ESEA announce Global Challenge for Season 29

ESEA has announced that Season 29 of MDL will feature a Global Challenge event. The seasonal LAN was omitted from last season's schedule, with the league citing overlaps with the player break and other events as the main reasons for skipping the LAN for the season

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Akin to the recent iterations of the Global Challenge, the event will qualify eight teams from four different regions. 

• Top three European MDL teams
• Top three North American MDL teams
• First place Australia MDL
• First place Brazil Open

ESEA have stated that more information, including the event's prize pool, will be released in the coming days as registration for Season 29 comes to a close. As this season is a promotional season, the LAN will also likely host EPL Relegation in addition to the MDL grand finals.

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