Triumph ease past TeamOne to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 12

Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince and Rahul "⁠curry⁠" Nemani's last ride with Triumph was a successful one as they helped the team earn promotion to ESL Pro League with a 3-0 series victory over TeamOne.

After ESEA officially canceled MDL Global Challenge Season 33 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was determined that the MDL Season 33 playoffs bracket in each region would be played out to completion. In North America, Triumph, Bad News Bears, and TeamOne were the teams who had been left standing in the bracket, but due to the disbanding of Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's side, only the Brazilian roster and Triumph were left to play for a sole spot in ESL Pro League Season 12.

The match marked Grim and curry's final outing with the roster, with the former preparing to embark on a new chapter of his career as a part of Liquid, and the latter turning his focus towards college. The pair's last hurrah as a part of Triumph was a successful one as Alan "⁠Shakezullah⁠" Hardeman's troops entered the series against TeamOne with a one-map advantage, a result of them going undefeated in the upper bracket during the playoffs of MDL Season 33. Swift victories on Nuke and Inferno helped the team make short work of the Brazilian roster, earning them one of the final two spots in ESL's premier league. Sprout will take on AGO in the European grand finals for the final spot, with the match set to play out on August 17 at 17:00 .

Grim and curry helped secure Triumph promotion to EPL in their final outing

It was a strong performance from Gabe "⁠Spongey⁠" Greiner that helped put Triumph in control at the onset of Nuke, combining with Grim as the team charged ahead to an 11-4 lead at the end of their offensive effort. A pistol round victory and subsequent conversions gave TeamOne a moment of respite as they closed the gap, but multi-kill rounds from curry, Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson, and Spongey took Triumph over the line with a 16-9 map win.

TeamOne fared better on Inferno, making up for an 0-3 start by securing five rounds in a row to take the lead. The double AWP of curry and junior helped Triumph get back into the running, remaining steadfast in their defense to pull ahead 8-7 at halftime. However, the momentum of Pedro "⁠Maluk3⁠" Campos and company ran out following the side swap as Triumph once again took control on the T side, conceding only two additional rounds as they brought the series to a swift close to earn their promotion.

ESEA MDL Season 33 North America FinalsBest of 5 TriumphMatchpage 3 0 8th August 2020 TeamOne 1Default 0 16Nuke 8 16Inferno 9

Triumph	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim	45 - 28	+17	90.9	1.40
Paytyn 'junior' Johnsonjunior	40 - 25	+15	77.2	1.36
Gabe 'Spongey' GreinerSpongey	41 - 28	+13	89.7	1.31
Rahul 'curry' Nemanicurry	36 - 30	+6	76.1	1.21
Alan 'Shakezullah' HardemanShakezullah	26 - 30	-4	73.6	1.03

TeamOne	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmarab4rtiN	33 - 31	+2	68.8	0.98
Matheus 'prt' Scuveroprt	29 - 35	-6	73.4	0.97
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panissetpesadelo	24 - 40	-16	66.1	0.80
Mario 'malbsMd' SamayoamalbsMd	28 - 46	-18	66.1	0.76
Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMaluk3	23 - 37	-14	52.5	0.70

The team list for ESL Pro League Season 12 now looks as follows:

Partner teams
100 Thieves
Astralis
Complexity
ENCE
Evil Geniuses
FaZe
fnatic
G2
MOUZ
Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Liquid
Vitality Invited
BOOM
Renegades
Sharks
Qualified
FURIA
BIG
Spirit
Isurus
ORDER
TYLOO
Triumph
MDL S33 Europe winner Renegades #61 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Peter 'ptr' Gurney Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 986 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 Evil Geniuses #3 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Astralis #11 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenEmil 'Magisk' ReifLucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen 100 Thieves #17 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Complexity #10 William 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevOwen 'oBo' SchlatterBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Liquid #9 Michael 'Grim' WinceKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Michael 'Grim' Wince Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 580 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Natus Vincere #4 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy FaZe #6 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' SaukantsAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Vitality #2 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner Age: 20 Team: Triumph Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 462 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.63 TeamOne #59 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMatheus 'prt' ScuveroMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' PanissetBruno 'b4rtiN' Câmara Isurus #97 Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaRoberto 'reversive' ThemthamCaike 'caike' CostaGabriel '1962' SinopoliMarcos 'deco' Amato Rahul 'curry' Nemani Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 195 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Bad News Bears G2 #5 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Time is adjusted to your selected timezone ORDER #66 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' PivacAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJireh 'J1rah' YouakimMatthew 'Valiance' Hartrick ENCE #22 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiJere 'sergej' SaloElias 'Jamppi' Olkkonen Paytyn 'junior' Johnson Age: 19 Team: Triumph Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 136 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 fnatic #7 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos Age: 30 Team: TeamOne Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 674 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Simon 'twist' EliassonFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora MOUZ #14 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Spirit #20 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Sharks #125 Raphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraJhonatan 'jnt' SilvaLuca 'Luken' NadottiMateus 'supLexN1' Miranda Triumph #46 Kaleb 'moose' JayneGabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonErik 'penny' Penny BIG #1 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne TYLOO #48 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuKelun 'SLOWLY' SunZhenghao 'DANK1NG' Lv FURIA #8 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman Age: 22 Team: Triumph Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 399 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.63 BOOM #85 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' Martinelli