ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America is planned in North America from 17.01.2023 to 26.03.2023. The tournament features 23 Counter-Strike teams all over the globe vying for the prize pool of $50,000.
This event is going to be divided into 4 phases:
- Playoffs (North America): 21.03.2023 – 26.03.2023. 8 Teams.
- Relegation (North America): 24.03.2023 – 26.03.2023. 8 Teams.
- Group B (North America): 24.01.2023 – 16.03.2023. 8 Teams.
- Group A (North America): 24.01.2023 – 15.03.2023. 8 Teams.
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ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America is a B-Tier tournament featuring 16 teams from North America, with a prize pool of 50.000 dollars, and this tournament will be played online starting on January and ending on March, and several teams will go head-to-head, not only for the money but also to secure a spot on ESL Challenger League Season 45.
From the 16 teams in this tournament, 10 come from Season 43, and got automatically qualified from it: MIBR, EG Black, Los+one, ATK, Timbermen, Nouns, Disconnected, Vendetta, Strife and Mythic esports. While Davenport Panthers came from ESEA Adavnced season 43 got into first placed, Pain Gaming and Detonated got first and second placed on Season 43 Relegation, Limitless and Villanious got third and fourth placed, and Noxious got fifth placed from Relegation.
The teams will be divided in 2 groups of 8 teams each, and on each one of them, each team will play against each other once, which means each time will play 7 times, and all matches will be BO3. The top 4 teams from each group will advance into playoffs, while the fifth placed will return on Season 45, sixth and seventh placed will be sent into Relegation, and last placed will be demoted to Advanced. There are also a couple of rules when it comes to the tie breaker process, here are some:
Points amassed between tied teams (mini-league)
Map difference between tied teams
Map wins between tied teams
Overall map difference
Overall map wins
Round difference between tied teams
Round wins between tied teams
Overall round difference
Overall round wins
When it comes to playoffs it will be a double elimination bracket, which means, 2 losses and you are out, and all matches will be BO3, and the winner from the upper bracket, will fight against the winner from the lower bracket on a BO5 grand finals. Just remember that the winner from the upper bracket will get one map in advance, so they have a clear edge, because it´s the team that never lost on playoffs stage. The winner from the grand final will take home the biggest prize of 20.000 dollars, and the top 10 teams from the tournament will advance automatically to the ESL Challenger League Season 45 North America that will take place later in April. 11-14th placed teams will be sent into Season 44 Relegation, while the 15-15th placed teams will be sent to Season 45 Advanced Stage. Remembering that the winner from Season 43 was MIBR.
