What is CSL
The competitive home for Rust clans
CSL is a FACEIT-style matchmaking platform fused with an ESL-style seasonal league - built exclusively for Rust scrims. No schedules, no forum posts, no admins in DMs. Queue when your roster is online, get matched against a clan at your level, and let the platform handle servers, scores and standings.
How it works
From Steam to the podium
Link up
Sign in with Steam, then link Discord for team roles, voice checks, and bot actions. Your identity follows you across the site and the servers.
Build your clan
Found a team with its own crest, recruit up to 25 players, and appoint 4 scrim leaders to run the roster.
Queue & frag
Pick your 8 starters and hit queue. We match you by ELO in your region and spin up a server automatically.
Climb & conquer
Wins push your clan up the ladder and your CSR toward #1. Top 8 clans make the seasonal playoffs.
Matchmaking
Search. Match. Play.
Queue your online roster and the engine finds a clan within your ELO window - the window widens the longer you search, so you always get a game without getting stomped. Region-locked, with a max of 2 games vs the same clan per 24h to keep the ladder honest.
- ELO window starts +/-150 and widens over time
- Ready check before anything locks in
- 8v8 · first to 10, win by 2 · sides switch after 5 rounds
Example queue · EU
SearchingSearching 0:42 · window widening…
» match found - DVLS vs ROOF
» server deployed eu-03.csl.gg
» locked lineups sent to Atlas
lobby ready
starts automatically at 16/16 ready
Auto lobbies
Zero admin. Zero waiting.
The second a match is ready, Atlas receives the locked CSL lineups and opens the lobby automatically. Players land on the right team, on the right side, with the round timer armed. Sub swaps between rounds are one click for scrim leaders.
- Server spun up per match, torn down after
- Locked lineup - auto team assignment
- Scores reported by the server itself
CSR - CSL Rank
Every frag counts down to #1
Your 8v8 and 2v2 results feed one combined Impact rating and one global CSR position. Overtake players, break into new brackets, and watch your shield change color. Top 250 in the world get listed. #1 gets the gold.
Global ladder · live
No ranked players yet
Official matches will populate this ladder.
CSL Beta · Swiss stage
Seasons
A month to prove it
Every season runs one month of open ladder. When the countdown hits zero, the top 8 clans per region are seeded into the playoffs - Swiss stage into knockouts, all on the platform. Win it and every player on the roster carries a championship trophy on their name. Forever.
- Monthly seasons with a live countdown
- Swiss stage - 3 wins in, 3 losses out
- Champions keep a permanent 🏆 on their profile
No tryouts. No excuses.
Your clan vs everyone.
Founding a clan takes two minutes. The first scrim finds you in less than that.