Falcons Esports won ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe
/ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe has ended. As part of the championship, which was held online from April 26 to June 26, sixteen teams from Europe and the CIS fought for a prize pool of $50,000, as well as a ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17. The winner of the tournament was the French team Falcons Esports, which in the grand final turned out to be stronger than 1WIN with a score of 3:0 (Default; Vertigo - 16:10; Nuke - 16:10).
The tournament for the future winner began with the group stage, during which the French team beat AGO (2:0), and also received a technical victory over Copenhagen Flames.
Having made it to the playoffs, Falcons Esports managed to beat SINNERS Esports (2:0), Movistar Riders (2:1) and 1WIN (2:1), thus reaching the grand final. In the decisive match of the championship, the team again beat 1WIN (3:0), thanks to which they became the winner of the ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe, earned $20,000 and qualified for the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17.
Results of ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe
- 1st place: Falcons Esports — $20,000 + seat at ESL Pro League Conference Season 17.
- 2nd place: 1WIN — $11,500 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 3rd place: Movistar Riders — $7,000 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 4th place: SAW — $4,000 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 5th-6th place: Entropiq and Sprout — $2,500 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 7th-8th place: HEET and SINNERS — $1,250 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 9th-12th place: ex-MAD Lions, AGO, ECSTATIC and Wisła Kraków - a place at the ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe.
- 13th-16th place: K23, Copenhagen Flames, Team Finest and Sangal Esports - relegation to ESL Challenger League Season 41 Relegation.