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ESL Challenger League Season 42: Europe

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[e][h]ESL Challenger League Season 42: Europe
League Information
Series:
Challenger League
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
Europe Europe
Prize Pool:
$50,000 USD
Start Date:
2022-08-30
End Date:
2022-10-23
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Ancient • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Vertigo

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Observer:
    • TBA

Format[edit]

  • Regular Season:
    • Four double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
      • Each group has 4 teams
      • All matches are Bo3
    • Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
  • Playoffs:
    • Double-Elimination bracket
    • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
    • Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)

Prize Pool[edit]

$50,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

1 July 6th - France Kyojin goes on medical leave due to a hand injury. [1]
2 August 14th - Team Falcons bench Belgium Keoz and sign France NBK- and France misutaaa to complete the roster. [2]
1 June 25th - SAW bench Portugal stadodo, Spain arki, and Portugal vts. [3]
2 July 1st - SAW and For The Win Esports exchange Portugal stadodo and Portugal vts for Portugal ewjerkz and Portugal story. Additionally, Spain arki is moved to a coaching role. [4][5]
1 July 31st - Sprout part ways with Germany Spiidi. [6]
2 August 1st - Sprout part ways with Denmark raalz. [7]
3 August 15th - Sprout sign Denmark Zyphon and acquire Denmark refrezh from Heroic. [8]
1 September 15th - Entropiq transfer-list Russia El1an by mutual agreement. [9]
1 August 9th - HEET bench France Lucky. [11]
2 August 10th - HEET acquire France JACKZ from G2 Esports. [12]
9INE
Notes
1 June 30th - Poland snatchie leaves Wisła Kraków following the expiration of his contract. [13]
2 July 1st - Wisła Kraków part ways with Poland SZPERO and Poland jedqr. [14]
3 July 15th - Wisła Kraków release their lineup and cease operations. [15]
4 August 5th - 9INE sign a new lineup consisting of Poland Goofy, Poland KEi, Poland Kylar, Poland SZPERO, Poland mynio, and Poland nawrot as coach. Poland jedqr will stand-in for the first four matches for the team to retain the spot. [16]
1 July 30th - ECSTATIC part ways with Denmark birdfromsky. [17]
2 July 31st - Romania XELLOW's loan with ECSTATIC ends and he returns to Nexus Gaming. [18]
3 August 5th - Netherlands FASHR is acquired by Fnatic. [19]
4 August 8th - ECSTATIC acquire Denmark kraghen, Denmark Queenix, and Denmark Cabbi from MASONIC. [20]
5 August 15th - ECSTATIC bench Denmark Daffu and acquire Denmark brzer from Astralis Talent. [21]
1 May 27th - Poland F1KU is acquired by OG. [22]
2 July 12th - AGO esports part ways with Poland ultimate and Poland AxEcHo. [23]
3 July 18th - AGO esports bench Poland leman. [24]
4 August 29th - AGO esports acquire Poland phr from Illuminar Gaming and sign Poland snatchie and Poland jedqr. Additionally, they reinstate Poland leman to the starting lineup. [25]
5 September 10th - AGO esports sign Poland sh3naningan. [26]
1 August 2nd - Kazakhstan neaLaN is acquired by Evil Geniuses. [27]
2 August 23rd - K23 sign Russia FinigaN. [28]
1 August 29th - Team Finest part ways with Israel anarkez and acquire Poland hades on loan from ENCE until the end of November. [29][30]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
August 30th - September 6th, 2022
1.1win1win 1win1win2-072-73-1
2.forZe forZeforZe2-1114-102+12
3.9INE9INE 9INE9INE1-2117-119-2
4.SAW SAWSAW0-258-67-9
Group A Matches
Opening Matches
forZeforZeforZe
1
2
9INE9INE9INE
August 30, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
139
4
166
10
167
9
88
0
65
1
1610
6
1win1win1win
2
0
SAWSAWSAW
August 30, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
168
8
147
7
1962
92
1791
61
Winners Match
9INE9INE9INE
1
2
1win1win1win
August 31, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1611
5
54
1
137
6
168
8
137
6
168
8
Elimination Match
forZeforZeforZe
2
0
SAWSAWSAW
August 31, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
169
7
136
7
165
11
1410
4
Decider Match
9INE9INE9INE
1
2
forZeforZeforZe
September 6, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1963
91
1590
60
88
0
167
9
84
4
1611
5

Group B[edit]

Group B
September 7th - 14th, 2022
1.Bad News Eagles Bad News EaglesBNE2-067-35+32
2.Team Falcons Team FalconsFalcons2-1121-113+8
3.ECSTATIC ECSTATICECSTATIC1-2113-124-11
4.Ungentium UngentiumUngent0-238-67-29
Group B Matches
Opening Matches
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
2
0
UngentiumUngentiumUngent
September 7, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1611
5
44
0
1613
3
32
1
Team FalconsTeam FalconsFalcons
2
1
ECSTATICECSTATICECSTATIC
September 7, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1610
6
135
8
136
7
169
7
168
8
97
2
Winners Match
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
2
0
Team FalconsTeam FalconsFalcons
September 13, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
168
8
117
4
1941
113
17112
40
Elimination Match
UngentiumUngentiumUngent
0
2
ECSTATICECSTATICECSTATIC
September 13, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1781
71
1972
82
146
8
169
7
Decider Match
Team FalconsTeam FalconsFalcons
2
1
ECSTATICECSTATICECSTATIC
September 14, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1691
60
1962
92
1611
5
114
7
169
7
106
4

Group C[edit]

Group C
September 20th - 27th, 2022
1.BLUEJAYS BLUEJAYSBJAYS2-070-47+23
2.HEET HEETHEET2-189-90-1
3.SINNERS Esports SINNERS EsportsSINNERS1-2107-115-8
4.Team FinestTeam Finest Team FinestFinest0-273-87-14
Group C Matches
Opening Matches
Team FinestTeam FinestFinest
0
2
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
September 20, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
87
1
168
8
20710
822
22823
711
HEETHEETHEET
2
0
SINNERS EsportsSINNERS EsportsSINNERS
September 21, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1610
6
95
4
1610
6
125
7
Winners Match
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
2
0
HEETHEETHEET
September 26, 2022 - 16:00 CEST
169
7
106
4
1610
6
95
4
Elimination Match
Team FinestTeam FinestFinest
1
2
SINNERS EsportsSINNERS EsportsSINNERS
September 26, 2022 - 17:00 CEST
168
8
147
7
125
7
1610
6
1791
61
1962
92
Decider Match
HEETHEETHEET
2
1
SINNERS EsportsSINNERS EsportsSINNERS
September 27, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
167
9
148
6
65
1
1610
6
1611
5
74
3

Group D[edit]

Group D
September 28th - October 15th, 2022
1.Entropiq EntropiqEntropiq2-076-61+15
2.Sprout SproutSprout2-186-71+15
3.K23K23 K23K231-276-79-3
4.AGO esports AGO esportsAGO0-254-81-27
Group D Matches
Opening Matches
EntropiqEntropiqEntropiq
2
0
AGO esportsAGO esportsAGO
September 28, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
168
8
97
2
168
8
87
1
SproutSproutSprout
W
FF
K23K23K23
September 30, 2022 - 16:00 CEST
K23 forfeit the match.
Winners Match
EntropiqEntropiqEntropiq
2
1
SproutSproutSprout
October 14, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
125
7
1610
6
165
11
1410
4
1612
4
143
11
Elimination Match
AGO esportsAGO esportsAGO
1
2
K23K23K23
October 6, 2022 - 18:00 CEST
168
8
117
4
20500
1032
221033
501
10
1
1615
1
Decider Match
SproutSproutSprout
2
1
K23K23K23
October 15, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
109
1
166
10
1613
3
22
0
169
7
96
3


Playoffs[edit]

Note: forZe withdraw from the Playoffs; they are replaced by 9INE.
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
1
9INE9INE9INE
2
October 18, 2022 - 19:30 CEST
139
4
166
10
1973
81
1780
72
96
3
169
7
SproutSproutSprout
0
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
2
October 18, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
66
0
169
7
149
5
166
10
9INE9INE9INE
0
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
2
October 19, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
73
4
1612
4
54
1
1611
5
EntropiqEntropiqEntropiq
2
Team FalconsTeam FalconsFalcons
1
October 18, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
168
8
137
6
137
6
168
8
1612
4
63
3
HEETHEETHEET
0
1win1win1win
2
October 18, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
138
5
167
9
64
2
1611
5
EntropiqEntropiqEntropiq
0
1win1win1win
2
October 19, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
118
3
167
9
1790
62
1963
91
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
2
1win1win1win
1
October 20, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
168
8
97
2
127
5
168
8
168
8
137
6
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
2
SproutSproutSprout
1
October 19, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
66
0
169
7
1973
81
1780
72
22622
912
19911
620
EntropiqEntropiqEntropiq
0
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
2
October 20, 2022 - 19:30 CEST
74
3
1611
5
96
3
169
7
Team FalconsTeam FalconsFalcons
1
HEETHEETHEET
2
October 19, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1613
3
62
4
137
6
168
8
1210
2
165
11
9INE9INE9INE
2
HEETHEETHEET
1
October 20, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
33
0
1612
4
1610
6
75
2
167
9
138
5
Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesBNE
0
9INE9INE9INE
2
October 21, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1660
91
1993
61
1772
80
1981
73
1win1win1win
1
9INE9INE9INE
2
October 22, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
105
5
1610
6
1610
6
115
6
137
6
168
8
BLUEJAYSBLUEJAYSBJAYS
2
9INE9INE9INE
3
October 23, 2022 - 19:00 CEST
1952
102
17101
51
61
5
1614
2
147
7
168
8
87
1
168
8
BLUEJAYS have a 1 map advantage as the upper-bracket team

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

LanguageEnglish Speaking
Streams

References[edit]

  1. Falcons Esports (2022-07-06). "Announcement in regards to our CS:GO Team".
  2. Team Falcons (2022-08-14). "Nothing is impossible".
  3. "COMUNICADO: Reestruturação na equipa de CS:GO" [Announcement: Restructuration of our CS:GO team] (in Portugal Portuguese). SAW. 2022-06-01.
  4. "Comunicado: Story e Ewjerkz são os novos elementos da equipa de CS:GO" [Announcement: Story and Ewjerkz are the new members of the CS:GO team] (in Portugal Portuguese). SAW. 2022-07-01.
  5. "Comunicado: ARKI assume o cargo de treinador" [Announcement: ARKI assumes the role of coach] (in Portugal Portuguese). SAW. 2022-07-01.
  6. Sprout (2022-07-31). "Today will be one of the most emotional goodbyes as we say farewell to @SpiidiCS".
  7. Sprout (2022-08-01). "Another departure we are announcing today is @RAALZCS".
  8. Sprout (2022-08-15). "Finally, the time has come to officially welcome home not one, but two greatly talented and skilled players!".
  9. Entropiq (2022-09-15). "After a mutual agreement, @El1anCSGO has been transfer-listed".
  10. SINNERS Esports (2022-07-15). "The only Zero we take and appreciate".
  11. "Lucky removed from the active roster". HEET. 2022-08-09.
  12. "HEET Signs JACKZ to Their CSGO Roster". HEET. 2022-08-10.
  13. Wisła Kraków (2022-06-27). "Rozstania nigdy nie są łatwe, a takie szczególnie" [Breakups are never easy, especially such] (in Poland Polish).
  14. Wisła Kraków (2022-07-01). "Dziękujemy @SZPEROcsgo" [Thank you @SZPEROcsgo] (in Poland Polish).
  15. Wisła Kraków (2022-07-15). "Niemal trzy lata wspólnego pisania historii" [Almost three years of writing history together] (in Poland Polish).
  16. 9INE (2022-08-05). "A new chapter begins".
  17. "birdfromsky leaves the nest". ECSTATIC. 2022-07-30.
  18. "Thank you @XELLOWcs!". ECSTATIC. 2022-07-31.
  19. "Agreement with fnatic for the transfer of FASHR". ECSTATIC. 2022-08-05.
  20. "Cabbi, Queenix and kraghen joins ECSTATIC". ECSTATIC. 2022-08-06.
  21. "brzer joins ECSTATIC". ECSTATIC. 2022-08-15.
  22. AGO (2022-05-27). "Nasz Jastrząb leci dalej" [Our Hawk flies on] (in Poland Polish).
  23. AGO esports (2022-07-12). "Dzisiaj Gniazdo Jastrzębi opuszcza Roland "@ultimatecs_go" Tomkowiak. Natomiast Filipowi "@AxEcHo_" Czajce chcielibyśmy podziękować za udział w okresie próbnym" [Today Roland "@ultimatecs_go" Tomkowiak is leaving the Hawk Nest. Also we would like to thank Filip "@AxEcHo_" Czajka for participating in the trial period] (in Poland Polish).
  24. leman (2022-07-18). "Open for challenges!".
  25. AGO esports (2022-08-29). "Poznajcie AGO esports 2022" [Meet AGO esports 2022] (in Poland Polish).
  26. AGO esports (2022-09-10). "Młody Jastrząb wlatuje do Gniazda!" [The young Hawk flies to the Nest!] (in Poland Polish).
  27. K23 (2022-08-02). "Важное изменение в составе: neaLaN покидает k23" [Important lineup change: neaLaN leaves k23] (in Russia Russian).
  28. K23 (2022-08-23). "It's time to make an official announcement of the fifth player!".
  29. Team Finest (2022-08-29). "In a mutual decision, we're sad to announce that we will be parting ways with one of our core players Guy @anarkezCS Trachtman".
  30. Team Finest (2022-08-29). "We’re excited to welcome Olek @CsgoHades Miskiewicz to our CSGO team!".