Astralis sensationally lost to HEET and left CCT North Europe Series #2

The Astralis team sensationally lost to HEET with a score of 0:2 and left the CCT North Europe Series #2. Despite the return of dev1ce, the Danish team upset their fans in the quarterfinals and missed the opportunity to get involved in the fight for the championship. In turn, HEET will continue their performances in the semi-finals, where they will play with HAVU.

The quarter-final meeting started on the Dust 2 map, which became the choice of the French team. But if the starting advantage remained with the Danes, then closer to the changeover, HEET managed to find their game and get close to the opponent — 9:6. After switching sides, Astralis players managed to quickly run into the gap and got a solid advantage. Nevertheless, the French managed to read the opponent's game in order not only to reduce the fate of the map to overtime, but also to take the lead in the series - 19:17.

Next, the teams moved to the Inferno map, which turned out to be the choice of Astralis. Here the Danish team again began to dictate their terms, but in the end HEET again managed to turn the tide of the match and get a minimal advantage at the end of the first half — 8:7. After the change of sides, casle's team managed to escape into the lead, but the French again didn't let go and changed the fate of the map in overtime. Here HEET again managed to break an experienced opponent to win a sensational victory - 22:19.

CCT North Europe Series 2 runs from November 24 to December 7 online. As part of the championship, 24 teams from Europe and the CIS are fighting for a total prize pool of $50,000.

Intermediate results of CCT North Europe Series 2

• 1st place: $22,000
• 2nd place: $10,000
• 3rd-4th place: $5,000
• 5th-8th place: Astralis, forZe and ECLOT — $2,000
• 9th-16th place: Sprout, 9INE, Tricked, AGO, SAW, OG, Into The Breach and Movistar Riders
• 17th-19th place: Illuminar Gaming, eSuba and ex-Team Finest
• 20th-22nd place: ECSTATIC, MASONIC and Anonymo Esports
• 23rd-24th place: 777 Esports and Team Falcons