ATK secure spot at EPL Season 17 Conference

The international mix exacted revenge on Nouns in the grand final to qualify for the Maltese event.

ATK took down Nouns 3-1 in the ESL Challenger S42 NA grand final to secure the $20,000 in prize money and a place at EPL Season 17 Conference.

Gareth "⁠MisteM⁠" Ries's crew had a stellar run through the group stage, eventually finishing atop Group B with a 6-1 record, with their lone defeat coming at the hands of BHOP. They swept Brazen in their opening playoff series before falling to Nouns in an extremely close 1-2 defeat in the following match, which sent ATK to the lower bracket.

MisteM led by example in the grand final and finished with a 1.32 rating

ATK had a convincing lower bracket run as they scored 2-0 wins over Iron Blood, TeamOne, and MIBR to reach the grand final and set up a revenge bout with Nouns. Coming from the upper bracket, Jeorge "⁠Jeorge⁠" Endicott's crew were awarded a 1-0 advantage but could not capitalize on it, as ATK dominated on Inferno and continued their winning form on the next two maps to sweep the series 3-1 and book their tickets to the ESL Pro League Season 17 prelude.

ATK join teams such as Outsiders, Imperial, and Movistar Riders in the list of qualified teams, with only two more spots yet to be filled by the top-two teams of ESL ANZ Championship Season 15.

The current team list for ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference is as follows:

Outsiders
Imperial
paiN
Lynn Vision
9INE Movistar Riders
Falcons
ATK
Rare Atom
Genk ESL Challenger League Season 42 North AmericaBest of 5 NounsMatchpage 1 3 24th October 2022 ATK 1Default 0 5Inferno 16 14Mirage 16 11Vertigo 16

Nouns	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jeorge 'Jeorge' EndicottJeorge	52 - 59	-7	71.9	0.99
Danny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykCxzi	55 - 62	-7	72.0	0.94
Brendan 'Bwills' WilliamsBwills	49 - 57	-8	73.6	0.93
Carson 'nosraC' O'ReillynosraC	42 - 53	-11	56.8	0.87
David 'cynic' Polstercynic	45 - 63	-18	75.6	0.87

ATK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gareth 'MisteM' RiesMisteM	72 - 53	+19	95.2	1.33
Jonathan 'b0denmaster' Bodenmalmb0denmaster	65 - 51	+14	78.4	1.24
Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongFadey	61 - 49	+12	86.2	1.21
Michael 'Swisher' SchmidSwisher	50 - 46	+4	69.4	1.05
Ian 'motm' Hardymotm	45 - 45	0	69.0	1.04

Movistar Riders #23 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoPere 'sausol' Solsona SaumellDavid 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez MIBR #27 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesRaphael 'exit' LacerdaMatheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaJhonatan 'JOTA' WillianBreno 'brnz4n' Poletto Brazen Imperial #20 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesVinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Outsiders #7 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev TeamOne #32 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' RossatoMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' Panisset Iron Blood #72 Damian 'EMIYA' BoulwareShane 'shane' DresslerDerek 'dare' BrownWyatt 'snav' PhillippiFern 'intra' Hak Genk #198 Kyle 'Xaka' GattNils 'ReFuZR' GrootMilan 'CrePoW' LibbrechtJacob 'Rezst' HemmingGytis 'ryu' Glušauskas 9INE #113 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Gareth 'MisteM' Ries Age: 20 Team: ATK Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 388 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott Age: 19 Team: Nouns Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 366 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Lynn Vision #102 Heng 'expro' YangZhe 'Westmelon' NiuSike 'z4kr' ZhangLizhi 'Starry' YeNiu 'Nelly' Zhe Nouns #47 David 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsDanny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykCarson 'nosraC' O'ReillyJeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott BHOP ATK #41 Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongIan 'motm' HardyJonathan 'b0denmaster' BodenmalmMichael 'Swisher' SchmidGareth 'MisteM' Ries Rare Atom #67 Zhuo 'advent' LiangZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongYi 'JamYoung' YangJingxiang 'Mercury' Wang paiN #21 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtFelipe 'skullz' MedeirosRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Falcons #38 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJordan 'Python' Munck-Foehrle