Eternal Fire, one of the most important Counter Strike esports teams in the world, came very close to winning its first major tournament after switching from CS:GO to CS 2. Our representative, who finished the group stage in 2nd place and showed a successful performance in the play offs, advanced to the semi-finals and final series of the tournament yesterday. Successful in the semi-finals Eternal Fire in the ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023 final lost. With this result, while our team did not have the chance to get the ESL Pro League Season 19 ticket, they received 20 thousand dollars as the second prize.
Eternal Fire Loses in ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023 Final
ESL Challenger DreamHack Winter 2023 (ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023) with a prize pool of 100 thousand dollars has ended. The 3-day tournament started on Friday and completed on Sunday evening (yesterday). 8 teams participated Our representative Eternal Fire came 2nd in the tournament where the teams competed in 2 groups of 4 each.
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Completing its group in 2nd place and advancing to the semi-finals, its opponent in the semi-finals was By defeating MIBR 2-1 Our representative, who succeeded in reaching the grand final, became Monte’s opponent in the final. The competitive matches of the semi-final match ended with the following scores according to the maps:
- Vertigo: 16-13
- Anubis: 10-13
- Mirage: 22-19
Especially the last match of the series witnessed great excitement as it went into overtime. Our opponent succeeded in advancing to the final by playing the last moments of the match well. The final is on Sunday evening. Mounted It was done with. Although our team showed resistance against Monte, they were unsuccessful and came in second in the tournament, losing 2-0. The scores in the final were as follows on a map basis:
- Vertigo: 10-13
- Anubis: 16-19
Although it was quite annoying that the second match of the series went to overtime and our representative lost to his opponent there, the 20 thousand dollars prize money received was a consolation prize. Closed the tournament as champion Monte ESL Pro League Season 19 ticket While our representative lost this chance (specifically in the tournament). Of course, there is still the possibility that our representative will go to ESL Pro League Season 19 via ESL World Ranking.
Performances of Wicadia and Xantares were appreciated!
Wicadia and Xantares especially stood out in our team, which generally performed well in the tournament. Eternal Fire’s rising chart in CS2 While he continued with this tournament, he could not break his misfortune of not winning in the finals.