GX defeated Ghost Academy 2-1 (14-16 Mirage, 16-11 Train, 16-2 Cache) in the playoffs of ESEA MDL S26 to earn a spot in ESL Pro League North America Relegation.

The North American playofs for ESEA MDL saw Rise Nation and SoaR advance to the grand final, with the former defeating Mythic and GX and the latter taking down FRENCH CANADIANS and Ghost Academy.

With the top two teams found, the third-place match between GX and Ghost Academy was left to decide the team to join Immortals and Rogue in the ESL Pro League North America Relegation.

swag's team has a shot at making the next season of EPL

GX had a rough start to the game, going down 14-3 on their own map pick, Mirage. Shawn "⁠witmer⁠" Taylor and co. picked it up picked it up in the second half and managed to make it tight, but Ghost Academy took the map 16-14 in the end.

Train followed, where GX controlled the game right from the start. After a 10-5 first half, Keven "⁠AZK⁠" Lariviere's team won the T pistol and closed out the game 16-11. To decide the series, the two sides played Cache. Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce single handedly closed out the series there, going 30-5 (K-D) as GX won the map 16-2.

ESEA MDL Season 26 North America Best of 3 GX Matchpage 2 1 Ghost Academy 14 Mirage 16 16 Train 11 16 Cache 2

GX K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag 76 - 37 +39 100.4 1.62 Michael 'dapr' Gulinodapr 60 - 45 +15 80.2 1.30 Shawn 'witmer' Taylorwitmer 53 - 46 +7 77.2 1.23 Matt 'Pollo' WilsonPollo 42 - 52 -10 73.0 1.00 Keven 'AZK' LariviereAZK 49 - 50 -1 63.3 0.99 Ghost Academy K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Chad 'Oderus' MillerOderus 53 - 52 +1 78.6 1.08 Andrew 'ShoT_UP' OrlowskiShoT_UP 58 - 55 +3 81.1 1.07 Jason 'neptune' Tranneptune 53 - 65 -12 77.6 0.88 Jarod 'Douglas' OnoratoDouglas 30 - 54 -24 50.6 0.72 Bryan 'MAKKA' DrouillardMAKKA 36 - 54 -18 55.9 0.71

With the ESEA MDL S26 third-place decider concluded, ESL Pro League Season 6 North America Relegation will feature the following teams:

With North America having four spots at the Global Challenge LAN this time around, all of the ESEA Season 26 Global Challenge teams, except the Australian representative, had been decided before this match: