ATK wins ESL Challenger League Season 42: North America

ESL Challenger League Season 42: North America has died down. As part of the championship, which was held online from August 23 to October 23, sixteen teams from North and South America fought for a prize pool of $50,000, as well as a direct ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17. The winner of the tournament was the ATK team, which in the grand - in the final, she managed to beat Nouns Esports with a score of 3:1 (Default - 0:1; Inferno - 16:5; Mirage - 16:14; Vertigo - 16:11).

The championship for sprayxd's wards started with an excellent performance at the group stage, during which they managed to get six wins and also suffer only one defeat from BHOP Esports (1:2).

Having made it to the playoffs, the team first beat Brazen (2:0), but then lost to Nouns Esports (1:2) and fell into the lower bracket. However, here ATK managed to get victories over Iron Blood Gaming (2:0), LOS + oNe (2:0) and MIBR (2:0) to advance to the grand final and get a chance for a rematch.

In the decisive match, the team managed to deal with Nouns Esports (3:1), thus becoming the champion of ESL Challenger League Season 42: North America and getting a slot at ESL Pro League Conference Season 17.

ESL Challenger League Season 42 North America Results

• 1st place: ATK — $20,000 + seat at ESL Pro League Conference Season 17
• 2nd place: Nouns Esports - $11,500 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 3rd place: MIBR — $7,000 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 4th place: LOS + oNe - $4,000 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 5th-6th place: Iron Blood Gaming and Evil Geniuses Black — $2,500 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 7th-8th place: Vendetta and Brazen — $1,250 + seat at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 9th-10th place: Strife Esports and kariESPORTS - place at ESL Challenger League Season 43 North America
• 11th-12th place: Mythic and BHOP Esports — relegation to ESL Challenger League Season 42 Relegation
• 13th-14th place: Victorum and Unjustified Gaming — relegation to ESL Challenger League Season 42 Relegation
• 15th-16th place: ex-Detonate and Davenport University - relegation to ESEA Season 43 Advanced