Dark Sided qualify for ESEA S24 GC

Dark Sided have won ESEA Premier Season 24 Australia and qualified for the ESEA S24 Global Challange after beating Athletico 2-1 in the grand final (6-16 on Mirage, 16-11 on Inferno, and 16-8 on Nuke).

ESEA Premier Season 24 Australia started off with a 17-team group stage at the end of which eight teams advanced to the playoffs.

The playoffs had a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket. Athletico defeated Chiefs 2-1, who finished the regular season with a 16-0 record. Due to roster locks Chiefs were unable to use their new player Peter "⁠pecks⁠" Nguyen and had to use Seth "⁠seth⁠" Leeson as a stand-in. Athletico then beat AVANT to advance to the grand final.

The 15-year-old Texta & his team will be in London

Dark Sided, on the other hand, secured a 2-0 quarter-final victory against Athletico Black to start the playoffs. Then they beat Tainted Minds who finished the regular season in second place with a 14-2 record, advancing to the grand final.

The grand final kicked off with a 16-6 Athletico win on Mirage but Dark Sided responded on Inferno with a 16-11 victory. Dark Sided started Nuke on the CT-side and won the map 16-8 after an 11-4 CT-side half, winning the grand final and qualifying for ESEA Season 24 Global Challenge.

ESEA MDL Season 24 AustraliaBest of 3 AthleticoMatchpage 1 2 12th April 2017 Dark Sided 16Mirage 6 11Inferno 16 8Nuke 16

Dark Sided	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Willem 'badger' Clarkebadger	60 - 43	+17	74.7	1.24
Sam 'flickz' Jonesflickz	55 - 50	+5	95.6	1.22
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	53 - 52	+1	86.3	1.12
Mitchell 'Sync' DaleSync	46 - 53	-7	66.9	0.93
Matthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTexta	43 - 54	-11	63.4	0.87

Athletico	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorNikkeZ	72 - 52	+20	100.2	1.39
Iyengaran 'IyeN' RajuIyeN	52 - 54	-2	74.3	1.00
Bobby 'zedzke' Johnsonzedzke	52 - 51	+1	65.7	0.97
Iain 'SnypeR' TurnerSnypeR	34 - 48	-14	66.6	0.87
Sam 'jokes' Molanjokes	41 - 52	-11	69.3	0.87

The standings in ESEA Premier Season 24 Australia can be found below:

1. Dark Sided - Spot at ESEA S24 GC
2. Athletico - $2,100
3-4. AVANT - $1,350
3-4. Tainted Minds - $1,350 
5-8. Chiefs - $300
5-8. Legacy OCE - $300
5-8. Supremacy - $300
5-8. Athletico Black - $300

Splyce, Enigma6, and Bee's Money Crew earned the three North American spots at ESEA Season 24 GC which will take place in London, UK on May 13-14.

paiN secured the Brazilian spot and GODSENT clinched one of the three European slots for the tournament in London. BIG and PENTA will face each other for one of the spots and the loser will play Spirit for a last shot at the Global Challange.

The team list for ESEA Season 24 Global Challange can be found below:

Splyce	Enigma6	Bee's Money Crew	paiN
Dark Sided	GODSENT	EU slot.	EU slot.

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

Legacy OCE #121 Kyran 'dizzyLife' CrombieDale 'deoxiDE' CartaJoshua 'spiKez' QualischefskiMarcus 'gotz' FontiMatthew 'mattcd' Lenard Spirit #35 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Athletico Black #265 Justin 'skrawL' LanzonBrad 'SiN' CouvretGreg 'Greg' KamboukosPeter 'zemp' RenoufDavid 'Teal' Vazzoler PENTA #38 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendKevin 'HS' Tarn Athletico #103 Iain 'SnypeR' TurnerNikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorIyengaran 'IyeN' RajuBobby 'zedzke' JohnsonSam 'jokes' Molan GODSENT #24 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Seth 'seth' Leeson Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 53 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Supremacy #197 Jordan 'krudeN' HillAlec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisLaken 'Kaotik' DutcherSteve 'InJect' Honan Dark Sided #113 Sam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleWillem 'badger' ClarkeOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Peter 'pecks' Nguyen Age: 19 Team: Chiefs Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Enigma6 #51 Armeen 'a2z' ToussiJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoShawn 'witmer' TaylorDaniel 'vice' KimCollin 'wrath' McSweegan AVANT #93 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsDylan 'kyoto' BrownEgor 'LONSDALE' BaranovChris 'yellow' McGillivrayJordan 'Hatz' Bajic BIG #22 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Splyce #39 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenArya 'arya' HekmatDaniel 'roca' GustaferriRonnie 'ryx' BylickiTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Tainted Minds #89 Connor 'chuch' MorganChristopher 'dexter' NongStuart 'sonic' RaynerJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas paiN #117 Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoPaulo 'land1n' FelipeMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' Pereira Bee's Money Crew #43 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverAndrew 'ShoT_UP' OrlowskiMatthew 'WARDELL' YuJason 'neptune' Tran Chiefs #87 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri