Grayhound win ESEA MDL S28 Australia

Grayhound have won ESEA MDL Season 28 Australia after defeating ORDER 2-1 in the grand final.

The 28th season of ESEA MDL Season Australia featured 17 teams in the group stage at the end of which the top eight teams advanced to the single-elimination playoffs.

ORDER, who finished the group stage without a defeat, got past Corvidae and Tainted Minds in the playoffs to become one of the grand finalists. Grayhound joined them after beating Rise and Grind and Chiefs.

Dickstacy & co. are the champions

The best-of-three final started with a 16-6 ORDER victory on Dust2 but Grayhound turned things around on Inferno and Mirage, winning both in overtime.

With this result, Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai's team finished the season as the champions, earning $3,600. ORDER, who were undefeated this season until the grand final, have earned $2,400 by placing second.

The full standings in ESEA MDL Season 28 Australia:

1. Grayhound - $3,600 + ESEA MDL S29
2. ORDER - $2,400 + ESEA MDL S29
3-4. Chiefs - $1,800 + ESEA MDL S29
3-4. Tainted Minds - $1,800 + ESEA MDL S29
5-8. SYF - $600 + ESEA MDL S29
5-8. Legacy OCE - $600 + ESEA MDL S29
5-8. Corvidae - $600 + ESEA MDL S29
5-8. Rise and Grind - $600 + ESEA MDL S29
9. seadoggs - ESEA MDL S29
10. TRIDENT - ESEA MDL S29
11. Conspiracy - ESEA MDL S29
12. Surge - ESEA MDL S29
13. Ground Zero - ESEA MDL S29
14. Downfall - ESEA MDL S28 Relegation
15. Control - ESEA MDL S28 Relegation
16. Formidable - ESEA MDL S28 Relegation
17. baldkrew

Control #288 Joshua 'spiKez' QualischefskiMarcus 'gotz' FontiCaleb 'klebz' LeungAsher 'Aycer' Leung Grayhound #42 Christopher 'dexter' NongSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney TRIDENT #189 Byron 'Spesh' RowlinsonJustin 'skrawL' LanzonGreg 'Greg' KamboukosDavid 'Teal' VazzolerBernard 'm4jor' Chau Legacy OCE #96 Egor 'LONSDALE' BaranovHugh 'HUGH' AndersonJay 'soju_j' JeongEuan 'sterling' MoorePeter 'BL1TZ' Athanasatos Formidable #182 Nathan 'exe' StanmoreShaun 'INSANITY' SpearyConnor 'cJaay' JacobNathan 'nate' DoddHaydn 'Bewgz' Cartwright Rise and Grind #147 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsCooper 'void' FarrellStefan 'Lacore' Paunovic Downfall #178 William 'bz' BeeseyLuke 'dugan' DuganDavid 'Kingfisher' KingsfordEwan 'Jabba' MackenzieSamuel 'Chiswell' Chiswell SYF #152 Andy 'Noobster' ZhangMontheara 'prakM' PrakJireh 'J1rah' YouakimEdward 'eLUSIVE' KongLuke 'Llamas' Merchant baldkrew Cody 'mega2f' Atkinson Conspiracy #213 Brady 'KStaar' KindtRaymond 'Dezibel' OdishoDamian 'JD' SimonovicIsaac 'Ayrez' AyreDalton 'swede' Vinar Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai Age: 22 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 451 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 Ground Zero #160 Dylan 'kyoto' BrownNikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerSteve 'InJect' HonanChase 'Xtinct' Dickson Tainted Minds #47 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter seadoggs #212 Michael 'chelleos' HawkinsKale 'flaw' P.Xavier 'gargoyle' WellsJake 'ju1ces' H.Joe 'breaker' Holswich Chiefs #62 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisKyran 'dizzyLife' CrombieTyler 'tucks' ReillySam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'Rourke ORDER #54 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Surge #162 Nelson 'keeyto' ThenEdward 'Chub' LeeDaryl 'Mayker' MayForrest 'Pride' YipBenny 'tensai' Phan Corvidae #155 Michael 'Lightstep' HallChris 'CHRiSOAOW' FormanAlex 'xevR' PereiraAaron 'pzK!D' PereiraDaylan 'goa' Fabbro