2023 ESL Challenger League Season 44: North America CS2

Tier 3
CS2

2023 ESL Challenger League Season 44: North America

Prize pool: $ 50,000
Teams: 17
Dates: 24 Jan – 26 Mar 2023; over
Matches played: 66; bo3, bo5

#1 Made in Brazil $ 20,000
#2 ATK $ 11,500
#3 EG Black $ 7,000

Bracket

Upper bracket

A loss drops the team to the lower bracket.

UB Quarter-finals bo3

UB Semi-finals bo3

UB Final bo3

Mar 24, 00:07 Loser → LB Final Made in Brazil won 2 ATK 0

Lower bracket

A second loss and the team is out.

LB Round 1 bo3

LB Round 2 bo3

LB Semi-final bo3

Mar 25, 00:10 EG Black won 2 Strife Esports 0

LB Final bo3

Mar 26, 00:00 ATK won 2 EG Black 0

Grand final

bo5

Mar 26, 23:05 Made in Brazil won 3 ATK 0

Groups

Regular Season: Group A

Position	Team	Points	Wins	Loses	Difference in maps or rounds
1	Made in Brazil	18	6	1	+71
2	EG Black	15	5	2	+49
3	Nouns Esports	15	5	2	+40
4	Strife Esports	12	4	3	+17
5	Mythic	9	3	4	-29
6	Vendetta	9	3	4	-38
7	Davenport University	6	2	5	-50
8	Noxious	0	0	7	-60

Regular Season: Group B

Position	Team	Points	Wins	Loses	Difference in maps or rounds
1	paiN Gaming	18	6	1	+85
2	ATK	15	5	2	+22
3	Detonate	12	4	3	+10
4	Team One	9	3	3	+25
5	Timbermen	9	3	3	-7
6	Limitless	6	2	4	-46
7	Villainous	3	1	3	-42
8	Disconnected	0	0	3	-19
9	ex-Villainous	0	0	2	-28

ESL NA Match Results

Stages

Calendar

September 2026

GMT+00:00

CS2 T3 bo5 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 27 Ended

Made in Brazil, Winner 3

ATK 0 Map 1 — — — Winner: Made in Brazil; Map 2 — 19:16 — Winner: Made in Brazil; Map 3 — 16:14 — Winner: Made in Brazil

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 26 Ended

ATK, Winner 2

EG Black 0 Map 1 — 16:10 — Winner: ATK; Map 2 — 16:10 — Winner: ATK

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 25 Ended

EG Black, Winner 2

Strife Esports 0 Map 1 — 16:5 — Winner: EG Black; Map 2 — 16:13 — Winner: EG Black

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 24 Ended

Nouns Esports 0

Strife Esports, Winner 2 Map 1 — 9:16 — Winner: Strife Esports; Map 2 — 13:16 — Winner: Strife Esports

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 24 Ended

EG Black, Winner 2

Team One 0 Map 1 — 16:14 — Winner: EG Black; Map 2 — 16:7 — Winner: EG Black

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 24 Ended

Made in Brazil, Winner 2

ATK 0 Map 1 — 16:10 — Winner: Made in Brazil; Map 2 — 16:3 — Winner: Made in Brazil

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 23 Ended Timbermen 1

Strife Esports, Winner 2 Map 1 — 9:16 — Winner: Strife Esports; Map 2 — 16:9 — Winner: Timbermen; Map 3 — 20:22 — Winner: Strife Esports

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 23 Ended

EG Black 1

ATK, Winner 2 Map 1 — 20:22 — Winner: ATK; Map 2 — 16:12 — Winner: EG Black; Map 3 — 14:16 — Winner: ATK

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 23 Ended

Made in Brazil, Winner 2

Nouns Esports 0 Map 1 — 16:11 — Winner: Made in Brazil; Map 2 — 16:10 — Winner: Made in Brazil

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 23 Ended

Detonate 0

Team One, Winner 2 Map 1 — 10:16 — Winner: Team One; Map 2 — 13:16 — Winner: Team One

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 22 Ended

Strife Esports 0

ATK, Winner 2 Map 1 — 3:16 — Winner: ATK; Map 2 — 23:25 — Winner: ATK

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 22 Ended

EG Black, Winner 2 Timbermen 0 Map 1 — 16:14 — Winner: EG Black; Map 2 — 16:14 — Winner: EG Black

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 22 Ended

Nouns Esports, Winner 2

Team One 0 Map 1 — 16:12 — Winner: Nouns Esports; Map 2 — 16:12 — Winner: Nouns Esports

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Playoffs Mar 22 Ended

Made in Brazil, Winner 2

Detonate 0 Map 1 — 16:13 — Winner: Made in Brazil; Map 2 — 16:1 — Winner: Made in Brazil

CS2 T3 bo3 ESL NA Regular Season Mar 16 Ended

Davenport University, Winner 2 Noxious 1 Map 1 — 16:13 — Winner: Davenport University; Map 2 — 6:16 — Winner: Noxious; Map 3 — 19:16 — Winner: Davenport University

Participants

Team	Place	Prize	Wins and losses in this tournament	ENSI.Score now
Made in Brazil	1st	$ 20,000	10-1	1845
ATK	2nd	$ 11,500	8-4	1658
EG Black	3rd	$ 7,000	8-4	1656
paiN Gaming			6-1	1701
Nouns Esports			6-4	1660
Team One			4-5	1561
Timbermen			3-5	1544
Vendetta			3-4	1487
Strife Esports			6-5	1430
ex-Villainous			0-2	1380
Mythic			3-4	1373
Detonate			4-5	1367
Davenport University			2-5	1347
Disconnected			0-3	1336
Noxious			0-7	1318
Villainous			1-3	1305
Limitless			2-4	1292

Tournament Stats

Map Pool

Map	Times played
Inferno	30
Mirage	29
Vertigo	24
Overpass	23
Nuke	15
Ancient	11
Anubis	9

Top Players

At least half the maps of the busiest player

Player	M	K	D	A	+/-
Swisher Mike Schmid	25	494	451	128	+43
insani Felipe Kuratani	20	458	303	89	+155
stamina Bobby Eitrem	22	458	401	129	+57
b0denmaster Jonathan Bodenhalm	25	454	431	92	+23
MisteM Gareth Ries	25	435	482	109	-47
Walco Colby Walsh	23	428	393	121	+35
Junior Paytyn Johnson	20	426	266	90	+160
Jeorge Jeorge Endicott	23	426	403	119	+23
RUSH William Thomas Wierzba	23	405	400	108	+5
Tuurtle Matheus Marques Anhaia	20	396	286	78	+110

About a Tournament: 2023 ESL Challenger League Season 44: North America

The 2023 ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America is an online CSGO league powered by ESEA. The tournament is composed of 16 teams across the region of North America to compete for a prize pool of $50,000.

Tournament Format

The regular season will be played in a round-robin format, and all matches will be played in the best-of-three series.

Playoffs will be played in the category of double-elimination format, and all matches are best-of-three series except the grand final which is a best-of-five.