Astralis Talent and Young Ninjas will compete for a ticket to WePlay Academy League Season 3 Finals
/The Astralis Talent team outplayed NAVI Junior with a score of 2:1 and reached the finals of the WePlay Academy League Season 3: Play-In. Now the Danish team will meet with Young Ninjas, playing a ticket to the WePlay Academy League Season 3 Finals.
The semi-final meeting between Astralis Talent and NAVI Junior started on the Overpass map, which became the choice of the Danish team. But if the starting advantage remained with the hosts, then closer to the change of sides, NAVI Junior finally woke up, taking the initiative in their hands. In the second half, the game continued to stretch into stretches as the teams traded in a series of rounds. Nevertheless, in the very end the team from the CIS managed to pull themselves together to solve all the issues without overtime — 16:14.
Next, the teams moved to the Mirage map, which became the choice of NAVI Junior. However, the Danes gave a strong start in defense, actually resolving all issues in the first half. Despite NAVI Junior's attempts to win back after the switchover, the advantage earned by Astralis Talent at the start of the map turned out to be enough to win the choice of an opponent — 16:10.
Everything was decided on the Vertigo map, where intrigue was still present at the beginning. However, after the change of sides, the initiative completely passed into the hands of the Danish team, which did not allow the opponent to open up in the attack — 16:8.
Matches history: WePlay Academy League Season 3
WePlay Academy League Season 3 runs from January 3rd to February 13th. Ten teams compete for a prize pool of $100,000, of which $45,000 will go to the winner of the championship.