Virtus Pro experienced a debacle at the qualifiers for the Major that took place in Paris recently, they are the only team in the history of CS:GO that did not have the opportunity to defend the trophy at the biggest tournament. After a long time, we could watch them again at the Challenger tournament in Katowice, where they managed to win the trophy against the recent winner of IEM Dallas.
That’s a wrap on #ESLChallenger Katowice. So much joy from @virtuspro as we celebrated their victory.
— Sam “Tech Girl” Wright (@TechGirlZA) June 11, 2023
Rad interview with @JAMEPAIN to close the show.
I live for this sh*t.
I hope you enjoyed the tournament if you watched. GG
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Virtus made it to the finals victorious by 9z, while ENCE was better than FORZE, both winning 2:0 in their semi-final matches. The winner of this tournament is guaranteed a place in the next ESL Pro League, and since ENCE is already partnered with them, they preferred to target prestige and prize money unlike Virtus.
Champions always come back! We take the victory in this tournament, $50,000 and a slot for @ESLCS Pro League Season 18 ????? ??????? pic.twitter.com/QGJMJL1uvp
— Virtus.pro (@virtuspro) June 11, 2023
The Russian team opted for Overpass, and started the match on the T side, where they managed to reach as many as eleven rounds before halftime. In a strong rhythm, they continued until the end and celebrated with 16:4. ENCE decided for Anubis, where after a great fight they managed to equalize the result with a 16:14 victory. The decisive map was Mirage, and fame with his 28 frags was the most useful player on the server. ENCE had as many as eight rounds on the T side before halftime, but then Virtus gets to nine on the same side and thus wins the match with an identical score as in the first map. Rarely do we see both teams play better on the T side than the CT side.
What a game. 2-1 vs ENCE, champions of katowice challenger and we got EPL spot ggwp
— David Danielyan (@n0rb3r7_CSGO) June 11, 2023
With this victory, Virtus secured a place in the next ESL Pro League as we mentioned above, but they also took home a check worth $50,000, and gained some confidence after the bad results in the last couple of matches. months.
lost to vp 2-1 in finals, ggwp it was some not fun cs but they played good
— ENCE maden (@madennCS) June 11, 2023
We will definitely watch ENCE at the mentioned tournament, so there is a chance that they will get revenge on the Russian team at the same tournament. Like all ESL tournaments so far, you will be able to follow the ESL Pro League on the TVARENAESPORT channel as well as on our streaming platforms.
