ECSTATIC qualify for ESL Challenger Katowice

22-5-2023 23:26

The Danish squad rounds out the team list for the $100,000 LAN event.

ECSTATIC have secured a spot at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 after beating BIG 2-0 in the closed qualifier final. Marcus "⁠maNkz⁠" Kjeldsen and company defeated HOTU, GODSENT, and Movistar Riders on their way to qualification for the summer event.

They will join teams such as ENCE, Virtus.pro, and FORZE in Katowice, Poland between June 9-11 as eight teams battle it out for a $100,000 prize pool and a spot at ESL Pro League Season 18. The Danish side was initially intended to be in the qualifiers, but successfully navigated through the bracket without losing a match.

ECSTATIC grabbed a top four finish at the previous ESL Challenger LAN

ECSTATIC were directly invited to the closed stage alongside GODSENT as replacements for Monte and GamerLegion, who continued their surprise journey at the Paris Major. They rode the upper bracket all the way to the final against BIG who had to recover from an opening loss to HOTU in the first round.

BIG claimed victories over Movistar Riders, DomiNation, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and GODSENT on the way to the final, but struggled against the Danes. Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's men failed to close out a 14-8 lead on Anubis (14-16) before ECSTATIC closed the math on Overpasss (16-11).

Invites announced for ESL Challenger Katowice Europe closed qualifier

ECSTATIC are currently the fifth highest-ranked team scheduled to attend the event as they chase the organization's first LAN trophy in CS:GO. The last time the Danish side qualified for an offline event was ESL Challenger Melbourne, where they finished in 3-4th place behind eventual winners Movistar Riders.

The complete team list for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 is:

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2023-05-22 23:27

im in ecstacy

2023-05-22 23:28

??? Reply needs to have actual content

??? This must be a misunderstanding

Headline says Ecstatic, everything else says BIG, wtf bro XD

2023-05-22 23:29

5 replies

??? read the article again, only list is wrong

2023-05-22 23:31

2 replies

Titel says Ecstatic won which they did, but the Picture and Team list at the End says Big is in bro

??? read the article again, there's an image of k1to celebrating and the image description says "BIG rounded up the list of teams attending ESL Challenger Katowice".

2023-05-22 23:40

fixed now i suppose?

2023-05-23 12:37

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yeah now fixed

2023-05-23 15:11

The list is wrong mens))

why is big in the team list here then lol

2023-05-22 23:30

rigged shit

hltv please fix, spelling and factual errors

why ence play if they have already spot in epl

2023-05-22 23:34

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cause its a 100k price money event? although i wonder, if ence wins, will the epl spot go to the runner-up?

2023-05-23 00:33

I think ESL changed their rules last year so that runners-up don't get the spot anymore, it's instead awarded based on the ESL ranking. Don't quote me on that, though.

2023-05-23 02:37