Cloud9 are the winners of BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic

After more than a month and a half of fierce competition, Cloud9 win the BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic, after defeating forZe 2-0 in the grand final.

Cloud9 has had a truly spectacular awakening at the beginning of the season. First, the team was stunned at IEM Katowice 2023 by Mongolian team IHC in the Lower Bracket of Group B with a 0-2. However, this made the team react, and now, in just two months, they got their ticket to the BLAST Spring Final, to IEM Dallas, and now crowned in the BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic to take home a juicy prize of $165,000.

Cloud9 are crowned in the BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic, with only three games played

This type of online tournament is usually like that; after an intense battle in different phases before the playoffs, there will always be some invited teams that will start their race in the advanced stages of the tournament. On the BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic were BIG, Cloud9, MOUZ, and Virtus.pro, the teams invited to dispute the tournament from the quarterfinals.

From then on, Cloud9 started to shine and annihilated Team Falcons (2-0) and GODSENT (2-0). Both teams reached this stage after an excellent run in the tournament, but they had to measure themselves against one of the most in-form teams at this moment of the season.

In the grand final, Cloud9 faced forZe, the only team to survive every stage of the BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic. While the Russian outfit did not have a good Swiss Stage, finishing in sixth place with a 3-2 record, they managed to leave Bad New Eagles (2-0), Virtus.pro (2-0), and MOUZ (2-0) in the playoffs.

Cloud9 vs. forZe – Grand Final Recap

There is no doubt that Cloud9 did enough merits to reach this grand final without losing a single map, while forZe did the same in the playoffs.

The series was played on Mirage (Cloud9) and Inferno (forZe).

Mirage

In Cloud9’s map pick, Mirage, both teams came out with all the motivation to take the win and their pockets full of the prize money. This was demonstrated in the first half, where they played a great game at the highest level that ended with a score of 8-7 in favor of forZe. Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko and Aleksandr “shalfey” Marenov were in charge of holding Cloud9’s offenses.

However, when the sides switched sides, C9 showed that they were one of the teams with the best form, as they only allowed forZe to win two rounds to take a solid 16-10 victory. Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov was the best player on the server and finished with a 1.23 Rating.

Inferno

In Inferno, the teams again showed a high level of play in the first half. As a result, it also ended with a score of 8-7, but this time in favor of Cloud9. While it is true that Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov had a spectacular first half, which ended with a K/D of 20/3, 2.17 Rating, and 116.9 ADR, the boys had some difficulties slowing down forZe’s offense.

Finally, at the change of sides, the beast awoke in Cloud9, winning eight consecutive rounds to take a comfortable victory with a score of 16-7. Sh1ro and Ax1le ensured that Cloud9 took home $165,000 after winning this grand final match.

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