ESL Challenger League Season 49 Europe
ESL Challenger League Season 49 Europe ran 21 January–11 May 2025 in Europe (Online) and was won by B8. A $100K prize pool and 24 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 21 January–11 May 2025
- Location: Europe (Online)
- Prize pool: $100K
- Teams: 24
- Tier: Tier 2
- Type: Online
Final standings
- 1st — B8 — $17K
- 2nd — PARIVISION — $12K
- 3rd — SINNERS — $10K
- 4th — Betera — $9K
- 5-6th — Zero Tenacity — $7K
- 5-6th — NAVI Junior — $7K
- 7-8th — Spirit Academy — $6K
- 7-8th — RUSH B — $5K
- 9-10th — FAVBET — $5K
- 9-10th — Nemiga — $5K
- 11th — Astrum — $4K
- 12th — CPH Wolves — $3K
- 13-14th — RBLS — $3K
- 13-14th — Monte — $3K
- 15-16th — Fire Flux — $2K
- 15-16th — Sashi — $2K
- 17-20th — 9 Pandas — $1K
- 17-20th — ARCRED — $1K
- 17-20th — 500 — $1K
- 17-20th — GameAgents — $500
- 21-24th — CYBERSHOKE — $500
- 21-24th — GUN5 — $500
- 21-24th — Iberian Soul — $500
- 21-24th — JiJieHao
Format
- Group stage: Stage 1: Round-robin Bo3 · 1st-2nd placed teams in each group advance to Stage 2 High Seed bracket; · 3rd-4th placed teams in each group proceed to Stage 2 Low Seed bracket; · Each Stage 1 match win is awarded with $500. · Stage 2: Double elimination Bo3 · 1st-2nd placed teams in the high seed group advance to playoffs Upper Bracket Semi-finals; · 3rd-6th placed teams in the high seed group proceed to playoffs Upper Bracket Round 1; · 7th-8th placed teams in the high seed group go to playoffs Lower Bracket Round 1; · 1st and 2nd placed teams in the low seed group go to playoffs Lower Bracket Round 1.
- Playoffs: Double elimination Bo3 · Grand final Bo5 (with 1-0 map advantage for upper bracket team)
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.