Aurora moves into ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024 semi-final
After running through sunday school, Party Astronauts were up against Aurora with the teams looking to book their place in the semi-final against Rebels.
The series kicked off with Party Astronaut starting with the T-sided pistol on Inferno. After the opening a couple of rounds, Aurora ended the opening half on an eight round streak to go 9-3 up and a flawless T side saw Aurora ease to a 13-3 win.
Party Astronauts took a two-round lead on their CT side to get things underway on Overpass following a back and forth affair. Aurora quickly tied things up after securing the second half pistol and deko coming in with a crucial 1v2 against the force buy on the B site thanks to a well-timed late lurk. A strong CT half from the Russian team saw them pick up a 13-11 win to take the series 2-0, seeing off a more competitive Party Astronauts in the second map.
While the loss sends Party Astronauts home, Aurora will not face Rebels in the semi-final of the ESL Challenger Melbourne 2024.
AuroraParty Astronauts| Aurora |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin |
28 - 17 | +11 | 76.4 | 85.0% | 1.40 |
| Denis 'deko' Zhukov |
31 - 21 | +10 | 72.5 | 87.5% | 1.15 |
| Evgeny 'r3salt' Frolov |
29 - 24 | +5 | 80.9 | 80.0% | 1.14 |
| Evgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin |
27 - 22 | +5 | 73.0 | 80.0% | 1.13 |
 Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev |
27 - 21 | +6 | 78.9 | 72.5% | 1.07 |
| Party Astronauts |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 William 'RUSH' Wierzba |
26 - 27 | -1 | 70.0 | 67.5% | 1.16 |
| Danny 'Cxzi' Strzelczyk |
24 - 30 | -6 | 71.7 | 67.5% | 0.88 |
| Adam 'WolfY' Andersson |
23 - 27 | -4 | 64.9 | 60.0% | 0.80 |
| Connor 'chop' Sullivan |
20 - 28 | -8 | 57.8 | 62.5% | 0.76 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
12 - 31 | -19 | 45.9 | 52.5% | 0.59 |
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