Overview
- Team Vitality beat Natus Vincere 3-0 in the best-of-five final in Rotterdam with wins on Inferno (13-7), Anubis (13-10), and Dust II (13-10).
- Vitality earned the $150,000 top prize and three BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens, while Natus Vincere took $60,000 and one token.
- Estonia’s Robin “ropz” Kool led the final with 65 kills for Vitality, and Drin “makazze” Shaqiri paced Natus Vincere with 48.
- The finalists advanced from semifinals as Vitality swept Aurora Gaming 2-0 and Natus Vincere edged PARIVISION 2-1, with Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov posting 59 kills in that win.
- The $400,000 tournament started with two eight-team double-elimination groups in Copenhagen that fed a six-team playoff in Rotterdam, and PARIVISION and Aurora finished joint third with $40,000 and one token each.