Earlier today Athletico BH has claimed the ESL Australia & New Zealand Championship Season 1 Finals title with a 2-0 victory (Mirage 16-11, Dust2 16-9) over Parallax in the grand final.

Over the last couple of days Season 1's finals of ESL ANZ Championship was played out between four of the best teams in the region, Exile5, Chiefs, Parallax and Athletico, in a double-elimination, best-of-three format.

Parallax stood on top of the upper bracket following a dominating win over Athletico, who only got three rounds in total over the course of two maps, and a three-mapper with Chiefs.



Athletico Brotherhood grab a local title

Despite the initial blowout, Athletico fought through the lower bracket, though Exile5 gave them a run for their money in the final, while Chiefs fell after a two-map affair in the consolidation final.

In the re-match, the fully Australian side behind Connor "⁠chuch⁠" Morgan took the revenge with 16-11 and 16-9 scorelines on Mirage and Dust2.

ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 1 Finals Best of 3 Parallax Matchpage 0 2 Athletico 11 Mirage 16 9 Dust2 16

Parallax K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz 44 - 37 +7 92.6 1.21 Razmik 'RaZ' BastadjanRaZ 38 - 34 +4 79.4 1.13 Chris 'yellow' McGillivrayyellow 29 - 38 -9 74.3 0.88 Sam 'jokes' Molanjokes 37 - 42 -5 71.7 0.87 Egor 'LONSDALE' BaranovLONSDALE 21 - 43 -22 49.9 0.61 Athletico K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Jesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerInfrequeNt 42 - 30 +12 87.3 1.42 Connor 'chuch' Morganchuch 49 - 37 +12 91.5 1.31 Dylan 'kyoto' Brownkyoto 41 - 33 +8 94.7 1.25 Jay 'Liazz' TregillgasLiazz 39 - 34 +5 73.8 1.13 Stuart 'sonic' Raynersonic 23 - 36 -13 56.6 0.79

ESL ANZ Championship Season 1 final standings:

1. Athletico - 5,000 AUD (~$3,700)

2. Parallax - 2,500 AUD (~$1,900)

3. Chiefs - 1,500 AUD (~$1,100)

4. Exile5 - 1,000 AUD (~750)

Athletico are currently sitting on top of Group A of CyberGamer Oceania eSports Masters with four wins and also will take part in the Chinese qualifier's second stage for SL i-League StarSeries Season 2.