SAW left ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe
/The sAw team lost to Movistar Riders with a score of 0:2 and left the ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe. According to the results of the championship, the Portuguese team took the fourth place, earning $4,000 and a place in the group stage of ESL Challenger League Season 42: Europe.
The semi-final of the lower bracket started on the map Ancient, the first half of which ended in the defeat of the Portuguese team. At the same time, after the side switch, SAW failed to return to the game, which allowed Movistar Riders to take the lead in the series - 16:9.
Then the teams moved to the Overpass map, where the situation has not changed. As a result, Movistar Riders confidently closed the second map and knocked out SAW from ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe — 16:8.
In turn, the teams Falcons Esports, 1WIN and Movistar Riders will continue to fight within the championship, the main prize of which is a ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17.
Matches history: ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe
ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe runs from April 26 to June 26 online. Sixteen teams from Europe and the CIS are competing 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: Europe
- 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: SAW - $4,000 + place in the S42 Challenger League.
- 5th-6th place: Entropiq and Sprout - $2,500 + a place in the S42 Challenger League.
- 7th-8th place: HEET and SINNERS — $1,250 + seat in the S42 Challenger League.
- 9th-12th place: ex-MAD Lions, AGO, ECSTATIC and Wisła Kraków - a place in the S42 Challenger League.
- 13th-16th place: K23, Copenhagen Flames, Team Finest and Sangal Esports - relegated to S41 Relegation.