ESL ANZ Champs Season 14: Six teams remain; final three playoff spots to be decided by Thursday’s close

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.

• Order’s shock loss to ex-8Ballers sees them fight for survival tonight
• Dynasty will look to reverse sweep their way to finals
• Lonely 5, Antic will close out ANZ Champs Swiss stage

The final ESL ANZ Champs Super Week has concluded with a bang, with ex-8Ballers landing one of the biggest upsets in ANZ Champs history with a 2-0 (16-5, 16-14) over powerhouse squad Order.

It was Tyler “tucks” Reilly’s ‘officially official’ debut for Order after a fortnight of standing in, but Anish “bogeymanh” Singh (1.71 rating, 53-27) stole the show as ex-8Ballers trapped Order and sent them into the decider bracket.

ex-8Ballers join Vertex & DGG Esports on the road to playoffs, while Order will need to surpass Sanguine, who survived elimination with a 2-0 over Kanga Esports this week.

Dynasty will look to complete the Swiss reverse sweep when they take on 1620 Kings in the Round 5 opener, with Antic & Lonely 5 battling to decide the last finals qualified roster for Season 14.

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.

ESL ANZ Champs S14 schedule & results

Week 7 schedule, Swiss Round 5 (April 12 – April 14)

Week 6 results, Swiss Round 4 (April 4 – April 7)

Week 1 & 2 results, Swiss Round 1 (February 28 – March 10)

Week 3 results, Swiss Round 2 (March 14 – March 17)

Week 4 & 5 results, Swiss Round 3 (March 21 – March 24)

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.

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.

UPDATE March 31: Tyler “tucks” Reilly officially replaces Luke “ekul” Blakey at Order. The CS:GO-turned-Valorant veteran returns to Counter-Strike officially after two years at Order’s Valorant division. He previously represented Chiefs for five years, seeing the squad to three IEM Sydney showings.

UPDATE April 4: ex-FURY, Kingsmen will compete as “Lonely 5” henceforth.