Wings Up eliminate OG from ESL Challenger Melbourne, move on to playoffs

3-9-2022 10:51

The Chinese squad edged out the tournament favorites, 16-13 on both Inferno and Ancient.

Wings Up clinched second place in Group A after defeating OG, 2-0. XueBing "⁠B1NGO⁠" Dai's men claimed their first win after taking down EG White, and exacted revenge on OG for their opening game defeat in the playoff-spot-decider. Junhao "⁠ChildKing⁠" Peng and Yi "⁠gas⁠" Ding were the difference-makers for Wings Up, as the pair finished with 1.27 and 1.25 ratings, respectively.

OG won their opener against Wings Up, however they weren't able to repeat said performance in the succeeding matches. Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković's side fell 13-16 to Entropiq, and were bested 0-2 by the same B1NGO-led squad they defeated prior, ultimately sealing their fate.

Wings Up's win over OG sends them to the playoffs in Melbourne

In the first match, OG were in firm control on the CT side and garnered a 9-6 lead by halftime. nexa and company looked dominant early in the second period, however their fortunes quickly changed as Wings Up scored ten consecutive rounds to claim the 16-13 win on Inferno. Both sides were more competitive early on Ancient, this time Wings Up held the slight advantage at the break. Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov was a constant threat on the AWP, but the Chinese didn't waste their chances and sent the tournament favorites home with a 16-13 triumph.

The playoffs will begin on Sunday with Group B winners paiN squaring off against Wings Up, while Entropiq's opponent is yet to be decided. The grand final will play out at 08:00 on the same day to crown the champion of ESL Challenger Melbourne.

ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022Best of 3

Matchpage

3rd September 2022

Wings Up

Inferno

Ancient

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov degster	43 - 39	+4	86.6	1.17
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas F1KU	39 - 39	0	70.7	0.98
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan flameZ	34 - 38	-4	71.2	0.96
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković nexa	38 - 42	-4	72.4	0.95
Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar NEOFRAG	29 - 38	-9	67.1	0.83

Wings Up	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Junhao 'ChildKing' Peng ChildKing	50 - 37	+13	96.0	1.27
Yi 'gas' Ding gas	46 - 35	+11	80.1	1.25
Zhengjie 'Martin' Zhuo Martin	38 - 38	0	79.2	1.06
XueBing 'B1NGO' Dai B1NGO	34 - 39	-5	59.2	0.87
Liu 'lan' Qi lan	27 - 35	-8	45.0	0.83

That’s just crazy 🤣

2022-09-03 10:52

6 replies

"asiam cs doesnt deserve 2 spots at major"

2022-09-03 12:27

5 replies

if they deserved it they could have it because of the new system where regions slot amount is determined by its performance at the last major

2022-09-03 12:35

4 replies

2022-09-03 12:51

4 teams playing the asian rmr.... they don't need more spots, just more teams playing, its so fucking unfair really, it just kills the region

2022-09-03 15:50

2 replies

that i agree

2022-09-03 16:53

+1 needs at least 8 tbh

2022-09-04 04:53

OG KEKW

expected

7 replies

for real

2022-09-03 11:07

wtf rude

2022-09-03 11:49

eg outdated og overrated long have we waited wings up dominated

2022-09-03 11:53

nice rhyme :D

2022-09-03 11:58

i'll get jonathan e to demote you im not gonna let this one slide!

2022-09-03 15:14

2022-09-03 15:17

based

2022-09-03 15:39

Lit

Give Asia more RMR spots you pussies

youtu.be/IXhrBfy_5Ak

2022-09-03 10:53

All the more reason why they should get more spots , I would like to see this clownfiesta more

2022-09-03 10:55

1 reply

+1 you do have a point

2022-09-03 11:26

OMG haha That were them Jeeez, that's why I remember this tag :DDDDDD

2022-09-03 13:35

Oh, they actually threw the match because they didn't want to face their owner's team in play-off. haha Well, at least that was not for money :D

2022-09-03 13:45

yeah, that's not a serious tournament but still, they better don't do that

2022-09-03 18:32

imagine going to au and get dropped by a noname chinese team

3 replies

Tier 1 china cs

2022-09-03 11:06

Tier 1 radarhacks

2022-09-03 19:27

not true, Wings Up have made a name for themselves by matchfixing more blatantly than iBP

2022-09-03 11:25

time to disband OG and give degster a proper home

Wings Up! :D

2022-09-03 10:54

haha

xDDDDDD FaZe lost to this xDDDDDDDD

Na'Vi too xDDDDDDDDDD

2022-09-03 10:56

expected tho

you love to see it

2022-09-03 11:00

OG throwing almost so much as G2.

2022-09-03 11:01

Big fan lol

2022-09-03 16:51

expected to be honest NEOFRAG F1KU who? their playstyle is based on momentum, they will always be inconsistent

2022-09-03 11:04

The main problem will be their roles and accomodation in the system. Neofrag and Fiku were the stars of their previous teams with a lot of freedom. Now they have to play more passive, give space mainly to flamez and degster. I would still give them time to sort everything out.

2022-09-03 11:12

you can't give freedom to everyone, there should be support players smoking flashing for the star player, someone needs to sacrifice and to the dirty job. I hope they will figure it out, but honestly I don't believe in OG

2022-09-03 11:43

We Asian need no charity for those spots in Major, we fight for our own seats. See ya in the next major, Wings Up!

2022-09-03 11:05

2022-09-03 11:08

unless owner/players make bets for them to lose, unluko. we know what happens to their aim then

2022-09-03 11:39

Lmao

2022-09-03 14:27

WHAT

gl og u missed ur only chamce to win something

Congratulations Entropiq on winning ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022!

I was here

2022-09-03 11:10

God Childking

2022-09-03 11:17

LOL @ OG Deserved for dogster

2022-09-03 11:19

OG jetlag drama

lol

2022-09-03 11:20

OG(awdWTFhappenedhere)

wings era

Trash hltv users underestimate china teams, how are people surprised?😂😂 ez WU to finals, its EZ against noob team pain

2022-09-03 11:32

wings>og>faze>navi

2022-09-03 11:33

axaxaxa

2022-09-03 11:34

It is still early days of the new OG roster. Anything could happen except winning trophies.

2022-09-03 11:35

Still a major upset though, everyone would have expected OG to at least get out of the group

2022-09-03 20:12

Great upset indeed. This tournament might have answered a lot of questions about new OG. I don't know how they are gonna perform in RMR.

2022-09-04 08:14

I LOVE WINGSUP THEY GAVE ME HIGH FIVES

2022-09-03 11:45

wait what

2022-09-03 11:52

Respect Wings up winning #8 team

2022-09-03 11:59

guess they had a degster party last night :-)

2022-09-03 12:07

Loolololololololol

2022-09-03 12:13

hltv.org/news/34466/groups-for-esl-chall.. I hate the hltv cliched "disband", but srsly

2022-09-03 12:19

loooool

2022-09-03 12:28

OG noobs 😡

2022-09-03 12:48

Ez 4 wingsup

2022-09-03 12:56

so, asian cs is back?

2022-09-03 13:14

What were the odds on wings up?

OG disband plz

2022-09-03 13:21

How much OG fans?

2022-09-03 13:22

I said it too Ez4Wingsup

2022-09-03 13:27

ez 4 CHADKING !!

2022-09-03 13:29

OG < TYLUL

2022-09-03 13:37

Nice lmao

2022-09-03 13:58

Nice for wingsup, OG got jetlagged I guess but still Hope their honeymoon isn't already over :D

2022-09-03 14:00

Bruh

2022-09-03 14:05

woahhh #WingsUp!

2022-09-03 14:17

#WingsUp!

2022-09-03 15:37

DEGSTER PLAYING alone ahahahahahha

2022-09-03 15:38

His stats might look good but god damn he made some shitty decisions, especially on ancient

2022-09-03 16:27

yeah i agree, but still, neofrag and flamez need to have more impact imo. specially neofraG. he was hitting shots in the begging

2022-09-03 16:38

No mantuu no win

mantuu was the problem

2022-09-03 16:44

OG Kekw

2022-09-03 17:20

good job bois

top 8 btw

2022-09-03 19:49

2022-09-03 19:58