GODSENT have kept their spot in the ECS league after defeating Natus Vincere 2-1 in the Challenger Cup's consolidation final.
With Gambit already through to ECS after beating Na`Vi in the upper bracket final on Thursday evening, three teams remained in contention heading into the final day of the double-elimination Challenger Cup.
The first match of the day, pitting GODSENT against HEROIC, ended with a straightforward 2-0 win for the Swedish side, who knew they would have to work hard to win their next match after losing to Na`Vi earlier in the tournament.
The all-deciding consolidation final began on Train, where GODSENT ran out 16-6 victors after taking an impressive 12 rounds on the Terrorist side. With Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Egor "flamie" Vasilyev both dropping a 30-bomb, Natus Vincere replied with a 16-11 win on Mirage to tie up the series at 1-1. The final map, Overpass, was Hampus "hampus" Poser' s playground, with the 19-year-old firing his team to a comprehensive 16-7 win with a solid performance highlighted by a 1.70 rating and a 120 ADR.
ECS Season 5 Europe Challenger CupBest of 3 
Natus Vincere
Matchpage 1 2 9th March 2018 
GODSENT 6Train 16 16Mirage 11 7Overpass 16
| Natus Vincere | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple | 60 - 46 | +14 | 78.3 | 1.24 |
 Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic | 55 - 51 | +4 | 87.8 | 1.16 |
| Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie | 59 - 53 | +6 | 93.1 | 1.16 |
| Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus | 38 - 54 | -16 | 65.6 | 0.81 |
| Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward | 37 - 56 | -19 | 61.9 | 0.77 |
| GODSENT | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus | 67 - 48 | +19 | 95.5 | 1.34 |
| Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan | 54 - 51 | +3 | 89.9 | 1.24 |
| Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist | 52 - 51 | +1 | 72.6 | 1.07 |
| Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb | 45 - 48 | -3 | 69.9 | 0.97 |
| Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan | 42 - 51 | -9 | 72.3 | 0.93 |
Below you can find the final team list for the ECS Season 5 European division, which is scheduled to start on March 13:
 Astralis |  Envy |
 FaZe | fnatic |
| G2 |  Virtus.pro |
| MOUZ | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
 Gambit | GODSENT |
Astralis #8 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif 
Gambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Natus Vincere #7 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievEgor 'flamie' VasilyevIoann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Hampus 'hampus' Poser 
Age: 19 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 362 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 
G2 #9 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev 
Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 925 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 
Envy #28 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss 
HEROIC #12 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen 
MOUZ #4 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Miikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' Styk
Robin 'ropz' Kool GODSENT #29 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin 
Virtus.pro #18 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller 
fnatic #5 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68