Team B8 eliminated the 2 highest ranked teams at ESL Challenger Katowice.

npl's team made a strong impression in their 2nd LAN participation in just 2 weeks.

B8 will face SAW in the final of ESL Challenger Katowice after overcoming paiN in the semi-finals with a score of 2-1 (Dust2 13-11, Nuke 4-13, Mirage 13-5).

The team ranked 30th in the world defeated the team considered the top candidate Eternal Fire (ranked 7th) twice in the group stage and continued to surprise in the playoffs round by eliminating the 2nd ranked team paiN (ranked 14th). ).

Andrii "⁠npl⁠" Kukharskyi's team finished in the top four in their LAN debut at Espoo last week. Once in Poland, they have gradually converted their online potential — they have won three CCT championships this year — into impressive offline victories, with the trophy now just one victory away.

The Ukrainian players, after losing four previous Dust2 matches in a row, won 13-11 twice in a row on this map in Poland, showing remarkable resilience against Eternal Fire and this time in the semi-finals. conclude.

paiN was always chasing the match, but as the second half dragged on, B8 adapted to the Brazilian's B strategy, and Alexey "⁠alex666⁠" Yarmoshchuk ended the game with a triple in round 24.

Nuke was an easy match for paiN, but the win on the first map set the stage for B8 to completely dominate Mirage, quickly taking an 8-0 lead — while paiN only had 9 kills.

The 4v3 situation in round 10 was the closest paiN could chase as they dropped to 0-10. B8 even won the second pistol, bringing the score to 11-2.

paiN tried to respond, but the npl captain's final effort was the decisive clutch that put an end to paiN.