Dubai: First day roundup

The first day of matches at the Global Challenge in Dubai has finished, with 11 strong CS 1.6 teams and 5 local teams, we knew for sure three of the big teams were leaving the competition today, XLBet.ATS, DTS.Chartix and Dignitas drew the short straws and will not be playing anymore in Dubai. The results for today:[results,265,6777,6778,6779,6780,6781,6782,6783,6784,6785,6786,6787,6788,6789,6790,6791,6792,6793,6794,6795,6796,6797,6798,6799,6800,6801]

Of noteworthy results we have mTw tieing Dignitas, are Dignitas ready to play with the big teams, or is mTw getting closer to a real crisis? XLBet.ATS is also worth mentioning, losing two close matches against Virtus.pro and MYM, matches that on another day probably could have gone to XLBet, if the team can shred the disappointment of this event they will surely be a team to follow in the future.

Demos from all matches can of course be found in our demosection

But that isn't all, as Nix is on location he has of course taken a ton of pictures during the day:

There are no less than 92 pictures, you can find them all in our event gallery.

First stage match tomorrow will be fnatic taking on mTw. Drop by our coverage section for photos, results, demos and more, from the Global Challenge in Dubai.