ALTERNATE and Crowns have come out on top of their respective groups at the ESEA Season 22 Global Challenge, while Chiefs and Pnda exited the competition.

The second round of matches at ESEA Season 22 Global Challenge saw the elimination affairs played out first, as ENCE met Chiefs in a do-or-die best-of-one in Group A.

Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly' side started out by taking 10 rounds for themselves as Counter-Terrorists on Cache, but the Finns followed it up with an impeccable defence, grabbing 11 rounds in a row for the 16-10 victory, eliminating the Australians in last place.

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaxartE	23 - 15	+8	98.8	1.39
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	24 - 18	+6	102.4	1.35
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	18 - 17	+1	80.0	1.21
Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho	15 - 16	-1	62.8	1.05
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu	16 - 13	+3	57.7	1.03

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks	21 - 18	+3	73.7	1.03
Michael 'Lightstep' HallLightstep	17 - 19	-2	84.9	0.96
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	12 - 18	-6	70.0	0.84
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	15 - 21	-6	60.0	0.78
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	14 - 20	-6	58.5	0.76

ESEA Season 22 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 1 ENCEMatchpage 16 10 27th August 2016 Chiefs 16Cache 10

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaxartE	23 - 15	+8	98.8	1.39
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	24 - 18	+6	102.4	1.35
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	18 - 17	+1	80.0	1.21
Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho	15 - 16	-1	62.8	1.05
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu	16 - 13	+3	57.7	1.03

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks	21 - 18	+3	73.7	1.03
Michael 'Lightstep' HallLightstep	17 - 19	-2	84.9	0.96
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	12 - 18	-6	70.0	0.84
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	15 - 21	-6	60.0	0.78
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	14 - 20	-6	58.5	0.76

In Group B Pnda played MK for their lives in the tournament and posted seven rounds as Counter-Terrorists on Train. 

Much like in the aforementioned match, the favourites then took a stand on their own defence, putting up eight rounds to nil to advance to the decider.

ESEA Season 22 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 1 MKMatchpage 16 7 27th August 2016 Pnda 16Train 7

MK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR	24 - 10	+14	109.4	1.77
Simeon 'dream3r' Ganevdream3r	21 - 9	+12	97.7	1.63
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble	19 - 11	+8	102.0	1.61
Nikolay 'nkl' Krastevnkl	18 - 9	+9	67.4	1.30
Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovspyleadeR	17 - 15	+2	82.0	1.30

Pnda	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Anthony 'mummAy' DiPaolomummAy	16 - 21	-5	61.7	0.77
David 'Toy' HanToy	9 - 19	-10	65.1	0.56
Noah 'haptiiC' ChoihaptiiC	9 - 17	-8	50.4	0.54
Kyuhyun 'blade' William Uhmblade	9 - 20	-11	54.9	0.52
Derrick 'LILMAN' BoyneLILMAN	11 - 22	-11	49.4	0.48

Then it was time for the winners' matches, where European Premier semi-finalists ALTERNATE aTTaX played one of the favourites Echo Fox.

That time around it was the underdogs who came out on top, as Christian "⁠crisby⁠" Schmitt and Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische stood in the limelight throughout the 16-9 affair on Cache.

ESEA Season 22 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 1 Echo FoxMatchpage 9 16 27th August 2016 ALTERNATE aTTaX 9Cache 16

Echo Fox	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	17 - 19	-2	80.0	1.01
Daniel 'roca' Gustaferriroca	21 - 18	+3	60.6	0.99
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylickiryx	18 - 21	-3	87.3	0.97
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	14 - 19	-5	55.0	0.82
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	8 - 21	-13	57.6	0.75

ALTERNATE aTTaX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christian 'crisby' Schmittcrisby	25 - 15	+10	114.0	1.58
Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN	22 - 16	+6	92.5	1.27
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	18 - 14	+4	66.6	1.10
Oliver 'kzy' Heckkzy	20 - 19	+1	83.5	1.07
Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäuskeev	13 - 14	-1	70.7	1.04

The other replacement for teams who had to drop out due to visa issues, Crowns, were pitted against Brazilian Open winners g3x, once again on Cache. 

A close 8-7 half went the Brazilians way who kicked off the Group B winners' match as Terrorists and extended their lead further with a pistol round, but Crowns quickly crawled their way back in, winning most of the remaining gunrounds for a 16-13 win and a place in the semi-finals.

ESEA Season 22 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 1 g3xMatchpage 13 16 27th August 2016 Crowns 13Cache 16

g3x	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	22 - 22	0	78.7	1.15
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	21 - 23	-2	71.8	0.98
Caike 'caike' Costacaike	21 - 22	-1	73.2	0.98
Rafael 'pava' Pavanellipava	18 - 20	-2	66.9	0.88
Jean-Michel 'mch' D'Oliveiramch	13 - 22	-9	69.7	0.66

Crowns	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'Jayzwalkingz' KempnerJayzwalkingz	22 - 21	+1	94.4	1.35
Mattias 'benny' Rosbackbenny	25 - 19	+6	96.0	1.32
Eddie 'zape' Härdemanzape	25 - 19	+6	71.8	1.12
Fredrik 'Krewmer' SvenssonKrewmer	18 - 16	+2	71.2	1.06
Aron 'xajdish' Fredrikssonxajdish	19 - 20	-1	68.7	1.06

Only the deciding matches are left to be played in Katowice, Poland. ENCE are facing Echo Fox in Group A at 20:05 , while MK and g3x are set to play their re-match shortly afterthe previous match is over.