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ESEA has announced its upcoming MDL season in Europe, North America, and Australia, which will have a $30,000 boost to the prize pool to make up for the lack of a Global Challenge LAN at the end of the season.

Due to a crammed schedule, the qualifying process for the upcoming FACEIT Major 2018, and the August player break, ESEA has decided to call off the Global Challenge LAN for the upcoming season of MDL, instead adding $30,000 to the $50,000 and distributing it among the four Global Challenge LAN qualifying regions, Europe, North America, Australia, and Brazil.

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Another factor in ESEA's decision to not have the LAN this season is that it is unconnected to ESL Pro League, and thus there will be no regional relegation matches to be played offline. The full team list for Europe, North America, and Australia is the following:

Europe	North America
Kinguin	ex-Atmosphere
Asterion	Squirtle Squad
Virtus.pro	BlackOut
EnVyUs Academy	The Entourage
Singularity	Gorilla Gang
Sprout	Mythic
DIVIZON	Normal People and Rustun
Movistar Riders	ex-eRa
PRIDE	F1-racecar-PEEK
Unity	The Pioneers
GODSENT	subtLe
Gambit	Grizzlys
Fragsters	CheckSix
SJ	Freedom 35
Red Reserve	AZIO
ALTERNATE aTTaX	Bravado (Main 1st)
Wind and Rain	Fam143 (Main 2nd)
Valiance (Main 1st)	Vikings (Main 3rd/4th)
HAVU (Main 3rd/4th)	FeelsUnderAgeMan (main 3rd/4th)
Epsilon (Main 3rd/4th)	Prospects (Intermediate 1st)
dizLown (Next highest ranking Main)*	Forty Six and 2 (Open 1st)
Vexed UK (ESL Premiership)	TBD - ESL Pro League Relegation
EURONICS (ESL Meisterschaft)	TBD - ESL Pro League Relegation
TBD - ESL Mistrzostwa Polski	TBD - ESL Pro League Relegation
TBD - ESL Pro League Relegation
TBD - ESL Pro League Relegation
TBD - ESL Pro league Relegation

Australia
Chiefs	Tainted Minds
Control	Corvidae
Dark Sided	Grayhound
Legacy OCE	Lucky7
ORDER	STREAMLINE (Main 1st)
seadoggs	Conspiracy (Open 3rd/4th)
ex-Athletico	Surge (Open 5th/6th)
baldkrew (Open 2nd)	Go-Go Power Rangers (Open 5th/6th)
OutLaws (Open 3rd/4th)

*dizLown qualified due to EURONICS secured a spot in MDL through the ESL National Championship structure as well as through ESEA Main. The spot was passed on to the next highest ESEA Main team after a tiebreaker was played in order to determine the final slot.

With an increased prize pool of $30,000 on top of the original $50,000, which will be split amongst four regions, including the Brazilian Open Division which qualifies for the Global Challenge LAN, the distribution will be the following:

European MDL Division: 

1. $16,650
2. $9,250
3. $5,550
4. $5,550

North American MDL Division:

1. $16,650
2. $9,250
3. $5,550
4. $5,550

Australian MDL Division:

1. $3,600
2. $2,400
3. $1,800
4. $1,800
5. $600
6. $600
7. $600
8. $600

Brazilian Open Division:

1. $2,250
2. $1,500
3. $1,125
4. $1,125
5. $375
6. $375
7. $375
8. $375