Aurora secures ESL Challenger Melbourne Final berth over Rebels

In the second semi-final of ESL Challenger Melbourne, Aurora locked horns with Rebels. The BO3 kickstarted with Mirage, where the choosing team Aurora started on the T-side. Despite ending the first half trailing 5-7, Aurora turned the tables on Rebels in the second half, clinching a 13-9 win.

Next up was Ancient, where Aurora started on the CT side with a 10-2 lead. Despite the Rebels' resistance in the second half, Aurora prevailed, ultimately securing the map with a 13-6 victory.

Aurora will now face MIBR in the Grand Final of ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024, which will take place later today, with Aurora looking to make it three back-to-back championships after winning the Skyesports Grand Slam 2024 and Skyesports Masters 2024.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024

Bo3

Rebels

0 - 2

Aurora

All maps

Rebels	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Paweł 'innocent' Mocek	26 - 30	-4	73.7	70.7%	0.98
Patryk 'olimp' Woźniak	26 - 28	-2	74.1	61.0%	0.94
Mariusz 'casey' Jarząb	20 - 33	-13	70.5	58.5%	0.71
Alan 'flayy' Krupa	24 - 31	-7	52.8	61.0%	0.71
Kamil 'kisserek' Banak	17 - 29	-12	47.3	53.7%	0.65

Aurora	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Denis 'deko' Zhukov	36 - 19	+17	104.7	78.0%	1.52
Evgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin	31 - 21	+10	74.3	82.9%	1.29
Aleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin	31 - 25	+6	83.2	70.7%	1.23
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev	27 - 23	+4	68.9	78.0%	1.11
Evgeny 'r3salt' Frolov	23 - 25	-2	64.9	73.2%	1.00