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Season 14 of the ESL ANZ Championship is upon us. Sixteen teams will take to the server over the coming months, with a spot at the EPL Conference and title of Oceania’s best up for grabs.
- RNG defeat Order 2-1 in one of the series of the year
- Dynasty survive elimination, send Collateral packing 2-0
- Matches resume Thursday @ 6pm AEDT
ESL ANZ Champs resumes today with two matchups on opposite ends of the Swiss bracket, meaning by Monday’s close, we’ll know our first Champs playoffs contender — and our first team eliminated from competition.
An undefeated Renegades will take on Order in the Swiss Round 3 opener; Order have thus far utilised two different stand-ins as the elusive hunt for their new fifth continues, while Renegades went untroubled against DoMilk and ex-8Ballers in their first two series.
In the second match of the evening, Dynasty will aim to survive round three and keep their playoff hopes alive against Collateral; for the loser, the unfortunate title of first team eliminated from ANZ Champs Season 14.
Thursday will see Paradox take on Vertex for the second playoff spot, before Kingsmen and Sanguine head up our 1-1 matchups heading into next week.
We’ve wrapped up everything ESL ANZ Champs S14: schedule, standings & more.
ESL ANZ Champs S14: Stream
ESL ANZ Champs streams live on Twitch. Miss the action? Catch-up on the platform within 24 hours.
ESL ANZ Champs S14 — Standings (Swiss)
Stage one of the ESL ANZ Champs begins February 28. Hosting a Swiss format, three wins secures a spot in the double-elimination second stage; three losses, and the team is sent packing.
All Swiss matches are best-of-one, with the final round a best-of-three series.
Stage two will see the qualified teams battle it out in a double-elimination bracket.
| Place | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renegades | 3-0 |
| Paradox | 2-0 | |
| Vertex | 2-0 | |
| 4 | Order | 2-1 |
| 5 | Nut-E Gaming | 1-1 |
| DGG Esports | 1-1 | |
| ex-8Ballers | 1-1 | |
| Camo | 1-1 | |
| Sanguine | 1-1 | |
| Kingsmen | 1-1 | |
| Antic Esports | 1-1 | |
| 1620 Kings | 1-1 | |
| 13 | Dynasty Esports Club | 1-2 |
| 14 | Kanga Esports | 0-2 |
| Hysteria | 0-2 | |
| 16 | 0-3 |
ESL ANZ Champs S14 schedule & results
Week 4 schedule, Swiss Round 3 (March 21 – March 24)
| Date | Game | Time (AEDT) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, March 21 | Renegades 2-1 Order | 6pm |
| Dynasty v Collateral | 8:30pm | |
| Thursday, March 24 | Paradox v Vertex | 6pm |
| Kingsmen v Sanguine | 8:30pm | |
| Monday, March 28 | Antic v 1620 Kings | 6pm |
| DGG Esports v Nut-E Gaming | 8:30pm | |
| Monday, March 31 | ex-8Ballers v Camo | 6pm |
| Kanga v Hysteria | 8:30pm |
Week 1 & 2 results, Swiss Round 1 (February 28 – March 10)
| Date | Game | Time (AEDT) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 28 | Order 2-1 Camo | 6pm |
| Vertex 2-0 Dynasty | 8:30pm | |
| Thursday, March 3 | Renegades 2-0 Collateral | 6pm |
| Paradox 2-0 Hysteria | 8:30pm | |
| Monday, March 7 | Antic 2-0 Nut-E Gaming | 6pm |
| Sanguine 0-2 DGG Esports | 8:30pm | |
| Thursday, March 10 | Kingsmen 2-0 Kanga Esports | 6pm |
| 1620 Kings 1-2 ex-8Ballers | 8:30pm |
Week 3 results, Swiss Round 2 (March 14 – March 17)
| Date | Game | Time (AEDT) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, March 14 | Renegades 2-0 ex-8Ballers | 6pm |
| Kingsmen 1-2 Order | 8:30pm | |
| Tuesday, March 15 | Paradox 2-0 Antic | 6pm |
| Vertex 2-1 DGG Esports | 8:30pm | |
| Wednesday, March 16 | 1620 Kings W-FF Collateral | 6pm |
| Camo 2-1 Kanga | 8:30pm | |
| Thursday, March 17 | Nut-E Gaming 2-1 Hysteria | 6pm |
| Sanguine 2-1 Dynasty | 8:30pm |
ESL ANZ Champs Preview (February 27)
ESL Australia’s ANZ Champs has returned for Season 14, and will start tonight with Order taking on Camo and Vertex battling against Dynasty.
There are more question marks over the scene than ever before; plenty of top teams have made adjustments over the off-season, with the regulars getting early overseas experience under their belts ahead of the Championship.
Order, Renegades and Vertex received direct invites to this season of ANZ Champs, while 13 more teams made it through the open qualifier, including big names Paradox, Antic Esports and ex-8Ballers.
Reigning champions LookingForOrg will not be present for ANZ Champs Season 14, with the team still competing and bootcamping in Europe.
Order will be seeking their fourth ANZ Champs title after falling just short to LFO last season, while Renegades enter the Championship for the first time since Season 11.
ESL ANZ Champs, and it’s lower tier in ANZ Main, will run side-by-side throughout the next two months before the playoffs commence in early May.
ESL ANZ Champs S14 rosters
The region is in the midst of a massive reshuffle, with more roster changes planned in the coming month.
Luke “ekul” Bailey announced his retirement following Order’s win at Rivalry’s Insanely Awesome CS:GO Tournament, but will stand-in for the team until further notice.
Liam “malta” Schembri has completed his move from Renegades to Vertex, while Jay “Liazz” Tregillgas will remain in the Renegades roster for the beginning of ESL ANZ Champs. Sources indicate he was standing in for RNG temporarily at IEM Katowice.
UPDATE March 10: Isaac “prodigy” Dahlan announced that Darcy “Mr Shark” Clarke will permanently replace Julian “JoolzCheat” Griffin going forward.
UPDATE March 14: Long-time FPS veteran Tyler “tucks” Reilly, currently competing for Order’s Valorant division, will replace ekul as Order CS’ temporary stand-in as their hunt for a new fifth continues.
UPDATE March 17: Going forward, DoMilk will compete under “Collateral Esports” across all currently qualified events.
UPDATE March 21: It was confirmed last week that 8Ballers would be closing operations, with both the main and female line-up now searching for a new home.
Overt’s CS:GO squad will also be departing their organisation; the teams will compete as ex-8Ballers and ex-Overt henceforth.
UPDATE March 22: ex-Overt have been acquired by Antic Esports following their departure from Overt yesterday.
| Team | Players | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | J1rah | Valiance | USTILO | Vexite | ekul |
| Renegades | Sico | INS | Hatz | aliStair | Liazz |
| Vertex Esports Club | BRACE | pz | Roflko | apocdud | malta |
| Paradox Esports | dangeR | chelleos | DannyG | nettik | asap |
| Antic Esports | SkulL | ObZen | rekonz | damyo | Fiend |
| Sanguine | Kiyoshi | rainstylezgk | Forlekz | Neo | sinister |
| 1620 Kings | cheeseball | cookie | nauh | Scr1pt | forevint |
| Kingsmen | toM | oliff | callum_murray | BaN4na | Terryyy |
| DGG Esports | zeph | yourwombat | mizzy | gump | versa |
| Kanga Esports | DANZ | m0nt | streaty | TjP | Slimey |
| Dynasty Esports Club | supa | THRILA | Mechanical | nub | N1ghtraid |
| ex-8Ballers | bogeymanh | Prodigy | Kobe | Shoey | Mr Shark |
| Hysteria | Marsh | Draz | 7ambo | LANE | Spinach |
| Collateral Esports | jayketh | Craftyy | beau | nathan | harbor |
| Camo | PeetyG | CyanideJr | Archie | ComPlex | NikkeZ |
| Nut-E Gaming | mega2f | supar | Sha | tallaj | Velocity |
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