ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023: DreamHack returns down under

DreamHack is back in town this weekend, returning to Melbourne for April 28-30. Six international and two domestic teams are fighting for a direct spot in ESL Pro League S18. Who will emerge victorious in Australia’s first big LAN in 2023?

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• Grayhound, Vertex represent Australia
• Movistar Riders replace The Mongolz
• CoL, BNE & GH are all qualified for BLAST Paris Major

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This weekend will see DreamHack return to Melbourne and with it comes ESL Challenger for CS:GO fans. Six teams coming from various qualifiers and invites will join Grayhound and Vertex in battle for a direct slot into ESL Pro League S18.

In Group A, Complexity will be looking to prove that they are the dominant North American team in the event as Evil Geniuses Black is also in the same group. EU representative Ecstatic can potentially throw a spanner in the works seeing they qualified over fellow European squads such as Forze and Sprout, despite not being a household name in events like this.

Complexity and Grayhound are both off to Paris after this event so not only will it be an opportunity for some practice, it will be expected that these two squads make it through Group A.

Grayhound will face off against EG Black in their opening game, where they can hopefully build some momentum before taking on the rest of the group and trying to lock down the top seed.

Over in Group B, Bad News Eagles will be expected to prove why they get to start their Major run in the New Legends Stage as the predominantly Kosovan squad move from strength to strength in 2023.

The rest of the group has plenty of potential for an all-out bloodbath with Vertex, Rare Atom, and Movistar Riders all looking to scratch their name into a big trophy in 2023.

Vertex will match up with BNE first and if they can pull off an upset to kick their event off they could see themselves in the playoffs.

We’re covering everything ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023: streams, results, and more.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 Streams

All of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 can be caught live on Twitch. You can watch along or catch up on any games via the ESL CS:GO Channel.

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ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 Schedule & Results

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 will see the eight teams split into two groups. The groups are double-elimination (GSL) style, with knockout and decider matches being best-of-three. The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.

The playoffs are single-elimination and will see teams placed into best-of-threes with the overall champion pocketing $50,000 USD and a direct invite to ESL Pro League Season 18.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 — Group Stage Schedule & Results

Match	Teams	Time (AEST)
Friday, Apr 28
Group A – Opening Match	Complexity v Ecstatic	10:30am
	EG.B v Grayhound	12:10pm
Group B – Opening Match	Bad News Eagles v Vertex	1:50pm
	Rare Atom v Movistar Riders	3:30pm
Group A – Winner’s Match	TBD	5:10pm
Group B – Winner’s Match	TBD	6:50pm
Group A – Elimination Match	TBD	8:30pm

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 Rosters

The last-minute addition of Movistar Riders in place of The Mongolz rounds out the eight squads that will be competing this weekend. Evil Geniuses are sending EG Black with HexT playing for Stanislaw for the event.

Without The Mongolz, there will only be three competing teams who will also be playing in Paris for the BLAST Major in just under a month. Grayhound and Complexity will look to qualify for the New Legends Stage, while Bad News Eagles await them.

Team	Squad
Complexity Gaming	JT	FaNg	floppy	Grim	Hallzerk
Bad News Eagles	SENER1	gxx-	juanflatroo	sinnopsyy	rigoN
Grayhound Gaming	Sico	INS	aliStair	Liazz	Vexite
ECSTATIC	maNkz	kraghen	Queenix	salazar	Nodios
Evil Geniuses Black	Walco	RUSH	Jeorge	junior	HexT
VERTEX Esports Club	pz	BRACE	malta	ADDICT	HaZR
Rare Atom	advent	kaze	JamYoung	Moseyuh	Mercury
Movistar Riders	mopoz	ALEX	dav1g	Martinez	sausol

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