Gaimin Gladiators and Evil Geniuses left ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America

Teams Gaimin Gladiators and Evil Geniuses left ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America. According to the results of the last game day, the teams took the third and fourth places, respectively, thus bypassing the grand final of the championship. In turn, the ATK team made it to the final of the tournament, where they will play with the Brazilians from paiN Gaming.

As part of the playoffs, Gaimin Gladiators managed to beat Strife Esports (2:1), but lost to ATK (1:2) in the semifinals and fell into the lower bracket. Here, the North American team defeated Mythic (2:0) and Evil Geniuses (2:0), but then again lost to ATK (0:2) and left the tournament.

In turn, Evil Geniuses also started with a victory over Brazen (2:1), but after that the team lost to paiN Gaming (0:2), falling into the lower bracket. Here "Evil Geniuses" managed to outplay BHOP Esports (2:0), but then lost to Gaimin Gladiators (0:2) and left ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America.

Note that both teams received tickets to the group stage of the next season of the ESL Challenger League, which will begin in mid-August.

ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America runs from April 26 to June 26 online. Sixteen teams from North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $50,000, as well as a ticket to the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17, which will go to the winner.

Intermediate results of ESL Challenger League Season 41: North America

• 1st place: $20,000 + seat at EPL Conference S17.
• 2nd place: $11,500 + S42 Challenger League spot.
• 3rd place: Gaimin Gladiators — $7,000 + seat in the S42 Challenger League.
• 4th place: Evil Geniuses — $4,000 + place in the S42 Challenger League.
• 5th-6th place: BHOP Esports and Mythic - $2,500 + a place in the S42 Challenger League.
• 7th-8th place: Brazen and Strife Esports - $1,250 + a place in the S42 Challenger League.
• 9th-10th place: MIBR and GODSENT - a place in the S42 Challenger League.
• 11th-12th place: Bad News Bears and Team oNe eSports - relegated to S41 Relegation.
• 13th-14th place: Axolotls and Unjustified Gaming - relegated to S41 Relegation.
• 15th place: ex-UYU - relegated to S42 Advanced.
• Disqualification: Party Astronauts.