3DMAX and Karma will contest the female ESWC final on Saturday morning, with $5,000 on the line.

One of the biggest surprises of the 2014 edition of the ESWC world finals is the fact that Bad Monkey Gaming will not be able to defend the title they won last year under the name Druidz.

Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie's team, who took part in fragbite Masters Season 3, were downed 1-2 by 3DMAX, who took revenge for the defeat against the Swedish/Spanish mixture in the GameGune grand final earlier in the year.

BMG had to settle for third

In a keenly-contested match, BMG got off the brighter and took the lead following a 16-14 victory on de_cache, but the French team responded in convincing fashion and turned things around following 16-13 and 16-10 wins on de_cobblestone and de_inferno, respectively.

ESWC 2014 FemaleBest of 3 3DMAX feMatchpage 2 1 31st October 2014 Bad Monkey 14Cache 16 16Cobblestone 13 16Inferno 10

In the other semi-final, Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo's Team Karma, who are attending their first big LAN event, ran out 2-1 winners against Reason Gaming. Despite being thrashed on de_nuke, the first map of the series, 2-16, the North American side kept their cool and moved past the French team following a 16-10 success on de_cobblestone and a 16-5 demolition job on de_mirage.

ESWC 2014 FemaleBest of 3 Reason feMatchpage 1 2 31st October 2014 Karma 16Nuke 2 10Cobblestone 16 5Mirage 16

The two losing sides from the semi-finals then faced off for the third prize of $2,000, with BMG settling the matter on just two maps as they posted 16-9 and 16-7 victories on de_nuke and de_cache, respectively.

ESWC 2014 FemaleBest of 3 Bad MonkeyMatchpage 2 0 31st October 2014 Reason fe 16Nuke 9 16Cache 7