ESEA MDL S32 Europe ends; forZe, HAVU & Spirit to Global Challenge

The 32nd season of ESEA MDL has come to a close in Europe with FORZE and HAVU coming out on top to clinch a spot at the LAN final, while Spirit came in third to join the duo at the Global Challenge.

After the regular season came to an end with names like AVANGAR, CR4ZY, FORZE, and HAVU making it to the playoffs, it was time for the double-elimination bracket stage, which was played from Monday to Wednesday.

Three spots at the seasonal Global Challenge were on offer alongside a chance to fight for a direct ticket to the 11th season of ESL Pro League, reserved for the top-two finishers, and a place in the relegation tournament for the third-placed team.

forZe and HAVU will play for a spot in ESL Pro League Season 11

The double-elimination playoffs saw some surprises, as AVANGAR were eliminated in fifth-sixth place after losses to CR4ZY and HAVU, with Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas's side missing out on the all-important top-three finish as well after conceding a three-map series to the aforementioned Finns in the lower bracket final.

In the meantime, FORZE rallied to a top-two placing through the upper bracket while HAVU came in second place, as Spirit were unable to convert either of their two chances in the upper and consolidation finals to finish third in the league.

The final standings of ESEA MDL Season 32 Europe look as follows:

1-2. FORZE - Global Challenge + LAN final spot
1-2. HAVU - Global Challenge + LAN final spot
3. Spirit - Global Challenge + EPL Relegation spot
4. CR4ZY - $2,500
5-6. AVANGAR
5-6. pro100
7-8. Movistar Riders
7-8. Nemiga
9. Tricked (withdrew from playoffs)
10. AGO
11. Heretics
12. Illuminar
13. Japaleno
14. PACT - to play MDL relegation
15. Phoenix - to play MDL relegation
16. GamerLegion - to play MDL relegation
17. Virtus.pro - to play MDL relegation
18. Demise - relegated to ESEA Advanced

The LAN final between FORZE and HAVU, whose winner will advance directly to ESL Pro League Season 11, will be played in Dallas, Texas ahead of the start of the Global Challenge on December 13.

pro100 #43 Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitry 'dimasick' MatvienkoMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis FORZE #17 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Demise #75 Muhammed 'mini' SalmanAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' KorÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşBeyazıt 'beyAz' Körpe GamerLegion #40 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonTim 'nawwk' Jonasson HAVU #27 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJoonas 'doto' ForssAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas Spirit #34 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Japaleno Daniel 'djL' Narancic Tricked #20 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRasmus 'sjuush' BeckFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen Movistar Riders #38 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranRajohn 'EasTor' LinatoLucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Phoenix #76 Anel 'NENO' CekovićJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' Utting AVANGAR #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Nemiga #39 Vladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyAleksandr 'mds' RubetsRassim 'Jyo' ValijevAnton 'boX' BurkoIgor 'lollipop21k' Solodkov Virtus.pro #22 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiTomasz 'phr' WójcikArek 'Vegi' Nawojski AGO #51 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiPatryk 'Sidney' KorabMiłosz 'mhL' Knasiak Illuminar #25 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński Heretics #53 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyDavid 'Davidp' PrinsDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Age: 18 Team: CR4ZY Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 686 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 CR4ZY #19 Luka 'emi' VukovićNestor 'LETN1' TanićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas PACT #70 Dawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiSzymon 'Crityourface' PlutaKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski