fnatic wins Elisa Masters Espoo 2022
5031fnatic defeated BIG 2-0 to become the champion of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022. During the championship, which was held from 16 to 20 November in the Finnish city of Espoo at the Espoo Metro Arena, keita's wards, along with eleven other participants from Europe, fought for a total prize pool of $200,000 and a ticket to the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.
The championship for the European team started with an excellent performance at the group stage, during which it turned out to be stronger than 500 (16:11), Astralis (16:7), SAW (22:20) and Bad News Eagles (16:12), but together then lost to Complexity Gaming (6:16). However, fnatic still took first place in group B, thanks to which they directly made it to the semi-finals.
Here, keita's wards coped with Astralis without any problems (2:0), thus getting into the grand final at BIG.
The decisive match of the championship started on the Vertigo map, which became the choice of the German team. However, the spectators in the stands and outside the stadium didn't see any struggle as the fnatic players quickly seized the initiative and finished the defensive half with a devastating 11-4 scoreline. After the side switch, BIG did not deign to show up on the server, while fnatic confidently got the necessary rounds and took the lead in the series — 16:4.
The teams then moved on to Overpass, which turned out to be fnatic's choice. Here, again, no fight took place, since the nominal “owners” again took the initiative into their own hands and closed the first half with a similar score — 11:4. After switching sides, fnatic quickly dotted the i's, thanks to which they won the series and became the champion of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 - 16:5.
Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 results
- 1st place: fnatic — $100,000 + slot at IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In
- 2nd place: BIG - $28,000
- 3rd-4th place: Sprout and Astralis — $14,000
- 5th-6th place: 500 and ENCE — $10,000
- 7th-8th place: HEET and Complexity Gaming — $4,000
- 9th-10th place: GamerLegion and Bad News Eagles - $4,000
- 11th-12th place: HAVU Gaming and SAW - $4,000
4541perepelovsky
blameF was the strongest player in Elisa Masters Espoo 2022The Astralis player finished his way in the championship with an impressive rating of 1.34.5031perepelovskyfnatic wins Elisa Masters Espoo 2022In the grand final of the event, the team defeated BIG with a score of 2:0 (Vertigo - 16:4; Overpass - 16:5).4878perepelovskyfnatic beat Astralis and advanced to the Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 grand finalIn the grand final of the championship, keita's wards will meet with BIG, which had previously beaten Sprout.4333perepelovskyBIG is the first grand finalist of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022Here the German team will meet the winner of the next fnatic semi-final - Astralis.4086perepelovskyBIG and Astralis reached the 1/2 finals of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022Here the teams will play against Sprout and fnatic, respectively, who became the winners of the group stage.4646perepelovskyfnatic, 500 and Astralis made it to the playoffs of Elisa Masters Espoo 2022At the same time, the teams Complexity Gaming, Bad News Eagles and SAW were left out of the championship.49fauesdeAstralis defeat FURIA to become the final ESL Pro League S23 playoff teamAstralis qualify for the ESL Pro League S23 playoffs after beating FURIA 2–1. Strong performances on Nuke and Inferno seal the series, with Staehr named MVP.26fauesdeFUT complete comeback against G2 to reach the ESL Pro League S23 playoffsFUT reach the ESL Pro League S23 playoffs after a dramatic 2–1 victory over G2. MATYS earns MVP with a 1.33 rating despite G2’s defeat.33fauesdeNAVI defeat 3DMAX and advance to the ESL Pro League S23 Stage 2 playoffsNAVI advance to the ESL Pro League S23 playoffs after a 2–1 victory over 3DMAX. The series went the distance with wins on Dust2 and Ancient, while makazze earned MVP.28fauesdePGL Announce First Participants of PGL Astana 2026PARIVISION, Spirit, G2, FURIA and more confirmed for PGL Astana 2026. Four additional teams will qualify through regional qualifiers for the $1.6M CS2 event.31fauesdeFURIA defeat paiN and keep their ESL Pro League S23 playoff hopes aliveFURIA eliminated paiN from ESL Pro League S23 Stage 2 with a 2–0 victory on Inferno and Dust2. molodoy was named MVP after a dominant performance with the AWP.42fauesdeAstralis defeat FaZe Clan and advance to the 2–2 match at ESL Pro League Season 23 Stage 2Astralis eliminate FaZe Clan from ESL Pro League Season 23 Stage 2 after a dramatic 2–1 series, with Staehr leading the Danish side to victory on Inferno in overtime.
