Gambit defeated Natus Vincere 2-0 (16-6 Cobblestone, 16-12 Overpass) in the upper bracket final of the ECS Season 5 Europe Challenge Cup, earning a spot in ECS. The first team to qualify for ECS Season 5 Europe from the Challenger Cup has been decided today, as Gambit took down Natus Vincere. The match kicked off on Cobblestone, the Ukrainian team's map pick, where they weren't able to get the good CT start, but still ended with a respectable number of six rounds going into the Terrorist side. However, Gambit locked it down on the defensive side, with Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov, Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev and Rustem "mou" Telepov putting up strong performances to close the map quickly, 16-6.
Overpass followed, where Natus Vincere started off much better, grabbing a 7-4 lead as Terrorists despite losing the pistol. However, with Denis "seized" Kostin on the forefront, Gambit recovered and took the lead going into the second half, 8-7. Despite an anti-force loss, Gambit were able to establish themselves on the Terrorist side early and contain Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev well enough to grab a 16-12 victory and a 2-0 for the series. ECS Season 5 Europe Challenger CupBest of 3
With this result, Gambit have, for the first time, qualified for one of the two top online leagues. The squad is currently playing their fourth consecutive ESEA MDL season in hopes of qualifying for ESL Pro League, and have failed in their last four attempts to make ECS, placing third the last two times. The following teams now have a spot in ECS Season 5:
  Astralis #8 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif   Gambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Rustem 'mou' Telepov  Age: 26 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 776 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66   Natus Vincere #7 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov   G2 #9 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro   Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner   FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev  Age: 28 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1078 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68   Envy #28 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' Guipouy Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss Denis 'seized' Kostin  Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1064 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67  MOUZ #4  Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Miikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' Styk Robin 'ropz' Kool   Virtus.pro #18 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller  fnatic #5 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev  Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov  Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1169 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 |
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