ESPL

ESPL (Esports Players League) is a Singapore-headquartered global esports tournament network and platform, founded in 2019, building an open, grassroots-focused ecosystem for amateur competitive gaming. It runs ESPL-branded online and on-ground tournaments across Asia, Europe, and the Americas with a mobile-first focus alongside PC and console titles, operated from its Singapore headquarters with regional offices in Cologne and Los Angeles. ESPL is a portfolio company of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups), which led its seed round in 2020. As of this enrichment pass ESPL publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, SDK, or documentation surface, and its espl.co domain did not resolve (DNS SERVFAIL) at probe time; this profile is maintained as a company identity record in the API Evangelist network.

ESPL is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Esports, Gaming, Tournaments, and Esports Platform.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyEsportsGamingTournamentsEsports PlatformEntertainmentSingapore

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: espl
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/espl.png
name: ESPL
description: ESPL (Esports Players League) is a Singapore-headquartered global esports tournament network and platform, founded
  in 2019, building an open, grassroots-focused ecosystem for amateur competitive gaming. It runs ESPL-branded online and
  on-ground tournaments across Asia, Europe, and the Americas with a mobile-first focus alongside PC and console titles, operated
  from its Singapore headquarters with regional offices in Cologne and Los Angeles. ESPL is a portfolio company of 500 Global
  (formerly 500 Startups), which led its seed round in 2020. As of this enrichment pass ESPL publishes no public developer
  API, OpenAPI, SDK, or documentation surface, and its espl.co domain did not resolve (DNS SERVFAIL) at probe time; this profile
  is maintained as a company identity record in the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/espl/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-headquarters: Singapore
x-founded: '2019'
x-industry: Esports
x-domain-status: espl.co DNS SERVFAIL (unresolvable) at 2026-07-19 probe; company reported active by third-party sources
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Esports
- Gaming
- Tournaments
- Esports Platform
- Entertainment
- Singapore
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://espl.co
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/espl_global
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://sg.linkedin.com/company/espl-esports-players-league
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/esports-players-league
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence