Virtus.pro win ELEAGUE Season 1

Virtus.pro have won the first season of ELEAGUE following a two-map grand final with fnatic (Cobblestone 16-10, Mirage 16-8), grabbing a $390,000 cheque along with the trophy.

ELEAGUE's grand final kicked off with fnatic starting on the Terrorist side on Cobblestone, taking the pistol round for themselves following great rotation and individual play from Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson, who got three kills in a 2v4 scenario.

Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist was putting in the most work as the Swedes quickly moved up to 9-2, as after both rounds going Virtus.pro's way their economy got reset. They stabilized in the end however, grabbing all four remaining rounds in the half for 9-6.

A well thought-out execute on A gave VP the second pistol round and both following rounds, and a smart triple-nade on Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell in dropzone saw the Poles getting up to a 11-9 lead. 

Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski had already been doing well at that point, but his double entries in two separate rounds, one of which also included a successful fake, put his team up on 14-10, breaking their opponents' economy completely. fnatic decided to go for two desperate forcebuys afterwards but couldn't avoid a loss on their own map pick.

Out with the new, in with the old - NEO shined on Cobblestone

The game switched to Mirage and fnatic again got off to a 3-0 start after retaking the A bombsite in the pistol round as Counter-Terrorists. Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski then put up six clutch kills across two rounds to give Virtus.pro two rounds before Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer showed up with a double in a 2v2 retake.

While being on a quasi-buy, Virtus.pro came up with a brilliant double-fake to win the round and even the map out at 4-4. They barely escaped the following anti-eco with their lives as it came down to a 1v1, but another clutch went their way at the hands of NEO in the next round.

When a chance offered itself to the Swedes, NEO replied with another huge play in the form of a snap triple-kill from an unfavorable position for 9-4. fnatic then finally stopped the streak at seven in a row, though Snax still made a chance out of an unwinnable 1v4 where flusha's team had complete control of the bomb.

Virtus.pro completed the half for a convincing 10-5 scoreline but ended up losing the second pistol round while olofmeister and Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman combined for five kills. The following couple of rounds weren't without their issues however, as Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas picked up four kills in one of them but ended up losing the final 1v1.

From there on out Virtus.pro took a stand, starting with a 3v2 retake where they forced fnatic to take fights while the Swedish side had little time to plant, and yet another clutch went their way for 12-8. NEO then showed another moment of great individual play, grabbing three kills up against a forcebuy, at which point fnatic had to eco. Snax's quad-kill put him up on 30 kills, while dennis wasn't lagging too far behind at 25, but it was all for naught as Virtus.pro became the champions of ELEAGUE's first season.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3 fnaticMatchpage 0 2 30th July 2016 Virtus.pro 10Cobblestone 16 8Mirage 16 News tags:

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	42 - 43	-1	90.6	1.19
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	30 - 40	-10	69.2	0.87
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	26 - 36	-10	73.3	0.86
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	30 - 40	-10	66.2	0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	24 - 40	-16	54.7	0.66

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	43 - 33	+10	99.3	1.40
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	50 - 30	+20	86.3	1.40
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	38 - 31	+7	92.5	1.22
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	34 - 26	+8	78.7	1.19
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	34 - 32	+2	69.2	1.17

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3 fnaticMatchpage 0 2 30th July 2016 Virtus.pro 10Cobblestone 16 8Mirage 16

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	42 - 43	-1	90.6	1.19
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	30 - 40	-10	69.2	0.87
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	26 - 36	-10	73.3	0.86
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	30 - 40	-10	66.2	0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	24 - 40	-16	54.7	0.66

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	43 - 33	+10	99.3	1.40
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	50 - 30	+20	86.3	1.40
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	38 - 31	+7	92.5	1.22
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	34 - 26	+8	78.7	1.19
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	34 - 32	+2	69.2	1.17

ELEAGUE Season 1 final standings:

1. Virtus.pro - $390,000

2. fnatic - $140,000

3-4. Natus Vincere - $60,000

3-4. MOUZ - $60,000

5-8. Cloud9 - $50,000

5-8. Envy - $50,000

5-8. Astralis - $50,000

5-8. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $50,000

9-10. Renegades - $40,000

9-10. FaZe - $40,000

11-14. G2 - $40,000

11-14. FlipSid3 - $40,000

11-14. Gambit - $40,000

11-14. CLG - $40,000

15-16. OpTic - $30,000

15-16. Dignitas - $30,000

17-22. Selfless - $30,000

17-22. Echo Fox - $30,000

17-22. TSM - $30,000

17-22. NRG - $30,000

17-22. Complexity - $30,000

17-22. Liquid - $30,000

23-24. SK - $30,000 (disqualified)

23-24. X - $30,000 (disqualified)

OpTic #18 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele SK #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 886 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 CLG #41 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' Suen FaZe #11 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Astralis #8 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Echo Fox #28 Sean 'seang@res' GaresRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanDaniel 'roca' GustaferriRonnie 'ryx' Bylicki NRG #31 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' Gurney Complexity #40 Rory 'dephh' JacksonJoshua 'sancz' BallengerKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorShawn 'witmer' Taylor Virtus.pro #5 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński X #23 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså fnatic #2 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Dignitas #19 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Renegades #25 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 30 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1026 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Envy #10 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon TSM #16 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Filip 'NEO' Kubski Age: 29 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1027 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 715 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 MOUZ #9 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Gambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan Ninjas in Pyjamas #6 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 888 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Liquid #7 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Selfless #32 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverMichael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberNoah 'Nifty' FrancisMitch 'mitch' Semago Natus Vincere #4 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 698 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 FlipSid3 #12 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 23 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 841 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Cloud9 #15 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 25 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 452 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 G2 #3 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro