3DMAX and Virtus.pro to ESEA MDL Grand Finals and Global Challenge LAN

The top two teams in this season's ESEA MDL Europe have been found, 3DMAX and Virtus.pro. They will play the ESEA MDL Season 29 Grand Finals as well as the Global Challenge LAN.

Epsilon and 3DMAX were both underdogs in their ESEA MDL Season 29 quarter-final match, where they beat OpTic and ENCE, respectively. Their semi-final bout was a three-map ordeal, which started out on Overpass, Epsilon’s map pick. The European combine were able to win it, 16-13, to take the early lead in the series.

Davidp & co. will have a shot at making ESL Pro League

The second map, 3DMAX’s pick, went the way of the French-Belgian side, as they were able to win Dust2, 16-11, to even out the series and take it to the decider, Inferno. After an impressive 11-4 half on the Terrorist side, 3DMAX were able to close the match out despite a late comeback attempt by Epsilon, sealing their pass to the Global Challenge LAN.

ESEA MDL Season 29 EuropeBest of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 1 2 14th November 2018 3DMAX 16Overpass 13 11Dust2 16 13Inferno 16

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal	69 - 54	+15	92.8	1.38
Benjamin 'blameF' BremerblameF	66 - 47	+19	81.0	1.24
Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselCRUC1AL	54 - 58	-4	65.8	0.96
Aaron 'frei' Freifrei	40 - 52	-12	61.0	0.91
Daniel 'djL' NarancicdjL	37 - 53	-16	54.2	0.85

3DMAX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	67 - 53	+14	84.2	1.20
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	57 - 54	+3	76.1	1.11
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	45 - 50	-5	61.3	0.97
Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky	50 - 57	-7	71.7	0.96
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	45 - 53	-8	57.7	0.87

The second semi-final was a Polish derby, featuring Virtus.pro and Kinguin going head to head for a spot at the Global Challenge LAN. The first map on the dock was Mirage, Virtus.pro’s pick. After a 6-9 half on the attacking side, Virtus.pro were able to close it out to take the lead into Kinguin’s pick, Nuke. The first half of the second map went the way of Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas & co., who were then able to convert the second half, 16-5, to push it to the decider.

Virtus.pro will be present at this season's Global Challenge LAN

Cache then started going the way of Virtus.pro, who won the first half 10-5 and then took the second pistol round to make it 12-5. After increasing the lead to 14-5, Virtus.pro lost several rounds in a row as Kinguin tried to bring it back, but they were eventually able to close it in the last round, 16-14, qualifying for this season’s Global Challenge LAN.

ESEA MDL Season 29 EuropeBest of 3 KinguinMatchpage 1 2 14th November 2018 Virtus.pro 11Mirage 16 16Nuke 5 14Cache 16

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMINISE	76 - 47	+29	90.1	1.42
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	55 - 58	-3	91.2	1.12
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	43 - 51	-8	58.9	0.93
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	47 - 51	-4	64.2	0.92
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	43 - 56	-13	62.8	0.88

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	64 - 53	+11	88.7	1.26
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	58 - 52	+6	78.2	1.11
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	60 - 56	+4	82.9	1.10
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	38 - 52	-14	68.6	0.86
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	42 - 51	-9	60.7	0.85

The two teams will now play on LAN for a spot in the next season of ESL Pro League, while the current team list and slot allocation for the Global Challenge LAN is the following:

3DMAX
EU Premier #3
NA Premier #2
Grayhound Virtus.pro
NA Premier #1
NA Premier #3
BR Open #1 OpTic #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 32 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1576 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Kinguin #26 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Epsilon #39 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' ManAaron 'frei' FreiDaniel 'djL' NarancicBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Virtus.pro #31 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki 3DMAX #46 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Grayhound #52 Christopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriEuan 'sterling' MooreOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney ENCE #14 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo