They left it late but Liquid got the job done on the very final day of the Challengers Stage

May 12, 2023 12:56am

Written by AdiC

Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage: Final Day's recap

The Challengers Stage is over and we have our Legends Stage teams confirmed. The final day of the Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage saw three teams secure their Legends Stage spot and three teams head home from Paris.

If you missed the action from the final day, we've got a quick recap of the day for you.

GamerLegion converts a 0-2 to 3-2

GamerLegion kicked off the final day of the Challengers Stage with their match against FORZE. The 2-2 bracket map kicked off on Overpass and it was FORZE who had the lead at 11-9 but GamerLegion took five defensive rounds and eventually closed the map at 16-12 as Keoz had a strong map with 25 kills. On FORZE's pick of Inferno, GamerLegion went 11-4 in the first half as it looked like GamerLegion would run away with the map but zorte and r3salt tried their best to keep FORZE in the game. Eventually GamerLegion did wrap up the map at 16-13 and book a spot for themselves in the Legends Stage.

For FORZE, its elimination once again in the Challengers Stages, a stage they have failed to cross in the last three Majors.

A paiN-ful end
The Brazilians, paiN were the favourites to go through to the Legends Stage in the 2-2 match against Monte and everything was in the Brazilians' favour once they won Monte's map pick of Anubis. Monte shut down a clueless paiN on Nuke, winning the second map 16-1 and on Mirage, sdy led from the front as he and his boys sent paiN home and made sure Monte booked a Legends Stage spot.

The inevitable

Liquid started their Challengers Stage in the most 'Liquid' way possible and were 0-2 in no time. On the brink of elimination is what brought out the best in them and game by game they improved and by the time they were supposed to play their 2-2 bracket game against Grayhound, they were reaching their normal form. It was a quick hammering of the Australian team in the final game as Liquid secured a Legends Stage spot, turning around a 0-2 to 3-2.

At the end of the Challengers Stage, the top five rated players are: