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ESL Challenger League Season 44: North America
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ESL Challenger League Season 44: North America
League Information
Series:
Challenger LeagueOrganizer:
Game:
Type:
Online
Location:
North AmericaPrize Pool:
$50,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-01-24
End Date:
2023-03-26
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
Paladin (Anirudh Ajay)
Laz (Ryan Lazauskas)- Boggs (Austin Bogdanovich)
- Pineapple Philips (Nate Jensen)
- Observer:
- TBA
Format[edit]
- Regular Season:
- Two Round-Robin format groups
- All teams play each other once
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 4 teams from each group proceed to the Playoffs
- Click here to show the tie-breaker process
- Two Round-Robin format groups
- Points amassed between tied teams (mini-league)
- Map difference between tied teams
- Map wins between tied teams
- Overall map difference
- Overall map wins
- Round difference between tied teams
- Round wins between tied teams
- Overall round difference
- Overall round wins
- 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:
Note: Demotion/Relegation is not yet confirmed and is subject to change.
Participants[edit]
- 1 January 12th - Evil Geniuses Black acquire jeorgesnorts from Nouns Esports. [3]
- 2 January 15th - Evil Geniuses promote wiz to the main squad. [4]
- 1 December 22nd - LOS + oNe part ways with
lokomotioN. [5] - 2 February 6th - LOS + oNe sign
peacemaker as coach. [6]
- 1 January 12th - Evil Geniuses Black acquire jeorgesnorts from Nouns Esports. [3]
- 2 February 1st - Nouns Esports cut stamina from the roster. [10]
- 3 February 3rd - Nouns Esports sign
MarKE. [11]
- 1 December 14th - aris leaves Disconnected. [12]
- 2 January 6th - Munk and ChwE join Disconnected. [13]
- 3 February 1st - silas leaves Disconnected to join Vendetta. [14]
- 1 February 6th - NEKIZ returns to paiN Gaming's starting lineup as PKL steps down from health and family reasons. [22]
- 1 December 20th - Villainous part ways with tatm. [25]
- 2 December 28th - Villainous part ways with zebra. [26]
- 3 January 5th - Villainous sign tENSKI and Noxio. [26]
Results[edit]
Regular Season[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Legend |
|---|
| Proceed to Playoffs |
| Return for Season 45 |
| Sent to Relegation |
| Demoted to Advanced |
Note: Demotion/Relegation not confirmed.
For detailed results of Weeks 1–4, click here.
For detailed results of Weeks 5–7, click here.
Group B[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
1
1
TBD have a 1 map advantage as the upper-bracket team
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ MIBR (2023-01-13). "Hoje nos despedimos e desejamos toda sorte do mundo! Nos veremos em breve no server, J!" [Today we say goodbye and wish you all the luck in the world! See you soon on the server, J!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ MIBR (2022-08-10). "20 anos de uma "História Viva"" [20 years of a "Living History"] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Evil Geniuses (2023-01-12). "It’s official".
- ↑ RyanFriend (2023-01-15). "EG find replacement AWPer". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-12-22). "LOS + oNe see 4th coaching change in 2022". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Los Grandes (2023-02-06). "Seja bem-vindo, @peacemaker" [Welcome, @peacemaker] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ ATK (2023-02-03). "ATK would like to give the warmest of Goodbyes to Rhys "Fadey" Armstrong, as we mutually part ways ahead of EPL".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 ATK (2023-02-04). "Our current CSGO lineup is in need of some firepower and that's where @Plutocsgo comes in!".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-12-21). "Iron Blood part ways with team". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz] (2023-02-02). "Nouns cut IGL after two months". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz] (2023-02-03). "Top Mexican talent returns on Nouns". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-12-14). "Disconnected's latest departure: "I just didn't feel that there was enough utilization of players' capabilities"". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Swahn (2023-01-06). "Happy to announce that we've finalized our roster, and are feeling very motivated and fresh after a nice winter break".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Scoobster (2023-02-02). "Vendetta bring in silas". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-01-03). "CLASIA exits Vendetta to focus on streaming, personal matters". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-01-09). "Vendetta finalize roster with cxzi". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-12-21). "FRAG 16 champion returns to Strife".
- ↑ tweiss (2022-12-25). "left Mythic, on to my next adventure".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-01-04). "Trucklover86 pulls up to Mythic". Dust2.us.
- ↑ CoJoMo (2023-01-08). "CoJoMo Leaving Davenport University".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-01-11). "koi confirms new Davenport roster". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Nohte (2023-02-06). "NEKIZ returns to paiN starting lineup as PKL steps back". HLTV.
- ↑ Draik04 (2023-01-18). "Detonate tweak roster ahead of ECL start". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Detonate (2023-01-27). "No we don't, but we'll definitely remember you when you win a major with DETONATE".
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2022-12-22). "Villainous cut one after surviving Relegation". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Mnmzzz (2023-01-06). "tENSKI and Noxio complete Villainous roster". Dust2.us.
- ↑ K4mr0 (2023-01-11). "Officially back in ECL, joining Noxious(Post Mortem) for season 44. Excited for the upcoming season".