RESULTS: Mousesports Defeat Natus Vincere in Grand Final

Mousesports came into today's grand final match by the way of a 2-1 victory over Team Liquid in the semifinals. Natus Vincere earned their way into the championship match with a 2-1 semifinal victory over FaZe Clan. With the $130,000 grand prize on the line, both teams were looking to cap off their impressive tournament runs with a victory. Here is a short breakdown of how the match went.

Overpass was the first map of the grand final match. Natus Vincere started the map on the terrorist side and were able to jump out to a 11-4 lead at the end of the first half. Mousesports were able to keep the second half more competitive, as they won three rounds to Natus Vincere's five, but the large deficit from the first half would be their downfall. Natus Vincere would secure the 16-7 win on Overpass and take a 1-0 lead in the match. The trio of Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (22 kills and 95.7 average damage per round), Egor "flamie" Vasilyev (22 kills and 96.2 average damage per round) , and loann "Edward" Sukhariev (22 kills and 85.8 average damage per round) led the way for Natus Vincere.

Mirage was the following map in the grand final. Looking to rebound from their lopsided defeat on Overpass, Mousesports raced out to a 11-4 lead on the counter terrorist side. The second half would begin well for Natus Vincere, as s1mple would collect three kills in the pistol round to give his team the early economic advantage. This would be the beginning of an epic comeback from Natus Vincere, as the team would win 11 of the next 14 rounds to take a 15-14 lead. However, Mousesports would not let Natus Vincere take the victory in regulation, as they would win the 30th round to force a 15-15 tie and overtime.  Mousesports would climb to a 18-17 lead going into match point, but a heroic play from Denis "electronic" Sharipov would keep Natus Vincere alive and force a second overtime period. Wanting to finally close out Mirage and move to a third map, Mousesports would not let Natus Vincere have a chance in the second overtime. Winning four straight rounds, Mousesports would take the 22-18 map win and tie the grand final at 1-1. Despite the incredible performance from s1mple (43 kills, 94.6 average damage per round and only 25 deaths), Chris "chrisJ" de Jong (41 kills, 97.7 average damage per round and only 24 deaths) carried Mousesports to the victory.

Train was the final map of the match. Following the same script as Mirage, Train would see Mousesports dominate Natus Vincere to secure a 11-4 lead on the terrorist side by the end of the first half. The second half would be even, as each team would win five rounds , but the large lead Mousesports had accumulated would give them the 16-9 map victory in the 25th round. This resulted in Mousesports taking the StarSeries i-League Season 4 Championship with a 2-1 victory.

With the win, Mousesports take home the grand prize of $130,000, and prove to the world that they are one of the top teams in professional CS:GO. The loss dropped Natus Vincere to a second place finish in the event, and they will be taking home $50,000. The MVP award was won by s1mple, as he was by far the best player throughout all of StarSeries i-League Season 4 with his 486 kills, 85.7 average damage per round and 1.41 kill to death ratio.

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