Cloud9 Wins in ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals Tournament

CS:GO team from North America (NA) Cloud9 came out as the champion of ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals after defeating last season’s reigning champion, SK Gaming with a score of 2-1. SK Gaming’s defeat was quite unfortunate, because as the host they played with…

Full support from the fans. Cloud9 is also listed as a team from North America that managed to become a champion in a major international CS:GO tournament after Team SoloMid won the PGL Championship Series in October 2015. The first round of the grand final took place on the Overpass map, in the C9 half game which was on the CT-side far ahead of SK with a score of 13-2.

In SK’s turn, which was on the CT-side, they could catch up with the deficit by equalizing 15-15 to force the game over time. In extra time, SK closed the first half with a 19-17 score. Furthermore, in the second round playing on the Mirage map, C9 convincingly defeated SK with a score of 16-6.

The third map or the decider took place at Dust 2, SK failed to capitalize on the results of the pistol round and they fell far behind until the half of the match with a score of 13-2. Cloud9 who had the upper hand soon finished the game with a 16-5 winning score, and they took home the top prize money of $200,000. SK Gaming’s Gabriel “Fallen” Toledo became MVP in the grand final.

Cloud9 rosters:
Timothy ‘autimatic’ Ta
Jake ‘Stewie2K’ Yip
Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert
Mike ‘shroud’ Grzesiek
Tyler ‘Skadoodle’ Latham

1. Cloud9 – $200,000
2. SK – $90,000
3-4. mousesports – $45,000
3-4. NiP – $45,000
5-6. OpTic – $35,000
5-6. EnVyUs – $35,000
7-8. FaZe – $30,000
7-8. Liquid – $30,000
9-10. dignitas – $25,000
9-10. Immortals – $25,000
11. NRG – $20,000

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