NRG win ESL Challenger League Season 49 NA over Nouns

NRG beat Nouns 3-0 in the grand finals of ESL Challenger League Season 49 North America this Sunday, May 11th. Thanks to this win, they qualified for ESL Pro League Season 22 and will test force against some of the best CS2 teams in the world in yet another important LAN.

Also read: ESL Challenger League Playoffs NA S49 Day 5: Nouns stop Legacy, guarantee NA team qualifies to EPL

NRG was considered the heavy favorite ahead of the grand finals as they were showing impeccable form in the ECL S49 playoffs, and they had already took down Nouns in the upper final days ago.

On top of that, they had the upper hand as the upper finalist starts one map ahead in the best-of-five finals. NRG started the series off strong, winning Train comfortably by 13-6 off the back of an impressive T-side in the first half.

It looked like Nouns would make things interesting on Mirage as they won the first half by 7-5, but NRG unceremoniously claimed the series thanks to yet another dominating T-side, this time winning by 8-1.

Josh "oSee" Ohm and Alexander "br0" Bro were the top-fraggers for NRG, having dropped 37 and 35 kills, respectively.

ESL Challenger League Season 49 North America

Bo5

NRG

3 - 0

Nouns

StatisticsOverview

All maps

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Josh 'oSee' Ohm	37 - 17	+20	94.6	80.0%	1.51
Alexander 'br0' Bro	35 - 26	+9	94.3	87.5%	1.34
Jadan 'HexT' Postma	33 - 21	+12	80.6	75.0%	1.30
Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott	28 - 26	+2	81.5	75.0%	1.19
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella	18 - 24	-6	57.0	77.5%	0.90

Nouns	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell	31 - 31	+0	82.5	75.0%	1.21
Khizar 'Momo' Rehman	24 - 30	-6	71.7	67.5%	0.93
Paytyn 'junior' Johnson	20 - 24	-4	51.0	55.0%	0.80
Anthony 'CLASIA' Kearney	21 - 30	-9	65.5	55.0%	0.75
Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore	18 - 36	-18	55.7	60.0%	0.62

Maps

1

Default

0

13

Train

6

13

Mirage

8

oSee20 kills

Most kills

oSee1.71 rating

Best rating

oSee1.81 rating

Best t-side

HexT1.85 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

HexT19 kills

Most kills

HexT1.55 rating

Best rating

HexT2.15 rating

Best t-side

br01.19 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

We'll see whether NRG can carry this domestic form to IEM Dallas 2025, where they're slated to play Falcons in the first round.

The ECL S49 NA final standings are as follows:

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