GODSENT have kept their spot in the ECS league after defeating Natus Vincere 2-1 in the Challenger Cup's consolidation final.

With Gambit already through to ECS after beating Na`Vi in the upper bracket final on Thursday evening, three teams remained in contention heading into the final day of the double-elimination Challenger Cup. 

The first match of the day, pitting GODSENT against HEROIC, ended with a straightforward 2-0 win for the Swedish side, who knew they would have to work hard to win their next match after losing to Na`Vi earlier in the tournament.

GODSENT will continue in ECS

The all-deciding consolidation final began on Train, where GODSENT ran out 16-6 victors after taking an impressive 12 rounds on the Terrorist side. With Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev both dropping a 30-bomb, Natus Vincere replied with a 16-11 win on Mirage to tie up the series at 1-1. The final map, Overpass, was Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser' s playground, with the 19-year-old firing his team to a comprehensive 16-7 win with a solid performance highlighted by a 1.70 rating and a 120 ADR.

ECS Season 5 Europe Challenger CupBest of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 1 2 9th March 2018 GODSENT 6Train 16 16Mirage 11 7Overpass 16

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	60 - 46	+14	78.3	1.24
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	55 - 51	+4	87.8	1.16
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	59 - 53	+6	93.1	1.16
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	38 - 54	-16	65.6	0.81
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	37 - 56	-19	61.9	0.77

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	67 - 48	+19	95.5	1.34
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	54 - 51	+3	89.9	1.24
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	52 - 51	+1	72.6	1.07
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	45 - 48	-3	69.9	0.97
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan	42 - 51	-9	72.3	0.93

Below you can find the final team list for the ECS Season 5 European division, which is scheduled to start on March 13:

Astralis	Envy
FaZe	fnatic
G2	Virtus.pro
MOUZ	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Gambit	GODSENT

Astralis #8 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Gambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Natus Vincere #7 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievEgor 'flamie' VasilyevIoann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Hampus 'hampus' Poser Age: 19 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 362 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 G2 #9 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 925 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Envy #28 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss HEROIC #12 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen MOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool GODSENT #29 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Virtus.pro #18 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller fnatic #5 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68