ECL S52 Cup 3 Day 5 recap: Iowa Stormboar eliminate DETONATE, Overtake Sector take out regain
ESL Challenger League Season 52 Cup 3 is coming down to the business end, as the lower finals matchup has been set.
Dust2.us12 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
The lower bracket semifinals took place yesterday, with Iowa Stormboar defeating DETONATE in a three-map series, while Overtake Sector also needed all three maps to take down regain in the lower bracket.
Also read: NRG grab spot at NSTLGA Texas LAN to try and salvage Major odds Iowa Stormboar 2-1 DETONATE The first map between Iowa Stormboar and DETONATE was an absolute marathon on DETONATE's Nuke pick.
After both teams could be separated in regulation, it took three overtimes before Iowa Stormboar eventually emerged as 22-19 winners. In the losing effort, Milan "CrePoW" dropped an insane 92 frags for DETONATE.
DETONATE would bounce back on Stormboar's Mirage pick, winning the map 13-8 without too much trouble to even up the series 1-1. DETONATE took a slight 7-5 edge after their CT side on Cache.
Iowa Stormboar answered back to force overtime, eventually winning the map 16-14 in CS:GO -style behind Nazar "H0NeST" Stefinko's 37-frag performance and taking the series 2-1.
After taking a 10-2 lead into the halftime break, Overtake Sector won the map 13-7 to give themselves a 1-0 lead.
