ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier

DBL PONEY qualify for ESL Anaheim

13-12-2021 22:47

The first European team has been confirmed for the $100,000 North American LAN.

DBL PONEY have qualified for ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 after defeating Savage 2-1 in the grand finals of the European closed qualifier. The rematch of the upper bracket finals saw the French squad double down on their opponents to secure their second-ever LAN appearance.

The Frenchmen are the fourth team to qualify for the event and will be joined in the Californian city by ORDER, 9z, and Extra Salt. Four additional teams will be invited to round out the roster for the opening ESL Challenger tournament, taking place between February 11-13.

Djoko dominated Savage on Vertigo with a 2.43 rating

Savage opened up the series on their own map pick of Ancient, setting the early tempo after converting the opening pistol and earning a 5-0 advantage. DBL PONEY started to claw back at the Swedish lead after settling in their defense, with the Frenchmen finishing the half 9-6 ahead thanks to the firepower provided by Lucas "⁠Lucky⁠" Chastang. The Swedes looked much more comfortable on the CT side, retaking control of the map with a seven-round winning streak before securing their pick 16-13.

Vertigo was a much more straight forwards affair. The Frenchmen of DBL PONEY walked over Savage's defense with very little resistance, ending the first half ahead 13-2 as Thomas "⁠Djoko⁠" Pavoni collected 21 frags in the offense. DBL PONEY wasted no time in forcing the decider, converting the second pistol round and closing 16-2.

DBL PONEY's early advantage on Inferno was short-lived as a Deagle 3k from Denis "⁠grux⁠" Gutaj prevented Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro and co. from running away with the game. The two squads were close going into halftime as a late stumble from the Swedish offense allowed the French squad to limit the deficit to 7-8. The turning point came in round 22 as a crucial 1v3 Pierre "⁠Ex3rcice⁠" Bulinge broke the CT economy, putting DBL PONEY in the perfect position to claim the map 16-12 and the series 2-1 after a chaotic last round.

ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3

DBL PONEY

Matchpage

13th December 2021

Savage

Ancient

Vertigo

Inferno

DBL PONEY	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier afro	57 - 40	+17	70.5	74.7%	1.23
Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni Djoko	55 - 45	+10	83.7	72.0%	1.21
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	55 - 53	+2	83.5	70.7%	1.18
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang Lucky	46 - 41	+5	71.2	69.3%	1.03
Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge Ex3rcice	47 - 53	-6	64.5	70.7%	0.96

Savage	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hugo 'chawzyyy' Günther chawzyyy	53 - 50	+3	73.1	74.7%	1.05
Denis 'grux' Gutaj grux	53 - 56	-3	83.3	70.7%	1.05
Adam 'dezon' Wahlqvist dezon	42 - 50	-8	69.8	69.3%	0.91
Niclas 'PlesseN' Plessen PlesseN	43 - 51	-8	66.4	57.3%	0.83
Simon 'twist' Eliasson twist	38 - 54	-16	60.0	57.3%	0.80

The team list for ESL Challenger Anaheim look as follows:

Extra Salt

TBD

ORDER

DBL PONEY

TBD

Best french team

2021-12-13 22:48

6 replies

damn yeah I just realised

2021-12-13 22:57

technically, vitality hasn't started playing with a new roster yet. Also, g2 was a french team for 1 tournament again, and were better imo.

2021-12-14 03:49

4 replies

but there are not anymore soooooo DBL poney best french team

2021-12-14 10:29

3 replies

no, vitality is still playing with this roster at blast finals.

2021-12-14 16:54

2 replies

I’m talking about g2

2021-12-14 19:19

1 reply

I know, but vitality is french, so DBL is not best french team yet.

2021-12-14 19:32

pog, hopefully an org notices them

2021-12-13 22:49

wouldn't getting signed by an org mean no more horse memes on twitter though((

2021-12-13 23:15

a good developping french team signing to an org is a good tradeoff for no horse memes i think :D

2021-12-13 23:26

Even has a fellow Poney, I agree with that ... The ultimate signing would be with the CM included (cc @Limun)

2021-12-14 10:55

Nice

let's go ponies ! ps: sign DBL !

#DBLan

2021-12-13 22:50

pls some kind sirs sign these beautiful mens :)

+1 best Org-less team in a long while, I really hope someone pics them up

2021-12-13 23:02

sometimes i do completely forget that these guys don't have an org at all, they do deserve one

2021-12-13 23:35

expected

2021-12-13 22:51

twitter.com/DBLPoney/status/139169589163..

This stuff is so damm funny

2021-12-14 00:21

nice one bruhhh

2021-12-14 03:25

Grats!

2021-12-13 22:53

Cool

Chawzyyy is insane

2021-12-13 22:54

really young and promising swede

2021-12-14 00:15

i was hoping to see EF on LAN, sad.

2021-12-13 22:56

that team is finished

2021-12-14 00:18

LESGOOOOOOOOOOOO

2021-12-13 23:05

2 teams looking for an org fighting to play on LAN

hltv.org/team/11300/lookingfororg are they playing?

2021-12-14 09:22

well deserved for the ponies, hopefully they get an org soon

2021-12-13 23:09

Lot of respect for DBL PONEY, they have not had a org for a very long time but he perseveres and today they are rewarded well done to them

LETS GO PONEY

2021-12-13 23:14

riders where?

Sign them ffs!

2021-12-13 23:17

one poney = savage had a chance, two poneys = no chance

2021-12-13 23:22

lol, 2 ponies are just too strong.

2021-12-14 03:53

SIGN DBL !

I’m telling you, Djoko is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-Eleven the other day before his match against Savage, he was buying cases of Monster Energy and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for? And he said “they help contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids.” And then he rode a bear out of the door. All jokes aside, this team with just ONE experienced veteran as shox or NBK could be an instant top15 team and more. Given a structure, a coach & all. It's such a shame they are stuck out there trying to showcase they are worth being picked up and still nothing changes.

2021-12-13 23:33

Yeah they looked very good with NBK

2021-12-14 09:23

Kenny inc right when hes out of G2

He's not what they need though. afroo is a better player than kennyS at the moment. They looked insane when they had JaCkz then NBK after G2 re-called JaCkz.

2021-12-14 11:58

Botrillaz:Have an org DBLPoney: No org 1 question:wtf?

2021-12-13 23:36

Savage, the other finalist who put up a good fight in the tourny = no org Botrillaz = have an org

2021-12-14 00:16

What org tho??? They've literally been say that they have a org for months now, but still nothing official has been announced.. perhaps the investors found out that I would be a failed project lol

2021-12-14 01:02

its not known, but I remember someone that left saying that they were paid for playing, so they must have one.

2021-12-14 03:55

The rumours were team BDS, because they were bootcamping in switzerland at some point

2021-12-14 11:08

SIGN DBL

2021-12-13 23:41

very impressive, well deserved

2021-12-13 23:52

SOMEONE SIGN THEM ALREADY LIKE COME ON Great performance by both the teams!

2021-12-13 23:53

both orgless in grand final

2021-12-14 00:17

which is sad to see in a T2 tournament where all the others were backed with an org. Hopefully both can get some backing.

2021-12-14 11:16

bro if NBK comes back to this team they're instant top 20

Yeah so I'm thinking NBK- bodyy - afro/kennyS - shox - kyojin would be an interesting lineup considering both shox and kyojin are soon to be replaced it could happen I mean unless shox is still on his way to Liquid

2021-12-14 00:27

This roster would not be dbl poney. It would just be a new team with 1-2 players for dbl.

2021-12-14 03:57

I never said it would be I was more or less thinking since kennyS is still wanting to play at a pro level and NBK is teamless I could see them making one together and finding an org might work IMO.

2021-12-14 04:09

Congrats to the best poneys :)

Can somebody sign them please?

2021-12-14 00:23

Gj guys! Org deserved 1000 %.

2021-12-14 00:31

SIGN THEM PLEASEEE

2021-12-14 00:34

feel sorry for savage, they need to cut dezon asap,

2021-12-14 00:37

chawzy new upcoming swedish talent?

2021-12-14 01:01

2021-12-14 01:14

holy shit nice. Is there going to be a crowd at the lan? I live in California and would love to attend to spectate.

2021-12-14 03:54

11 replies

Would you host me if I would fly to California to attend this event :3 I'll bring some nice red wine if you want.

2021-12-14 11:00

10 replies

Of course mate. bring your gaming comp so we can LAN together :D

2021-12-14 20:25

9 replies

Would enjoy it but yeah. Less than 24 hours after DBL qualify, the event is cancelled ... MEH

2021-12-14 21:03

8 replies

They cancelled it are you serious? wtf.

2021-12-14 21:16

7 replies

Yep. Imagine this situation in the POV of a DBL player , no regular wage, no big event played for a long time, need these kind of exposure to get an org .. and one of the only event you qualify for just get cancelled less than 24 hours after you qualify for it

2021-12-15 13:05

Yeah that's pretty stupid man and unfortunate for DBL players. I feel bad for them man. Would of been a hell of a good time to play at that tier of a lan for anyone really. You remember things like that for the rest of your lives. Did they say as to why they cancelled the event? It kind of bothers me cuz I wanted to finally go to a big cs event to spectate instead of play.

2021-12-15 17:57

They say that they cancelled it because of the pandemic going strong again, it will be replaced by another event but still, they can wait until may to play at this event, they need to get money

2021-12-15 18:23

+1 they eliminated many teams to qualify for the european slot. they started from the bottom the open qualifier. that must be annoying for them.

2021-12-15 18:01

yes men, perfect run to get there and they get this -_-

2021-12-15 18:24

Yeah that's annoying af. So they get a spot at Dallas then right?

2021-12-15 18:58

i don't think they'll get an invite for IEM Dallas. Because iem anaheim was not created for tier1 teams and that's why it's called ''challenger''. im not sure but iem dallas looks like a tournament with tier1 teams attending.

2021-12-15 19:29

- Lucky - Ex3rcise + Kyojin + NBK' dbl poney top 20

2021-12-14 04:58

5 replies

kyojin lul

2021-12-14 06:06

guy is clearly improving in the last 3 months, playing way better then when he arrives. do u watch Vitality's games?

2021-12-14 15:34

don't ruin the team with kyo

2021-12-14 09:24

2021-12-14 15:38

nonono just replace exercise and that's a deal

2021-12-14 11:14

afro is better than zynoob

2021-12-14 09:42

Serious question, assuming this will finish even 6th in the event, does 3000usd even cover their flight cost and staying? Assuming they split the award equally among themselves?

2021-12-14 11:07

Not they must find an org to cover all the expenses during the tournament. - Flight Paris-LA: 3.200€ - 3 hotel rooms for 6 for 5 days in a 3* hotel (I.e. hotel Brandwood): 1.500€ (I think you can double the hotel fee easily, so 3.000€ They have already between 4.700€ to 6.200€ in expenses without food and extra. So they need an org or will ESL pay for this?

2021-12-14 12:17

Tournament organizers cover absolutely ALL costs They do not necessarily need an organization

2021-12-14 14:41

Are you sure? What costs are included?

2021-12-14 14:52

All travel and accommodation expenses are covered by the tournament organizers. the only thing they will pay for is the travel from their home to the airport (nothing at all)

2021-12-14 14:55