Eternal Fire withdrew from ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe

The Turkish team Eternal Fire has decided to withdraw from the ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe. Information about this appeared on the HLTV and Liquipedia portals, as well as technical defeats were assigned to the corresponding matches of the team. However, the club has not made an official announcement regarding its withdrawal from the competition.

Recall that Eternal Fire was invited to ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe as one of the participants in ESL Pro League Season 16. At the same time, the organizers made changes to the format of the tournament, abandoning the group stage and expanding the number of participants to 24 teams.

The Turkish team had to start from the second round stage and play with the winner of the SAW match - ex-Team Finest. However, now Eternal Fire was awarded technical losses, as a result of which the team dropped out of the fight.

The final composition of the participants of ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe

• Endpoint, For The Win Esports, Movistar Riders, Team Spirit, 9INE, BLUEJAYS, 1WIN, Bad News Eagles, HEET, Entropiq, Sprout, Team Falcons, forZe, SINNERS, ECSTATIC, PALOMA, K23, Sangal Esports, ex-Team Finest, AGO, SAW, Fnatic Rising and Ungentium

Note that the championship will start this week, but will be postponed for two weeks due to the Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022.

ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe will be held online from October 25 to December 18. As part of the championship, 23 teams from Europe and the CIS will compete for a total prize pool of $50,000, as well as a ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 18.

Prize pool distribution for ESL Challenger League Season 43: Europe

• 1st place: $20,000 + seat at ESL Pro League Conference Season 17 + slot at ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 2nd place: $11,500 + slot to ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 3rd place: $7,000 + slot to ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 4th place: $4,000 + slot for ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 5th-6th place: $2,500 + slot for ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 7th-8th place: $1,250 + slot for ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 9th-12th place: slot at ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 13th-16th place: slot at ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 17th-20th place: slot at ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe
• 20th-24th place: relegation to ESL Challenger League Season 43 Relegation