{"id":2941,"date":"2024-09-30T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/esl-challenger-atlanta-2024-overview-tournament-format-participants-and-schedule"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:48:11","slug":"esl-challenger-atlanta-2024-overview-tournament-format-participants-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-challenger-atlanta-2024-overview-tournament-format-participants-and-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Challenger Atlanta 2024 Overview: Tournament Format, Participants and Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tournament Overview<\/h2>\n

ESL Challenger Atlanta<\/strong> is an A-tier<\/strong> tournament with a $100,000 <\/strong>prize pool that will be held from October 4 to October 6 in Atlanta. Eight teams are featured, and they’re not the best teams we’re used to seeing at most tournaments. However, it’s a chance for lower-level teams to earn some money and confidence, which makes it interesting to watch while some young teams shine.<\/p>\n

Tournament Format<\/h2>\n

Group Stage<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups<\/li>\n
  • Each group has 4 teams<\/li>\n
  • Opening & Winners’ matches are Bo1<\/li>\n
  • Elimination & Decider matches are Bo3<\/li>\n
  • Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Playoffs<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • Single-Elimination bracket<\/li>\n
    • All matches are Bo3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Participants<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • M80<\/li>\n
      • FlyQuest<\/li>\n
      • BIG<\/li>\n
      • BetBoom<\/li>\n
      • SAW<\/li>\n
      • Wildcard<\/li>\n
      • ODDIK<\/li>\n
      • Rooster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Schedule<\/h2>\n

        October 4-5<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • FlyQuest <\/strong>vs. BetBoom <\/strong>starting at 15:30 CET<\/li>\n
        • SAW <\/strong>vs. Rooster <\/strong>starting at 16:55 CET<\/li>\n
        • BIG <\/strong>vs. ODDIK <\/strong>starting at 18:20 CET<\/li>\n
        • M80 <\/strong>vs. Wildcard <\/strong>starting at 19:45 CET<\/li>\n
        • Group A Winners match<\/strong> starting at 21:10 CET<\/li>\n
        • Group B Winners match<\/strong> starting at 22:35 CET<\/li>\n
        • Group B Elimination match<\/strong> starting at 00:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          October 5<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • Group A Elimination match<\/strong> starting at 15:30 CET<\/li>\n
          • Group B Decider match<\/strong> starting at 18:45 CET<\/li>\n
          • Group A Decider match<\/strong> starting at 22:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            October 6<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • Semifinal #1<\/strong> starting at 15:00 CET<\/li>\n
            • Semifinal #2 <\/strong>starting at 18:15 CET<\/li>\n
            • Grand Final <\/strong>starting at 21:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Tournament Overview ESL Challenger Atlanta is an A-tier tournament with a $100,000 prize pool that will be held from October 4 to October 6 in Atlanta. Eight teams are featured, and they’re not the best teams we’re used to seeing at most tournaments. However, it’s a chance for lower-level teams to earn some money and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11],"class_list":{"0":"post-2941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}