PENTA defeated BIG 2-0 (Cache 16-13, Inferno 16-12) in the grand final of ESEA Season 24's MDL Global Finals for the $18,000 grand prize.

After PENTA and BIG came out on top of their semi-final battles with Splyce and GODSENT, respectively, the two grand finalists met on Cache at first. PENTA were the ones to get an early 4-0 lead much thanks to Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn's triple in the pistol round.

Many of the rounds afterward came down to individual plays, as Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik, Kevin "⁠keev⁠" Bartholomäus, Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi, and Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz all had their moments with at least three kills, making it 8-4 in favor of PENTA. A B attack then gave BIG their fifth round, but Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend's team closed out the half at 10-5 with suNny putting up a crucial double in the last.

Three kills from the Finn pushed his squad to 13-5, but from there on BIG made a stand on the defense, winning seven rounds in a row on the back of strong holds and a 1v1 from Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget.

PENTA broke the streak with a half-buy consisting of pistols, a bit of utility, and armor, as suNny picked up a triple with a Deagle for 14-12. gob b then replied with three kills of his own in a 3v5, but BIG ultimately couldn't come back fully as PENTA won their opponent's pick 16-13.

suNny continued to put up big numbers on Cache

Despite losing the pistol round due to keev shutting down the attack, it was PENTA who got off to the better start on Inferno after winning the second round forcebuy, going up 4-1 as BIG saved their weapons twice in a row.

gob b then prevented a dangerous 1v3 attempt from suNny before the Finnish player got a double entry on A thanks to lucky timing, helping PENTA extend their lead to 6-2.

Grenades down mid helped BIG win an eco round, followed by a narrow 1v1 on the A bombsite for 4-6. While the German side continued saving weapons time and time again, PENTA took the next three rounds just before BIG made the half 6-9.

The first two rounds of the second half were split once more, although this time it was BIG who came out swinging, closing the gap to 9-10 and eventually taking the lead 12-11 after a streak of three rounds.

However, PENTA had a few great reads and defended the B bombsite twice, while HS put up two crucial doubles over two of the last three rounds, securing the map and the series for his team at 16-12.

ESEA Season 24 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 3 PENTAMatchpage 2 0 14th May 2017 BIG 16Cache 13 16Inferno 12

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PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	50 - 33	+17	93.1	1.36
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	45 - 35	+10	83.1	1.22
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	38 - 36	+2	74.1	1.09
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	33 - 33	0	59.3	1.01
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	30 - 40	-10	70.2	0.90

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	48 - 40	+8	83.6	1.17
Nikola 'LEGIJA' NinićLEGIJA	37 - 38	-1	86.4	1.08
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	34 - 38	-4	70.3	0.99
Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäuskeev	33 - 42	-9	67.3	0.92
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	25 - 39	-14	42.7	0.68

ESEA Season 24 MDL Global ChallengeBest of 3 PENTAMatchpage 2 0 14th May 2017 BIG 16Cache 13 16Inferno 12

PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	50 - 33	+17	93.1	1.36
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	45 - 35	+10	83.1	1.22
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	38 - 36	+2	74.1	1.09
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	33 - 33	0	59.3	1.01
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	30 - 40	-10	70.2	0.90

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	48 - 40	+8	83.6	1.17
Nikola 'LEGIJA' NinićLEGIJA	37 - 38	-1	86.4	1.08
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	34 - 38	-4	70.3	0.99
Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäuskeev	33 - 42	-9	67.3	0.92
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	25 - 39	-14	42.7	0.68

ESEA S24 Global Challenge - MDL Global Finals final standings:

1. PENTA - $18,000

2. BIG - $10,000

3-4. GODSENT - $5,000

3-4. Splyce - $5,000

5-6. paiN - $3,000

5-6. Dark Sided - $3,000

7-8. Enigma6 - $3,000

7-8. Ghost - $3,000

Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 22 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 810 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.72 Kevin 'HS' Tarn Age: 20 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 247 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.69 Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi Age: 22 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 524 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.69 Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäus Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 446 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 29 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.83 Maps played: 565 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.68 PENTA #27 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendKevin 'HS' Tarn Ghost #49 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverPhong 'bee' NguyenMatthew 'WARDELL' YuJason 'neptune' Tran GODSENT #24 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Age: 23 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 867 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Dark Sided #121 Sam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleWillem 'badger' ClarkeOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Enigma6 #82 Armeen 'a2z' ToussiJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoShawn 'witmer' TaylorDaniel 'vice' KimCollin 'wrath' McSweegan Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 24 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 605 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Splyce #45 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenArya 'arya' HekmatDaniel 'roca' GustaferriRonnie 'ryx' BylickiTaylor 'Drone' Johnson BIG #25 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget paiN #76 Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoPaulo 'land1n' FelipeMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' Pereira