GX defeated Ghost Academy 2-1 (14-16 Mirage, 16-11 Train, 16-2 Cache) in the playoffs of ESEA MDL S26 to earn a spot in ESL Pro League North America Relegation.

The North American playofs for ESEA MDL saw Rise Nation and SoaR advance to the grand final, with the former defeating Mythic and GX and the latter taking down FRENCH CANADIANS and Ghost Academy.

With the top two teams found, the third-place match between GX and Ghost Academy was left to decide the team to join Immortals and Rogue in the ESL Pro League North America Relegation.

swag's team has a shot at making the next season of EPL

GX had a rough start to the game, going down 14-3 on their own map pick, Mirage. Shawn "⁠witmer⁠" Taylor and co. picked it up picked it up in the second half and managed to make it tight, but Ghost Academy took the map 16-14 in the end.

Train followed, where GX controlled the game right from the start. After a 10-5 first half, Keven "⁠AZK⁠" Lariviere's team won the T pistol and closed out the game 16-11. To decide the series, the two sides played Cache. Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce single handedly closed out the series there, going 30-5 (K-D) as GX won the map 16-2.

ESEA MDL Season 26 North AmericaBest of 3 GXMatchpage 2 1 17th November 2017 Ghost Academy 14Mirage 16 16Train 11 16Cache 2

GX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	76 - 37	+39	100.4	1.62
Michael 'dapr' Gulinodapr	60 - 45	+15	80.2	1.30
Shawn 'witmer' Taylorwitmer	53 - 46	+7	77.2	1.23
Matt 'Pollo' WilsonPollo	42 - 52	-10	73.0	1.00
Keven 'AZK' LariviereAZK	49 - 50	-1	63.3	0.99

Ghost Academy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chad 'Oderus' MillerOderus	53 - 52	+1	78.6	1.08
Andrew 'ShoT_UP' OrlowskiShoT_UP	58 - 55	+3	81.1	1.07
Jason 'neptune' Tranneptune	53 - 65	-12	77.6	0.88
Jarod 'Douglas' OnoratoDouglas	30 - 54	-24	50.6	0.72
Bryan 'MAKKA' DrouillardMAKKA	36 - 54	-18	55.9	0.71

With the ESEA MDL S26 third-place decider concluded, ESL Pro League Season 6 North America Relegation will feature the following teams:

Immortals	Rogue
GX	Loser of Rise Nation/SoaR

With North America having four spots at the Global Challenge LAN this time around, all of the ESEA Season 26 Global Challenge teams, except the Australian representative, had been decided before this match:

AGO	eXtatus
Space Soldiers	Ghost Academy
GX	Rise Nation
SoaR	Australia Premier #1

eXtatus #40 Richard 'queztone' StrnátkoJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaPatrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýMartin 'MonttY' Melišek FRENCH CANADIANS #63 Loic 'effys' SauvageauYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikKeven 'PLAYER1' ChampagneAnthony 'gMd' GuimondMert 'REOVA' Bayrak Immortals #80 Caio 'zqkS' FonsecaLucas 'destiny' BulloJoão 'horvy' HorvathBruno 'shz' Martinelli AGO #24 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Ghost Academy #98 Bryan 'MAKKA' DrouillardAndrew 'ShoT_UP' OrlowskiChad 'Oderus' MillerJason 'neptune' TranJarod 'Douglas' Onorato Keven 'AZK' Lariviere Age: 26 Team: GX Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 160 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Space Soldiers #18 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Shawn 'witmer' Taylor Age: 21 Team: GX Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 222 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.70 Rise Nation #41 Andy 'vSa' XuWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanJonathan 'Jonji' CareyKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn GX #75 Braxton 'swag' PierceKeven 'AZK' LariviereShawn 'witmer' TaylorMatt 'Pollo' WilsonMichael 'dapr' Gulino SoaR #59 Matthew 'mCe' ElmoreJack 'xCeeD' HolimanLogan 'Voltage' LongRyan 'Snakes' AmannMichael 'Grim' Wince Braxton 'swag' Pierce Age: 21 Team: GX Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 215 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 Rogue #68 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoDaniel 'vice' KimCollin 'wrath' McSweegan Mythic #77 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsErik 'fl0m' FlomAlexander 'LeX' DeilyAdam 'Polen' Polen