Astralis Talent will perform at WePlay Academy League Season 3 Finals
/The Astralis Talent team beat Young Ninjas 2:0 and qualified for the WePlay Academy League Season 3 Finals. Now the Danish team will perform at the LAN finals of the championship, which will be held from February 11 to 13 in Kiev at the WePlay Esports Arena.
The final meeting of the Play-In stage between Astralis Talent and Young Ninjas started on the Nuke map, which became the choice of the Danish team. At the same time, already in the first half, the Danes showed flexibility in the attack, penetrating into the opponent's bombsite over and over again. However, closer to the change of sides, the Swedes managed to level the gap, thereby reducing the gap to one round. In the second half, Astralis Talent continued to dominate, invariably meeting the opponent's attacks. This time, the Swedes failed to return to the game, thus allowing the Danish team to take the lead in the series — 16:12.
Then the teams moved to the Overpass map, which became the choice of the Swedish team. At the same time, Young Ninjas showed a relaxed attack, with which she managed to win the half with a score of 9:6. The second half started under the dictation of the Swedes, but the dominance quickly ended after a great round by brzer with the Desert Eagle. As a result, Astralis Talent received an excellent morale boost, thus catching up with the opponent and then taking the lead. After this, Young Ninjas failed to return to the game, allowing the Danes to win a ticket to the WePlay Academy League Season 3 Finals — 16:12.
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.
Intermediate results of WePlay Academy League Season 3
- 1st-2nd place: BIG Academy.
- 1st-2nd place: MOUZ NXT.
- 3rd-4th place: Astralis Talent.
- 3rd-4th place: TBD.
- 5th-6th place: TBD.
- 5th-6th place: Young Ninjas - $4,000.
- 7th-8th place: Natus Vincere Junior — $1,500.
- 7th-8th place: Eternal Fire Academy - $1,500.
- 9th-10th place: Fnatic Rising — $500.
- 9th-10th place: FURIA Academy - $500.