ESL Challenger League Season 50 - Cup #2: Team Invites

sierpień 18, 2025
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Here are your 104 teams that will be playing in the ESL Challenger League Season 50 - Cup #2 tournament.

79 teams (Europe - 26 teams, North America - 19 teams, South America - 18 teams, Asia - 10 teams, and Oceania - 6 teams) have been invited based on the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) invitation data as of August 4, 2025. The remaining 25 teams have been invited based on their finishing spots in ESEA League Season 52, and Season 53.

Teams will compete in a double-elimination brackets in their respective region, and the winner of each region will get invited to the ESL Challenger League Season 50 Regional Finals.

Europa

Ameryka Północna

Ameryka Południowa

Azja

Australia i Oceania

Each team has received their invite based on their rosters stated in the VRS.

Note: the final roster submission deadline for all teams is August 25, 2025.

For a team to be eligible to accept their invitation they must retain a majority roster. In this case there are some notable points to consider when looking at the invited teams:

Team Vitality (VRS 1), Team Spirit (VRS 2), MOUZ (VRS 3), The MongolZ (VRS 4), Natus Vincere (VRS 5), FURIA (VRS 6), Team Falcons (VRS 7), FaZe Clan (VRS 8), Astralis (VRS 9), TYLOO (VRS 10), Aurora Gaming (VRS 11), and G2 Esports (VRS 12) can’t be invited based on the Valve’s Tournament Operating Requirements that states: “3.8.4 The VRS rank of the invited Rosters must be lower than 12 on the Global VRS at the time of the Invite Date.".
Europe: 3DMAX (VRS 13), GamerLegion (VRS 14), Virtus.pro (VRS 17), HEROIC (VRS 18), Ninjas in Pyjamas (VRS 19), SAW (VRS 22), BetBoom (VRS 23), Liquid (VRS 26), B8 (VRS 27), ECSTATIC (VRS 28), Iberian Soul (VRS 29), TNL (VRS 30), BIG (VRS 34), PARIVISION (VRS 40), CYBERSHOKE (VRS 60), G2 (VRS 71) and 9 Pandas (VRS 72) have all declined their invites.
North America: Complexity (VRS 20), M80 (VRS 31), NRG (VRS 38), BLUEJAYS (VRS 78), Getting Info (VRS 87), Party Astronauts (VRS 135), Nouns (VRS 141), Chicken Coop (VRS 156), LAG (VRS 174), Party Astronauts (VRS 187), Getting Info (VRS 205), Black Mold (VRS 208) and MEGA JUNERS (VRS 216) have all declined their invites.
South America: paiN (VRS 16), Legacy (VRS 21), Imperial (VRS 43), 9z (VRS 65), FURIA fe (VRS 79), Fluxo (VRS 120), LP (VRS 130), ex-W7M (VRS 131), RED Canids (VRS 142), MIBR fe (VRS 158), UNO MILLE (VRS 166), adalYamigos (VRS 172), O PLANO (VRS 173) and ODDIK (VRS 175) have all declined their invites.
Asia: Lynn Vision (VRS 15), Akimbo (VRS 143), Only One Word (VRS 155), Akimbo (VRS 177), Victores Sumus (VRS 195) and Shika (VRS 197) have all declined their invites.
Oceania: FlyQuest (VRS 25) and Mindfreak (VRS 162) have declined their invites.

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ESL Challenger League Season 50 - Cup #2: Team Invites

Fnatic

Nemiga Gaming

ex-Passion UA

FUT

ENCE

KOLESIE

OG

Team Spirit Academy

JiJieHao

Sashi Esport

Betclic Apogee Esports

Alliance

9INE

Nexus Gaming

HOTU

ESC Gaming

Johnny Speeds

GUN5 Esports

Monte

Sangal Esports

BC.Game Esports

Tricked Esport

AaB

Metizport

FAVBET Team

Betera Esports

RUBY

Sabre Esports

Partizan Esports

TPuDCATb TPu

Insilio

Zero Tenacity

Wildcard Gaming

BLUEJAYS

Marsborne

Getting Info

Shimmer

BOSS

Lycus Empire

FlyQuest RED

aether

MIGHT

wanted goons

girl kissers

Ghost Gaming

regain

InControl

Mythic

Nyx Empire

Outfit 49

Take Flyte

Anything Else

Marca Registrada

LAG Gaming

Chicken Coop

Akimbo Esports

MIBR

Fluxo

YNG Sharks

ODDIK

RED Canids

BESTIA

Keyd Stars

KRÜ Esports

Game Hunters

SELVA

Bounty Hunters Esports

ex-W7M

BAD LUCK

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