After ENCE defeated GamerLegion with a reverse sweep in CCT North Europe Series 2 semifinals, HAVU were the last opponent to overcome on their way to victory.
In the two-map Grand Final series, ENCE swept out the competition to earn $22,000 along with 150 regional CCT leaderboard points.
The teams finishing in the top three at the end of all four Northern Europe Online Cups will be invited directly to the Studio Finals which will be held on the island of Malta in February 2023, featuring a $100,000 main prize for the winner.
Intense fight on overtime but we take it 👊 Time for our last dance with Dust2
🗺️ @ENCE 19-17 @HAVUgaming#EZ4ENCE #CCTNEU pic.twitter.com/85CAXvumuk
— ENCE (@ENCE) December 7, 2022
Semifinal reverse sweep by ENCE
The first map Nuke picked by ENCE didn’t look good for Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer’s team at first, but at the beginning of the second half, they came back into the game and took a 10-9 lead. However, it wasn’t enough and GamerLegion won the map 16:12.
On Inferno, GamerLegion shone with a strong T-side that they finished 11-4 at halftime. ENCE didn’t want to give up so easily and made a perfect comeback, closing the game with a 16-14 scoreline.
The game continued on Ancient, where ENCE took a 10-5 lead after the first half and maintained the pressure even after the break. With 16-10, they finally got the last map and advanced to the Grand Final, to face HAVU.
Meanwhile, the Finns secured their own place in the Grand Final after defeating HEET 2-0 in their semi-final match.
ENCE and HAVU last met in November at the Elisa Masters Espoo in a best-of-one duel, which ENCE claimed after a 16-10 win on the first day of play.
ENCE overrun HAVU
The final battle began on Ancient, where HAVU took an early 5-0 lead before ENCE came into play. Pavle “Maden” Bošković led down the T-side to give his team a chance, scoring six rounds by half-time, but HAVU continued to impress after the break, leading 12-6 and then 14-9.
ENCE stayed stoic on defense, denying HAVU any chance to end the game in regular time and putting the match into overtime before claiming the first Grand Final win.
And we're headed to OT #EZ4ENCE #CCTNEU pic.twitter.com/OxxmsqlzAF
— ENCE (@ENCE) December 7, 2022
HAVU immediately took command again on their map pick Dust2 and made an impressive 10-1 start on the T-side. However, ENCE finally found their rhythm and stopped the Finnish onslaught, winning 14 of the 17 following rounds to take a 15-13 lead before denying a last-second comeback from HAVU. The map ended in Round 30.
This crowns ENCE the Northern European CCT Champions and we will see them play for $100,000 in the CCT Central Europe LAN Finals in Malta in February 2023.
Photo credit: twitter.com/ENCE
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