ESL ANZ Champs Season 14: Super Week 2 has arrived; Order, Vertex look to join RNG & Paradox while three team’s campaigns will come to an end

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.

• Vertex, Lonely 5 kick off second “Super Week”
• Three more teams will be eliminated by week’s end
• Vertex look to join early favourites RNG, Paradox in playoffs

The second “Super Week” of the ESL ANZ Champs season is upon us.

Each day will see a team progress to the playoffs, and a team sent packing as the Swiss stage reaches the business end.

Vertex, pinned as early top three favourites with Renegades and Paradox will look to book their playoff spot when they take on Lonely 5 in Monday’s opener.

Meanwhile, Nut-E Gaming’s run could be cut short by a Dynasty line-up hunting for a Swiss reverse sweep — their match is set for Monday, 8:30pm AEST.

Later in the week, Order’s new official fifth in Tyler “tucks” Reilly will make his proper debut against ex-8Ballers, with a win also booking their spot in the playoffs.

Sanguine, Kanga, Antic & Camo will look to avoid elimination this week in their matchups, while 1620 Kings and DGG meet after a solid start to the season to confirm their spot in the finals.

We’ve wrapped up everything ESL ANZ Champs S14: schedule, standings & more.

ESL ANZ Champs S14: Stream

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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 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.