FURIA took down The MongolZ on the winner-take-all fifth map of Sunday’s grand ultimate to win the $500,000 International Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 occasion in Belgrade, Serbia.
FURIA’s 3-2 victory netted the staff $200,000 for first place. The MongolZ, whose roster hails completely from Mongolia, settled for $100,000 as runners-up.
FURIA went 3-1 within the 16-team Swiss stage, falling solely to prime seed Aurora Gaming in a Spherical 3 Excessive match earlier than clinching their playoff berth the subsequent day.
After sweeping Astralis and Workforce Falcons 2-0 within the quarterfinals and semifinals, FURIA met The MongolZ, who pulled out 2-1 victories in every of the primary two rounds to make it this far.
FURIA opened the grand ultimate with a 16-13 extra time win on Mirage, however The MongolZ countered 13-11 on Inferno. FURIA once more wanted extra time to prevail 16-12 on Nuke, and The MongolZ pushed it to a fifth map by taking Overpass 13-9.
The ultimate map was Mud II, and FURIA trailed 3-1 earlier than racing previous The MongolZ for a 13-5 clinching victory.
Danil “molodoy” Golubenko of Kazakhstan posted 99 kills on a plus-28 kills-to-deaths differential for FURIA and was named event MVP. His teammate, Latvian Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis, was additionally spectacular with 97 kills and a plus-16 Ok-D. The MongolZ had been led by Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch with 89 kills and a plus-8.
Sixteen groups began the occasion on Sept. 12 in a Swiss stage format, with the highest eight advancing to the single-elimination playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals Friday and Saturday had been best-of-three, with Sunday’s grand ultimate being best-of-five.
FISSURE Playground No. 2 prize pool:
1. $200,000 — FURIA
2. $100,000 — The MongolZ
3-4. $40,000 – Workforce Liquid, Workforce Falcons
5-8. $17,500 — paiN Gaming, Astralis, Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports
Sep 11. $10,000 — FaZe Clan, GamerLegion, Virtus.professional
12-14. $5,000 — TYLOO, Legacy, 3DMAX
15-16. $2,500 — HEROIC, Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming
–Area Degree Media
