The counter-strike teams of Cowana Gaming and Sissi State Punks lead the current season of the ESL Championship at halftime.

Cowana had already finished second in the last season of the 99Damage Liga, which was merged with the ESL Championship for the new season. In Group B, the team is now in first place for the time being. In Group A, the lineup of Sissi State Punks, who has been playing for the organization only since the beginning of the year, is in strong form, and currently leads Group A with eight wins.

Defending champion Sprout continues to perform well, and remained undefeated after a defeat in the first week. However, since the team has not been in action since the third week of the game due to the play-in phase of the IEM Katowice and has some catch-up games ahead of it, it is currently behind Cowana and BIG Academy in its own group B with five wins.