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ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe

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[e][h]ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe
League Information
Series:
Challenger League
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
Europe Europe
Prize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-10-05
End Date:
2023-12-10
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Ancient • Anubis • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Vertigo

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Commentator:
    • TBA
  • Observer:
    • TBA

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage 1:
    • Four single Round-Robin format groups
      • Each group has six teams
      • All teams play each other once
      • All matches are Bo3
    • All teams advance to Group Stage 2
      • Top 2 teams from each group proceed to the High Group
      • Middle 2 teams from each group proceed to the Mid Group
      • Bottom 2 teams from each group proceed to the Low Group
  • Group Stage 2:
    • Three Double-Elimination format groups
      • Each group has eight teams
      • All matches are Bo3
    • All teams from the High Group and the top 2 teams from the Mid Group advance to the Playoffs
      • 1st - 2nd place teams from the High Group advance to the Upper Bracket Semifinals
      • 3rd - 6th place teams from the High Group advance to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
      • 7th - 8th place teams from the High Group advance to the Lower Bracket
      • 1st - 2nd place teams from the Mid Group advance to the Lower Bracket
  • 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]

$100,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Note: Teams are awarded $500 USD per match win in Group Stage 1.

Participants[edit]

Apeks
Notes
1Sweden nawwk
2Norway jkaem
3Slovakia STYKO
4North Macedonia kyxsan
5North Macedonia CacaNito
CDenmark mithR
1 June 30th - Lithuania jL is acquired by Natus Vincere. [1]
2 July 1st - Apeks sign North Macedonia CacaNito. [2]
3 September 7th - Apeks part ways with Poland kuben and promote Denmark mithR from Apeks Rebels as the new head coach. [3]
Team Spirit
Notes
1Russia chopper
2Russia magixx
3Ukraine zont1x
4Russia ArtFr0st
5Russia donk
CRussia hally
1 July 5th - Ukraine zont1x, Russia ArtFr0st, and Russia donk are promoted to the main team. [4]
Monte
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1Ukraine Woro2k
2Ukraine DemQQ
3Poland kRaSnaL
4Ukraine sdy
5Denmark br0
CUkraine lmbt
1 June 20th - Jordan BOROS is acquired by Team Falcons. [5]
2 July 12th - Monte acquire Denmark br0 from Astralis Talent. [6]
SAW
Notes
1Portugal MUTiRiS
2Portugal rmn
3Portugal ewjerkz
4Portugal story
5Portugal arrozdoce
CPortugal NABOWOW
1 June 29th - SAW promote Portugal NABOWOW to act as the team's coach on a permanent basis. [7]
Sprout
Notes
1Denmark Zyphon
2Ukraine w0nderful
3Denmark raalz
4Sweden spooke
5 TBD
CDenmark BERRY
1 June 20th - Romania lauNX is acquired by Team Falcons. [5]
2 June 22nd - Denmark Staehr is acquired by Astralis. [8]
3 July 4th - Sprout part ways with Romania XELLOW. [9]
4 July 10th - Sprout acquire Ukraine w0nderful from Team Spirit and sign Denmark raalz and Sweden spooke. Additionally, they sign Non-representing alpha on a permanent basis. [10]
5 August 31st - Sprout part ways with Non-representing alpha. [11]
EYEBALLERS
Notes
1Sweden JW
2Sweden Sapec
3Sweden SHiNE
4Sweden Peppzor
5Sweden HEAP
CSweden slap
1 August 15th - Sweden flusha retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and he leaves the team. [12]
2 August 18th - EYEBALLERS sign Sweden HEAP. [13]
PARIVISION
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1Russia Jerry
2Russia xsepower
3Russia X5G7V
4Russia Raijin
5Russia BELCHONOKK
CRussia balblna
1 June 11th - K23 bench Russia Magnojez and release Russia RAiLWAY. [14]
2 June 17th - K23 bench Russia El1an. [15]
3 June 21st - K23 bench and transfer-list Russia X5G7V and Russia Raijin. [16]
4 September 22nd - Russia X5G7V and Russia Raijin are acquired by PARIVISION. [17]
Sangal Esports
Notes
1Germany kyuubii
2Germany PANIX
3Sweden LNZ
4Sweden yxngstxr
5Spain sausol
CAlbania stikle-
1 June 27th - Sangal Esports bench Germany ScrunK and part ways with Hungary kory. [18]
2 July 25th - Sangal Esports sign Sweden LNZ. [19]
3 August 2nd - Sangal Esports acquire Sweden yxngstxr from Metizport. [20]
4 September 2nd - Sangal Esports part ways with Turkey Soulfly. [21]
5 September 19th - Sangal Esports sign Sweden sausol. [22]
ORKS
Notes
1Poland olimp
2Poland sNx
3Poland mwlky
4Poland Vegi
5Estonia HS
CDenmark tenzki
1 April 17th - ORKS forms with a roster consisting of Poland olimp, Poland sNx, Poland mwlky, Poland Vegi, Estonia HS, and Denmark tenzki as coach. [23]
B8
Notes
1Ukraine r1nkle
2Ukraine cptkurtka023
3Ukraine amster
4Ukraine OWNER
5Ukraine npl
CNon-representing Maddened
1 July 9th - B8 acquire Ukraine npl on loan from Natus Vincere. [24]
Team Falcons
Notes
1France NBK-
2France bodyy
3Romania lauNX
4Poland mhL
5Jordan BOROS
CFrance Ozstrik3r
1 June 17th - Team Falcons bench France misutaaa. [25]
2 June 20th - Team Falcons acquire Romania lauNX, Poland mhL and Jordan BOROS from Sprout, Endpoint, and Monte, respectively. [5]
Pompa Team
Notes
1Poland Snax
2Bulgaria h4rn
3Poland morelz
4Norway SLY
5Poland bnox
CPoland imd
1 May 30th - Let Us Cook part ways with Poland fr3nd and Poland byali. [26][27]
2 June 14th - Let Us Cook add Bulgaria h4rn and Norway SLY. [28]
3 July 12th - Let Us Cook part ways with Romania s0und. [29]
4 July 13th - Let Us Cook part ways with Norway SLY. [30]
5 August 3rd - Let Us Cook part ways with Romania Blytz. [31]
6 August 14th - Pompa Team sign Let Us Cook. [32]
FORZE Esports
Notes
1Russia shalfey
2Russia r3salt
3Russia El1an
4Russia sstiNiX
5Belarus tN1R
CRussia Fierce
1 July 20th - FORZE Esports bench Russia Jerry and Russia zorte while signing Russia El1an and Russia sstiNiX as their replacements. [33]
2 July 23rd - FORZE Esports bench Russia Krad. [34]
3 August 14th - FORZE Esports acquire Belarus tN1R from Websterz. [35]
Movistar Riders
Notes
1Spain mopoz
2Spain ALEX
3Spain Martinez
4Portugal JUST
5Romania adamS
CSpain bladE
1 July 3rd - Movistar Riders part ways with Spain sausol. [36]
2 July 5th - Movistar Riders acquire Portugal JUST from SAW. [37]
3 July 21st - Movistar Riders bench Spain dav1g and sign Romania adamS. [38][39]
Betera
Notes
1Belarus sad
2Belarus MaSvAl
3Ukraine Ganginho
4Ukraine nifee
5Belarus lollipop21k
CBelarus d1maskin
1 June 18th - Iron Branch rename to Question Mark. [40]
2 August 24th - Question Mark are signed by Betera. [41]
RUBIK
Notes
1Hungary msN
2Hungary Aaron
3Hungary coolio
4Hungary fleav
5Hungary Kamion
CHungary SZLOBESZKOV
1 June 9th - DomiNation eSports part ways with their lineup. [42]
2 July 12th - Looking4Org replace Hungary Kamion and Hungary bodito with Hungary fleav and Hungary kory. [43]
3 July 24th - Looking4Org rename to RUBIK. [44]
4 August 1st - RUBIK part ways with Hungary kory. [45]
5 August 2nd - RUBIK add Hungary Kamion. [46]
The Prodigies
Notes
1Latvia keen
2Latvia shield
3Latvia krii
4Germany P4TriCK
5 TBD
1 July 7th - The Prodigies part ways with Latvia Independent. [48]
2 July 11th - Romania fNk is signed by Sprout Academy. [49]
IKLA
Notes
1Ukraine Kvem
2Ukraine Topa
3Poland MICHU
4North Macedonia xicoz
5Sweden draken
CPoland Loord
1 June 13th - IKLA move Ukraine byr9, Ukraine s4ltovsk1yy, and Ukraine kensizor to IKLA UA. [50]
2 July 4th - IKLA sign Poland MICHU. [51]
3 July 5th - IKLA sign North Macedonia xicoz. [52]
4 July 18th - IKLA sign Poland Loord as the new head coach and transition Ukraine WOLF to the position of an assistant coach. [53]
5 July 28th - IKLA acquire Sweden draken from GODSENT. [54]
Team Space
Notes
1Russia Vert
2Russia fozil
3Kyrgyzstan enzero
4Ukraine leri511
5Russia TruNiQ
CRussia waterfaLLZ
1 July 5th - HYDRA part ways with their lineup. [55]
2 August 4th - Team Space sign ex-HYDRA. [56]
3 September 14th - Team Space sign Russia waterfaLLZ as coach. [57]

Results[edit]

Group Stage 1[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
.Monte MonteMonte-  
.FORZE EsportsFORZE Esports FORZE EsportsFORZE-  
.Team SpaceTeam Space Team SpaceSpace-  
.Team Falcons Team FalconsFalcons-  
.B8B8 B8B8-  
.PARIVISION PARIVISIONparivision-  
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.Apeks ApeksApeks-  
.Aurora Gaming Aurora GamingAurora-  
.SINNERS Esports SINNERS EsportsSINNERS-  
.Sprout SproutSprout-  
.Sangal Esports Sangal EsportsSangal-  
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Group C
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.SAW SAWSAW-  
.Looking4OrgLooking4Org Looking4OrgL4O-  
.EYEBALLERS EYEBALLERSEYE-  
.Pompa Team Pompa TeamPT-  
.RUBIK RUBIKRUBIK-  
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Group D
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.Movistar Riders Movistar RidersRiders-  
.Betera Esports Betera EsportsBetera-  
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.IKLA IKLAIKLA-  
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High Group[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
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UB Quarterfinals
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Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

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Streams

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "“jL” transfers to NAVI". Apeks. 2023-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Welcome, “CacaNito”". Apeks. 2023-07-01.
  3. ↑ "“mithR” appointed as the new Head Coach". Apeks. 2023-09-07.
  4. ↑ Team Spirit (2023-07-05). "Team Spirit are back to Counter-Strike".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Falcons (2023-06-20). "We’ve got our squad".
  6. ↑ Monte (2023-07-12). "Welcome to the Gang, @br0CSGO".
  7. ↑ SAW (2023-06-29). "Hey, coach!" (in Portugal Portuguese).
  8. ↑ "Astralis brings in Staehr and b0RUP – gla1ve and Xyp9x benched". Astralis. 2023-06-22.
  9. ↑ Sprout (2023-07-04). "Half a year later and we are here to say goodbye to another part of the SPROUT family".
  10. ↑ "New Horizons". Sprout. 2023-07-10.
  11. ↑ Sprout (2023-08-31). "By mutual agreement and with respect for each other's future paths, we say farewell to @alphaddv today".
  12. ↑ "flusha retires from professional Counter-Strike". EYEBALLERS. 2023-08-15.
  13. ↑ "HEAP joins EYEBALLERS". EYEBALLERS. 2023-08-18.
  14. ↑ K23 (2023-06-11). "Вчера мы завершили игровой сезон и уходим на небольшой перерыв" [Yesterday we finished the game season and are leaving for a short break] (in Russia Russian).
  15. ↑ K23 (2023-06-17). "Starting today, Alexey El1an Gusev is put up for transfer".
  16. ↑ K23 (2023-06-21). "Daniil "X5G7V" Maryshev and Konstantin "Raijin" Trubarov are put up for transfer".
  17. ↑ PARIVISION (2023-09-22). "Начинаем наше киберспортивное видение с анонса состава по CS:GO" [We begin our esports vision with the announcement of the CS:GO roster] (in Russia Russian).
  18. ↑ "Farewell, ScrunK & kory". Sangal Esports. 2023-06-27.
  19. ↑ "LNZ joins legacy". Sangal Esports. 2023-07-25.
  20. ↑ "Welcome Yxngstxr". Sangal Esports. 2023-08-02.
  21. ↑ Sangal Esports (2023-09-02). "Thank you Soulfly".
  22. ↑ Sangal Esports (2023-09-19). "Bienvenido @sausolCSGO!" [Welcome @sausolCSGO!] (in Spain Spanish).
  23. ↑ tenzki (2023-07-17). "ORKS seeks long-term organizational partnerships".
  24. ↑ B8 (2023-07-09). "npl Joins the B8 CS:GO Squad".
  25. ↑ misutaaa (2023-06-17). "I've been informed today that I'm benched".
  26. ↑ fr3nd (2023-05-30). "My time at @LetUsCookCS has come to an end".
  27. ↑ byali (2023-05-30). "Fr3nd ogłosił wiec ja tez mogę - nie będę kontynuował gry z @LetUsCookCS" [Fr3nd already announced it so I can do so as well - I won't continue playing with @LetUsCookCS] (in Poland Polish).
  28. ↑ Let Us Cook (2023-06-14). "Fresh cooks on board".
  29. ↑ s0und (2023-07-12). "Hello there, as of today I'm looking for a new team to compete with, @LetUsCookCS and I have parted ways and I respect their decision".
  30. ↑ SLY (2023-07-13). "Unexpected circumstances all around the board with LUC, caused them to have to change their core".
  31. ↑ Blytz (2023-08-03). "Will be taking a break as a player for the next month".
  32. ↑ Pompa Team (2023-08-14). "Dziś, już, teraz, dzieje się!" [Today, already, now, it's happening!] (in Poland Polish).
  33. ↑ FORZE Esports (2023-07-20). "The time for change has come".
  34. ↑ FORZE Esports (2023-07-23). "As of today, Vladislav @Kradcs Kravchenko has been officially benched and put up for transfer".
  35. ↑ FORZE Esports (2023-08-14). "Welcome Andrey @tN1Rcs Tatarinovich to our main roster!".
  36. ↑ Movistar Riders (2023-07-03). "Tras medio año con nosotros hoy nos despedimos de @sausolCSGO" [After half a year with us today we say goodbye to @sausolCSGO] (in Spain Spanish).
  37. ↑ Movistar Riders (2023-07-05). "Unimos fuerzas con el país Luso para nuestra nueva incorporación al equipo de CS:GO esta temporada" [We join forces with the country Luso for our new addition to the CS:GO team this season] (in Spain Spanish).
  38. ↑ Movistar Riders (2023-07-21). "CS:GO ROSTER UPDATE: @dav1gCS" (in Spain Spanish).
  39. ↑ Movistar Riders (2023-07-21). "BIENVENIDO A TU NUEVA CASA @adamS_csgo!" [WELCOME TO YOUR NEW HOME @adamS_csgo!] (in Spain Spanish).
  40. ↑ lollipop21k (2023-06-18). "From now on Iron Branch is a team Question mark as people thought we were an org".
  41. ↑ Betera (2023-08-24). "Hey!".
  42. ↑ SZLOBESZKOV (2023-06-09). "We are FREE AGENTS!".
  43. ↑ SZLOBESZKOV (2023-07-12). "STILL LOOKING FOR AN ORG!".
  44. ↑ Aaron (2023-07-24). "While Elon rebranded twitter, we rebranded our team to @RUBIK_csgo".
  45. ↑ kory (2023-08-01). "Tried a few projects in the past month but without success so im still looking for team as a rifler, i cant wait to start grinding so please hmu".
  46. ↑ RUBIK (2023-08-02). "@kamioncs will play with us today".
  47. ↑ Aurora Gaming (2023-06-24). "Welcome to the family @innersh1necsgo".
  48. ↑ Independent (2023-07-07). "My journey with @THEPRODIGIESgg main roster has come to an end".
  49. ↑ "The Young Guns". Sprout. 2023-07-11.
  50. ↑ IKLA (2023-06-13). "The Hard Reboot".
  51. ↑ IKLA (2023-07-04). "We are delighted to introduce you to the third predator of our international pack — @MICHUcs_go".
  52. ↑ IKLA (2023-07-05). "Who will join @MICHUcs_go?".
  53. ↑ IKLA (2023-07-18). "Legendary reinforcement for IKLA".
  54. ↑ IKLA (2023-07-28). "IKLA assembled".
  55. ↑ HYDRA (2023-07-05). "We've decided to part ways with our CS:GO team and we're grateful for their efforts".
  56. ↑ Team Space (2023-08-04). "МЫ ГОТОВЫ РАСКРЫТЬ УЧАСТНИКОВ НАШЕГО ЭКИПАЖА" [WE ARE READY TO REVEAL THE PARTICIPANTS OF OUR CREW] (in Russia Russian).
  57. ↑ Team Space (2023-09-14). "Встречаем нового члена экипажа" [Meet a new crew member] (in Russia Russian).
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