Dignitas' female team took the lion's share of the Intel Challenge Katowice's prize pool after beating Squared Prospects, one of the tournament's dark horses, 2-0 in the final.
The North American squad took $25,000, half of the $50,000 pool, after finishing first place at the Intel Challenge Katowice, which started on February 23 and ended today. On their road to lifting the trophy, the North American squad beat Singularity fe and Keyd fe in the group stage before moving to the playoffs, where they won best-of-threes against favorites RES in the semis and dark horses Squared Prospects in the final.
The two-group eight-team tournament saw the European combine Squared Prospects upset RES and beat a flailing CLG Red ahead of their playoff run in which they took Keyd fe in two maps before ultimately falling in the grand final of the tournament. The third place decider pitted the international superteam, RES, against the Brazilians of Keyd fe, which the former won in two maps to take the bronze.
Intel Challenge Katowice 2018Best of 3 
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Squared Prospects 16Inferno 2 16Train 4
| Dignitas fe | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieGooseBreeder | 46 - 19 | +27 | 108.1 | 1.85 |
| Amanda 'rain' Smithrain | 32 - 21 | +11 | 104.6 | 1.58 |
| Kiara 'm1lky' Makuam1lky | 39 - 19 | +20 | 102.6 | 1.56 |
| Carolyn 'artStar' NoquezartStar | 22 - 21 | +1 | 73.5 | 1.19 |
| Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoEMUHLEET | 24 - 20 | +4 | 54.4 | 1.07 |
| Squared Prospects | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Julia 'bullet girl' Kurzyńskabullet girl | 28 - 31 | -3 | 69.5 | 0.91 |
 Ivelina 'HellRose' DanovaHellRose | 18 - 33 | -15 | 72.9 | 0.76 |
 Vanessa 'Nessa' AhlströmNessa | 22 - 33 | -11 | 68.2 | 0.67 |
 Kristina 'zon1Q' Stevanovićzon1Q | 19 - 32 | -13 | 63.1 | 0.64 |
 Vicky 'vic' Dosevic | 13 - 34 | -21 | 54.9 | 0.45 |
The final standings of the tournament are:
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3.RES - $8,000
4.Keyd fe - $5,000
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Squared Prospects Ivelina 'HellRose' DanovaKristina 'zon1Q' StevanovićVicky 'vic' DoseJulia 'bullet girl' KurzyńskaVanessa 'Nessa' Ahlström 
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SinMan 'Hazel' FongTing '129' YangMeng 'simmo' ZhangXiao '720' ZhaoDongMei 'KARMY' Fang 
Dignitas fe Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' GarridoAmanda 'rain' SmithCarolyn 'artStar' NoquezMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieKiara 'm1lky' Makua 
Singularity fe Alyona 'Candy' Kuvaeva
Sophia 'Kim' Benfakir
Kelly 'KllyVe' Verhaegen
Petra 'Petra' Stoker
Madalina 'iLLa' Gherman 
CLG Red #183 Benita 'bENITA' NovshadianDiane 'di^' TranLily 'ProMise9k' ChenJennifer 'refinnej' LeEmma 'Emy' Choe 
ARES fe Tatyana 'Sindi' GrachevaAlexandra 'Riley' KsenzikDarya 'dshq' MishutinaTanya 't4tty' VorontsovaVictoria 'tory' Kazieva 
RES Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova
Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieChristine 'potter' ChiJulia 'juliano' KiranAnna 'Ant1ka' Ananikova 
Keyd fe #201 Pamella 'pan' ShibuyaCamila 'cAmyy' NataleBruna 'bizinha' MarvilaGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoJuliana 'showliana' Maransaldi
