North are through to ECS Season 6 after defeating LDLC 2-0 (16-11 Nuke, 16-12 on Dust2) in the upper bracket final of the Challenger Cup.

The series in the ECS S6 Europe Challenger Cup kicked off on North's map pick, Nuke, but it was LDLC who got off to a flying start, winning eight rounds in a row on the CT side. Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's new team remained calm and collected, losing just one more round to reduce the deficit to three rounds by halftime (9-6).

The second half was one-sided as North took the lead in the series after closing out the map 16-11 with Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye topping the scoreboard with a 1.54 rating.

aizy led the way for North alongside Kjaerbye

LDLC started off their map pick, Dust2, on the right foot with a 3-0 lead after winning the pistol round as CTs. But North did not let them take any control of the half, with the Danes switching sides with a 10-5 score in their favour.

In the second half, North won the pistol round but the Frenchmen hit back immediately with a five-round winning streak to find a lifeline in the series. Nevertheless, with Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup paving the way for his team with 23 frags, North sealed the deal fairly easily, 16-12, to book their spot in the sixth season of ECS.

LDLC will have another shot at qualification when they take on OpTic in the consolidation final.

ECS Season 6 Europe Challenger CupBest of 3 LDLCMatchpage 0 2 2nd October 2018 North 11Nuke 16 12Dust2 16

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	43 - 41	+2	85.7	1.09
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	43 - 40	+3	72.5	1.01
Logan 'LOGAN' CortiLOGAN	31 - 37	-6	69.8	0.92
David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevicdevoduvek	25 - 41	-16	58.3	0.72
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	26 - 42	-16	54.2	0.69

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	49 - 33	+16	99.7	1.42
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	41 - 41	0	92.1	1.25
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	38 - 32	+6	68.7	1.12
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	41 - 32	+9	75.4	1.11
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	31 - 31	0	66.5	1.01

With North's qualification, the ECS Season 6 Europe team list currently looks as follows:

Astralis
FaZe
G2
GODSENT
Ninjas in Pyjamas Virtus.pro
fnatic
MOUZ
North
Challenger CupMOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool GODSENT Virtus.pro #27 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki FaZe #6 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard LDLC #36 Antoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicLogan 'LOGAN' Corti Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif G2 #13 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansKenny 'kennyS' SchrubEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1095 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 fnatic #18 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson OpTic #24 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 772 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 North #9 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1080 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67