. Astralis	BO1
15:10	Luminosity	vs. G2	BO1
16:20	fnatic	vs. Cloud9	BO1
17:30	NiP	vs. Liquid	BO1
18:40	Group A winners’ match		BO1
19:50	Group B winners’ match		BO1
21:00	Group A elimination match		BO3
Thursday, May 12th
14:00	Group B elimination match		BO3
17:15	Group A decider		BO3
20:30	Group B decider		BO3
Saturday, May 14th
16:00	Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2)		BO3
19:40	Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2)		BO3
Sunday, May 15th
16:00	Showmatch
18:00	Grand final		BO5

ESL have yet to reveal the nature of the showmatch, which has in the past been a showdown of casters’ and analysts’ skills, for example at IEM San José.