Dignitas fe win Intel Challenge Katowice

Dignitas' female team took the lion's share of the Intel Challenge Katowice's prize pool after beating Squared Prospects, one of the tournament's dark horses, 2-0 in the final.

The North American squad took $25,000, half of the $50,000 pool, after finishing first place at the Intel Challenge Katowice, which started on February 23 and ended today. On their road to lifting the trophy, the North American squad beat Singularity fe and Keyd fe in the group stage before moving to the playoffs, where they won best-of-threes against favorites RES in the semis and dark horses Squared Prospects in the final.

rain & co. won the final 2-0

The two-group eight-team tournament saw the European combine Squared Prospects upset RES and beat a flailing CLG Red ahead of their playoff run in which they took Keyd fe in two maps before ultimately falling in the grand final of the tournament. The third place decider pitted the international superteam, RES, against the Brazilians of Keyd fe, which the former won in two maps to take the bronze. 

Intel Challenge Katowice 2018Best of 3 Dignitas feMatchpage 2 0 25th February 2018 Squared Prospects 16Inferno 2 16Train 4

Dignitas fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieGooseBreeder	46 - 19	+27	108.1	1.85
Amanda 'rain' Smithrain	32 - 21	+11	104.6	1.58
Kiara 'm1lky' Makuam1lky	39 - 19	+20	102.6	1.56
Carolyn 'artStar' NoquezartStar	22 - 21	+1	73.5	1.19
Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoEMUHLEET	24 - 20	+4	54.4	1.07

Squared Prospects	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Julia 'bullet girl' Kurzyńskabullet girl	28 - 31	-3	69.5	0.91
Ivelina 'HellRose' DanovaHellRose	18 - 33	-15	72.9	0.76
Vanessa 'Nessa' AhlströmNessa	22 - 33	-11	68.2	0.67
Kristina 'zon1Q' Stevanovićzon1Q	19 - 32	-13	63.1	0.64
Vicky 'vic' Dosevic	13 - 34	-21	54.9	0.45

The final standings of the tournament are:

1. Dignitas fe - $25,000
2. Squared Prospects - $12,000
3. RES - $8,000
4. Keyd fe - $5,000
5-6. ARES fe
5-6. Singularity fe
7-8. GoHome
7-8. CLG Red

Squared Prospects Ivelina 'HellRose' DanovaKristina 'zon1Q' StevanovićVicky 'vic' DoseJulia 'bullet girl' KurzyńskaVanessa 'Nessa' Ahlström GoHome SinMan 'Hazel' FongTing '129' YangMeng 'simmo' ZhangXiao '720' ZhaoDongMei 'KARMY' Fang Dignitas fe Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoAmanda 'rain' SmithCarolyn 'artStar' NoquezMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieKiara 'm1lky' Makua Singularity fe Alyona 'Candy' KuvaevaSophia 'Kim' BenfakirKelly 'KllyVe' VerhaegenPetra 'Petra' StokerMadalina 'iLLa' Gherman CLG Red #183 Benita 'bENITA' NovshadianDiane 'di^' TranLily 'ProMise9k' ChenJennifer 'refinnej' LeEmma 'Emy' Choe ARES fe Tatyana 'Sindi' GrachevaAlexandra 'Riley' KsenzikDarya 'dshq' MishutinaTanya 't4tty' VorontsovaVictoria 'tory' Kazieva RES Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaZainab 'zAAz' TurkieChristine 'potter' ChiJulia 'juliano' KiranAnna 'Ant1ka' Ananikova Keyd fe #201 Pamella 'pan' ShibuyaCamila 'cAmyy' NataleBruna 'bizinha' MarvilaGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoJuliana 'showliana' Maransaldi