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What do you remember about the group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America

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The group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America has come to an end, according to the results of which the teams paiN Gaming, GODSENT, ATK, Brazen, Strife Esports, MIBR, Evil Geniuses (Carpe Diem) and BHOP Esports made it to the playoffs. At the same time, the remaining eight participants left the championship, as well as we offer you to get acquainted with the interim results of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America.

Group A

Group A was won by the Brazilian team paiN Gaming, which won six victories in the group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America and was also defeated by Gaimin Gladiators (0:2). The second place is occupied by the Brazilians from GODSENT, who also won six matches, but lost to paiN Gaming (1:2), thus losing the chance to be higher.

The ATK team was next, which won four victories during the group stage of the championship, and also lost to GODSENT (1:2), paiN Gaming (0:2) and Team oNe eSports (1:2). The last participant of the playoffs of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America from group A was the Brazen team, which completed their performances at the group stage with a score of "4-3".

In turn, the Gaimin Gladiators, Team oNe eSports, Unjustified Gaming and ex-UYU teams were left out of the playoffs, thus completing their performances in the championship.

Group A final standings

Place

Team

Result

Number of rounds

Round difference

Number of points

one

paiN Gaming

6-1

247-187

+60

eighteen

2

GODSENT

6-1

265-168

+97

eighteen

3

ATK

4-3

230-194

+36

12

four

Brazen

4-3

198-223

-25

12

5

Gaimin Gladiators

4-3

244-215

+29

12

6

Team one eSports

3-4

237-255

-eighteen

9

7

Unjustified Gaming

1-6

167-263

-96

3

eight

ex-UYU

0-7

171-254

-83

0

Group B

The strongest team in Group B was Strife Esports, which finished the group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America without a single defeat. Next came the Brazilian team MIBR, which won five matches, but lost to Strife Esports and Bad News Bears (1:2).

The Evil Geniuses (Carpe Diem) team made it from the third place to the playoffs, which also won five victories, but lost to MIBR (0:2) and Strife Esports (1:2). The last participant of the playoffs from group B was BHOP Esports, which finished the group stage with a score of "4-3".

Interestingly, the Party Astronauts team was forced to withdraw from the championship due to a conflict of interest. Previously, Evil Geniuses signed two lineups of Carpe Diem and Party Astronauts. At the same time, the teams Mythic, Bad News Bears and Axolotls flew out of the tournament.

Group B final standings

Place

Team

Result

Number of rounds

Round difference

Number of points

one

Strife Esports

7-0

248-134

+114

21

2

MIBR

5-2

215-195

+20

fifteen

3

Evil Geniuses (Carpe Diem)

5-2

206-151

+55

fifteen

four

BHOP Esports

4-3

211-190

+21

12

5

Mythic

3-4

204-201

+3

9

6

Bad News Bears

3-4

228-214

+14

9

7

Axolotls

1-6

162-165

-3

3

Disqualification

Party Astronauts

0-7

0-224

-224

0

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ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America runs from April 26 to June 26 online. Sixteen teams from North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $50,000, as well as a ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17, which will go to the winner.

Intermediate results of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America

  • 1st place: $20,000 + seat at EPL Conference S17.
  • 2nd place: $11,500 + S42 Challenger League spot.
  • 3rd place: $7,000 + seat in the S42 Challenger League.
  • 4th place: $4,000 + place in the S42 Challenger League.
  • 5th-6th place: $2,500 + place in the S42 Challenger League.
  • 7th-8th place: $1,250 + seat in the S42 Challenger League.
  • 9th-10th place: Mythic and Gaimin Gladiators - a place in the S42 Challenger League.
  • 11th-12th place: Bad News Bears and Team oNe eSports - relegated to S41 Relegation.
  • 13th-14th place: Axolotls and Unjustified Gaming - relegated to S41 Relegation.
  • 15th place: ex-UYU - relegated to S42 Advanced.
  • Disqualification: Party Astronauts.
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