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ESL Challenger League Season 46: North America

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[e][h]ESL Challenger League Season 46: North America
League Information
Series:
Challenger League
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
North America North America
Prize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-08-15
End Date:
2023-12-10
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Ancient • Anubis • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Vertigo
Upcoming Matches
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniusesvs.Bad News BearsBad News Bears BNB
September 26, 2023 - 00:00 UTC
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniusesvs.kariESPORTSkariESPORTS kari
September 27, 2023 - 00:00 UTC
Flyte Take Flytevs.Mythic Mythic
September 27, 2023 - 00:00 UTC
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniusesvs.Mythic Mythic
September 28, 2023 - 00:00 UTC
Flyte Take Flytevs.Party Astronauts Partyz
September 28, 2023 - 00:00 UTC

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Commentator:
    • TBA
  • Observer:
    • TBA

Format[edit]

  • Regular Season:
    • Single Round-Robin format league
      • All teams play each other once
      • All matches are Bo3
    • Top 10 teams proceed to the Playoffs
      • 1st - 2nd place teams advance to the Upper Bracket Semifinals
      • 3rd - 6th place teams advance to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
      • 7th - 10th place teams advance to the Lower Bracket
    • Click here to show the tie-breaker process
  1. Points amassed between tied teams (mini-league)
  2. Map difference between tied teams
  3. Map wins between tied teams
  4. Overall map difference
  5. Overall map wins
  6. Round difference between tied teams
  7. Round wins between tied teams
  8. Overall round difference
  9. 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]

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

Participants[edit]

Evil Geniuses
Notes
1United States autimatic
2Canada Walco
3United States Jeorge
4United States junior
5Canada HexT
CUnited States Axed
1 June 24th - Evil Geniuses Black are promoted to become Evil Geniuses' main lineup. [1]
M80
Notes
1United States Swisher
2United States reck
3United States WolfY
4Guatemala malbsMd
5Denmark maNkz
CUnited Kingdom dephh
1 July 1st - ATK's lineup enters free agency and leaves the organization. [2]
2 July 15th - The lineup is signed by M80, replacing South Africa MisteM, Canada Jonji and Israel sprayxd with Denmark maNkz, Guatemala malbsMd and United Kingdom dephh. [3]
Wildcard Gaming
Notes
1United States Cryptic
2Canada freshie
3United States brett
4United States SLIGHT
5United States d4rty
CBrazil horvy
1 May 25th - Wildcard Gaming part ways with United States micro. [4]
2 June 6th - Wildcard Gaming acquire United States d4rty from Strife Esports. [5]
Nouns Esports
Notes
1United States Bwills
2United States nosraC
3United States cJ
4Mexico MarKE
5United States cynic
CCanada SEMPHIS
1 June 12th - Nouns Esports part ways with United States cynic. [6]
2 July 3rd - Nouns Esports sign United States stamina. [7]
3 August 14th - Nouns Esports part ways with United States stamina. [8]
4 August 23rd - Nouns Esports re-sign United States cynic. [9]
Party Astronauts
Notes
1United States PwnAlone
2United States ben1337
3United States chop
4United States spek
5United States Grizz
CUnited States Viathan
1 July 7th - Party Astronauts part ways with United States cxzi. [10]
2 July 8th - United States Lucid steps down from Party Astronauts. [11]
3 July 14th - Party Astronauts add United States spek and United States madcow, the latter as coach. [12]
4 July 20th - Party Astronauts part ways with United States madcow as United States Viathan takes over as the team's head coach. [13]
5 July 21st - United States viz leaves Party Astronauts to take a break from competition. [14]
6 August 2nd - Party Astronauts add United States Grizz. [15]
FLUFFY AIMERS
Notes
1United States Peeping
2United States sacrifice
3Brazil LEARSI
4United States Jason
5Russia dea
1 May 24th - Canada stanislaw steps down from FLUFFY AIMERS. [16]
WITHOUTWARNING
Notes
1United States Spongey
2Pakistan Pluto
3United States Tender
4Canada J0LZ
5United States Andrew
1 August 24th - WITHOUTWARNING part ways with United States consti. [17]
2 August 25th - United States Andrew joins WITHOUTWARNING. [18]
Badass Gaming
Notes
1United States snav
2China Fr3nk1e
3United States dare
4China Project90
5United States intra
CUnited States JQT
1 June 13th - United States dare leaves timbermen. [19]
2 June 18th - United States shane steps down from timbermen. [20]
3 July 5th - timbermen part ways with China Project90 as United States dare rejoins the team. [21]
4 August 11th - Badass Gaming sign timbermen alongside China Project90, United States intra, and United States JQT as coach. [22]
kariESPORTS
Notes
1United States drewtheshrew
2United States Penguin
3United States Gonzo
4United States jsfeltner
5United States bootylord
CSlovenia mindtr6cks
1 June 22nd - BHOP Esports part ways with their roster following the expiration of their contracts. ex-BHOP Esports add United States micro and United States bew to complete their roster. [23]
2 July 15th - United States bew leaves ex-BHOP Esports. [24]
3 August 11th - ex-BHOP Esports are signed by kariESPORTS while United States jsfeltner also joins the lineup. [25]
4 August 25th - kariESPORTS lose United States micro and United States Andrew while United States mst also steps down into an analyst role. United States Gonzo and United States bootylord are added as their replacements. [18]
5 September 7th - kariESPORTS add Slovenia mindtr6cks as coach. [26]
Unjustified Gaming
Notes
1United States Cyrix
2United States Seb
3United States Lake
4United States Wolffe
5United States arcade
1 June 13th - Poland Distu leaves Looking for Organization. [27]
2 August 2nd - United States Wolffe retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves Looking for Organization. [28]
3 August 13th - Looking for Organization is signed by Unjustified Gaming, additionally United States Wolffe returns to the team from retirement. [29]
4 August 24th - United States DJF steps down from Unjustified Gaming and is replaced by United States arcade. [30]
the jungle
Notes
1Canada PNDLM
2Venezuela nooz
3Canada PALADIN
4Poland shutout
5United States AJaxz
CUnited States CooperTrooper
1 August 1st - the jungle part ways with Canada Scar. [31]
2 August 6th - the jungle add United States AJaxz. [31]
Take Flyte
Notes
1United States mds
2United States Gabe
3United States CoJoMo
4United States Sandman
5United States xaler
CUnited States snakedrake
1 August 14th - Take Flyte acquire OMiT, additionally United States snakedrake is signed as coach. [32]
Reason Gaming
Notes
1United States Danejoris
2United States grape
3Canada BeaKie
4United States JDubs
5 TBD
CUnited States Coastal
1 September 19th - Canada walker steps down from Reason Gaming. [33]

Results[edit]

Regular Season[edit]

  • Standings
  • Results Crosstable
  • Show All
Standings
1.Wildcard Gaming Wildcard GamingWildcard6-0195-82+11318p
2.M80 M80M804-0128-56+7212p
3.Unjustified Gaming Unjustified GamingUnjustified1-270-102-323p
4.RocketRocket RocketRKT1-048-39+93p
5.kariESPORTSkariESPORTS kariESPORTSkari1-149-71-223p
6.Mythic MythicMythic1-251-72-213p
7.FLUFFY AIMERS FLUFFY AIMERSFA1-297-111-143p
.Badass Gaming Badass GamingBadass-   
.Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses Evil GeniusesEG-   
.Nouns Esports Nouns EsportsNouns-   
.Party Astronauts Party AstronautsPartyz-   
.Take Flyte Take FlyteFlyte-   
.the junglethe jungle the junglejungle-   
.WITHOUTWARNING WITHOUTWARNINGWW-   
15.Reason Gaming Reason GamingReason0-230-64-340p
16.Bad News BearsBad News Bears Bad News BearsBNB0-6149-220-710p
Legend
Proceed to Upper Bracket R2
Proceed to Upper Bracket R1
Proceed to Lower Bracket
Return for Season 47
Sent to Relegation
Demoted to Advanced

For detailed results of Weeks 1–5, click here.
For detailed results of Weeks 6–10, click here.

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
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Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
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
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Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

LanguageEnglish Speaking
Streams

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Evil Geniuses (2023-06-24). "Familiar faces, new era".
  2. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-07-01). "ATK enter free agency; core look to stay together". Dust2.us.
  3. ↑ M80 (2023-07-15). "NA Counter Strike has never looked better".
  4. ↑ Wildcard Gaming (2023-05-25). "Today, we officially part ways with @JRMICR0".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wildcard Gaming (2023-06-06). "Bullseye! We hit our target".
  6. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-12). "Nouns part ways with cynic in shock move". Dust2.us.
  7. ↑ lukas (2023-07-03). "Nouns confirm familiar fifth". Dust2.us.
  8. ↑ Nouns Esports (2023-08-14). "Today, we bid farewell and send out a sincere thank you to @stamjna".
  9. ↑ Nouns Esports (2023-08-23). "The rumors are true, @cyn1c_fps has returned to the CS roster as our dedicated AWPer".
  10. ↑ cxzi (2023-07-07). "LFT for the rest of cs/cs2".
  11. ↑ Lucid (2023-07-08). "Today marks the end of my journey with @Partynauts_GG".
  12. ↑ Party Astronauts (2023-07-14). "Welcome our newest addition @spekcs!".
  13. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-08-06). "Party Astronauts coach leaves project after one week". Dust2.us.
  14. ↑ viz (2023-07-21). "Til next time".
  15. ↑ Party Astronauts (2023-08-02). "With @viz_cs stepping down we are excited to announce the arrival of @GrizzCS".
  16. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-05-25). "stanislaw out of FLUFFY AIMERS after one week". Dust2.us.
  17. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-08-24). "consti out of WITHOUTWARNING". Dust2.us.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Mnmzzz (2023-08-17). "kariESPORTS undergoes mass changes two weeks after signing". Dust2.us.
  19. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-13). "timbermen trio splits for first time in 5+ years". Dust2.us.
  20. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-18). "timbermen drop to three". Dust2.us.
  21. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-07-07). "dare returns to timbermen". Dust2.us.
  22. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-08-15). "timbermen link up with Badass organization". Dust2.us.
  23. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-22). "ex-BHOP add micro and bew; part ways with org". Dust2.us.
  24. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-07-16). "ex-BHOP look for reinforcements after key departure". Dust2.us.
  25. ↑ kariESPORTS (2023-08-11). "ECL won't know what hit 'em".
  26. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-09-06). "kariESPORTS add Slovenian coach". Dust2.us.
  27. ↑ Distu (2023-06-13). "Yo!".
  28. ↑ Wolffe (2023-08-02). "I can’t go another season without an org".
  29. ↑ Unjustified Gaming (2023-08-13). "Back in Challengers".
  30. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-08-24). "Unjustified change one post-ECL debut". Dust2.us.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Mnmzzz (2023-08-08). "the jungle swap one". Dust2.us.
  32. ↑ Take Flyte (2023-08-14). "Look Mom, New Take Flyte S46 Challengers Roster Just Dropped!".
  33. ↑ walker (2023-09-19). "Stepping down from @ReasonGaming".
  34. ↑ MIBR (2023-05-31). "Hoje a gente anuncia que o @tuurtlecs foi movido ao banco de reservas" [Today we announce that @tuurtlecs has been moved to the bench] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  35. ↑ MIBR (2023-06-27). "Mais um update no #MIBRCSGO e hoje anunciamos que o @HEN1 foi movido ao banco de reservas" [One more update on #MIBRCSGO and today we announce that @HEN1 has been moved to the bench] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  36. ↑ MIBR (2023-06-30). "Sejam bem-vindos à família, @dropcsgo_ e @saffeecsgo!" [Welcome to the family, @dropcsgo_ and @saffeecsgo!] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  37. ↑ gabrielpumba (2023-06-22). "NEKIZ vai para a reserva da paiN" [NEKIZ goes to paiN's reserve] (in Brazil Portuguese). Dust2.com.br.
  38. ↑ vhporto (2023-06-28). "paiN coloca hardzao na reserva" [paiN puts hardzao in reserve] (in Brazil Portuguese). Dust2.com.br.
  39. ↑ Fluxo (2023-07-09). "Vocês pediram novidades no CS? Nós atendemos" [Did you ask for news on CS? We answer] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  40. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-21). "Infinite exits Strife". Dust2.us.
  41. ↑ Mnmzzz (2023-06-22). "CLASIA also out of Strife; team future dubious". Dust2.us.
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