While we tend to see a familiar slate of teams and organisations attending the ESL Pro League seasons, there are always a handful of smaller, less recognisable names that have punched their ticket through winning an ESL Challenger event. The latest of this bunch is SAW, who over the weekend managed to secure a spot in Season 21 of the tournament by winning ESL Challenger Katowice 2024.
The finale pitted Saw against B8 in a tight match-up where everything was to play for. This included not just the ESL Pro League invitation but a $50,000 cash prize too. After a gruelling set, SAW came out on top and claimed the lion's share of these prizes for its own.
With this result in mind, SAW joins a handful of other teams that have already claimed their spot in ESL Pro League: Season 21.