ESL Challenger League Season 49 Asia - Pacific: Day 1 Recap

The opening day at the ESL Challenger League Season 49 Asia-Pacific saw 12 BO1s take place as the teams got their journey underway to book an ESL Pro League Season 22 spot. The opening day saw a couple of expected results and one big upset as the double round of BO1s got the action going.

Here's a quick look at the day's results.

THE 0 - 2 NomadS

The action kicked off with the opening BO1 between Russian squad THE and Mongolian side NomadS. Taking place on Dust2, it was a back-and-forth opening half before a flawless T side from the Mongolians saw them close out the map at 13-6.

The second BO1 headed to Anubis, where NomadS once again started with a two-round lead and it went down to the wire as the Mongolians won six out of the final 8 rounds to steal a 13-11 win to end the day for themselves with a 2-0 manner.

Rare Atom 0 - 2 The Huns

The biggest surprise of the day came as Chinese team Rare Atom faced The Huns from Mongolia in their two BO1s. Rare Atom were blown away on the opening BO1 on Inferno, going down 3-13, and then failed to convert a five-round CT half on Anubis as they fell 11-13 to go down 0-2 in a surprise result.

Just Swing 1 - 1 UR

Just Swing and UR faced off in the Chinese derby with Just Swing's dominant T side on Inferno pushing them to a 13-8 win in the opening BO1 but it was UR answering back with a strong T side of their own on Mirage in the second game, as a 9-3 half saw them hold on for a 13-9 win to tie up the series 1-1.

Lynn Vision 2 -0 Chinggis Warriors

While Rare Atom fell to the Mongolians, the other renowned Chinese team, Lynn Vision made sure to avoid any upsets as they took on Chinggis Warriors. A flawless CT half on Anubis saw Lynn Vision turn around a four-round deficit to run away with a 13-8 win before they put in another strong showing on Ancient to take a 13-6 win to lock in the series 2-0.

-72c 2 - 0 LFO 2

Far East Russian squad -72c, who has former Reckoning Esports player 1nhuman, took on compatriots LFO2 in their series with -72c kicking things off with a 13-9 win on Anubis before an impressive CT half on Ancient saw them lock out a 13-6 win to take the series 2-0.

TYLOO 2 - 0 harizma

After a disappointing eXTREMESLAND 2024 campaign, TYLOO were back in action and they kicked off their ECL S49 Asia campaign against harizma. TYLOO got things going with a big 13-6 win on Inferno and saw off a potential comeback on the CT half on Mirage from the Russian squad to take a 13-8 win to secure the series 2-0.

Standings after Day 1's games: