Astralis Wins ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 - Final Placements
By Nicholas Barth ·
Facing Team Liquid in the Finals of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament, Astralis was able to secure a victory and claim the grand prize of $500,000.
Continuing their success that they have seen thoughout 2018, the Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) roster for Astralis was able to secure another championship to their collection with their 2-0 victory over Team Liquid in the finals of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament on Sunday, July 29th.
YOUR ELEAGUE CS:GO PREMIER 2018 CHAMPIONS - @ASTRALISGG! pic.twitter.com/Fx2rlknLHy
— ELEAGUE (@ELEAGUETV) July 29, 2018
The first map of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament Finals was Inferno, and it was all Astralis in both halves, as the talented CS:GO team was able to secure an impressive 14-1 lead in the first half on the counter terrorist side. It would be smooth sailing for Astralis in the second half, as they captured the final two round wins they needed in the first six maps to take a 1-0 lead in the finals of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament against the North American squad of Team Liquid.
Leading the way for the dominance showed by Astralis on Inferno was Emil "Magisk" Reif with his 25 kills, only eight deaths, 99.1 average damage per round and overall rating of 1.80 and Nicolai "device" Reedtz who contributed significantly with his 20 kills, only eight deaths, 110.7 average damage per round and overall rating of 1.78.
And @astralisgg stomps all over the first map in dominant fashion. pic.twitter.com/uLXbqsfoHm
— ELEAGUE (@ELEAGUETV) July 29, 2018
Nuke was the second and final map of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament finals, and Team Liquid was able to put up a much stronger fight against Astralis by taking a 8-7 lead on the counter terrorist side. However, Astralis would respond strongly in the second half and take a victory in nine out 13 rounds to secure the 16-12 win on Nuke and the 2-0 Finals victory against Team Liquid.
Device put together another impressive showing in the Finals of the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament with 25 kills, 16 deaths, 96.5 average damage per round and an overall rating of 1.42.
A Commanding performance from @astralisgg. pic.twitter.com/E7zjsGIL5e
— ELEAGUE (@ELEAGUETV) July 29, 2018
You can find the final placements for the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere 2018 Tournament below.
1st - Astralis $500,000
2nd - Team Liquid $200,000
3-4th - mousesports $80,000
3 - 4th - Natus Vincere $80,000
5 - 6th - Fnatic $60,000
5 - 6th - MIBR $60,000
7 - 8th - Cloud9 $30,000
7 - 8th - FaZe Clan $30,000
(cover photo courtesy of ELEAGUE)