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Monte crowned champions of CCT West Europe Series #2

The CCT West Europe Series #2, organized by Fragster, has culminated after three weeks of many exciting matches, leaving... Eduardo | 24. March 2023

The CCT West Europe Series #2, organized by Fragster, has culminated after three weeks of many exciting matches, leaving Monte as champions, who defeated Apeks in the final with an excellent 2-0.

It was a very intense three weeks where each team fought to be at the top of the podium and take home the prize money of $22,000.

From Fragster, we thank all the teams for their confidence and willingness to fight in the CCT West Europe Series #2, and we hope that soon we will meet again on the servers.

Monte crowned champions by beating Apeks in the final of CCT West Europe Series #2

There is no doubt that both teams more than deserved their presence in the Grand Final of the tournament. However, it is worth noting that both came to the CCT West Europe Series #2 as guests for these playoffs. But we can’t take away their merits, as they left great teams like BIG, Spirit Academy, Endpoint, and EYEBALLERS on the road.

Comfortable victories marked Apeks’ road to the Grand Final since the beginning of the playoffs, including the match against BIG in the quarterfinals. First, they beat EYEBALLERS 16-8 and 16-6 to advance to the quarterfinals, where they fought back to beat BIG 16-7 and 19-17. Then, in the semifinals, they applied the same dose against Endpoint and took two comfortable victories, 16-7 and 16-9.

On the other hand, Monte had to struggle a bit more to slowly carve their way to the top of the podium in this CCT West Europe Series #2. While the team started with a 2-0 win against HEET, they had to win by reverse sweep against Sangal Esports (1-2) in the quarterfinals. Finally, they recovered from a beating in the second map against Spirit Academy (6-16) to take the series victory 2-1 and thus contest the grand final against Apeks.

Grand Final Recap

The grand final between Apeks and Monte was played on Ancient (Apeks) and Mirage (Monte).

In Ancient, Monte showed a spectacular level of play from the first half, when they managed to take a 12-3 partial victory on the CT side. Volodymyr “Woro2k” Veletniuk and former NaVi, Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev, stopped every Apeks offense in this first half.

With a comfortable lead, Monte won the remaining four T-side rounds to take the 16-5 victory on the first map.

In Mirage, things changed completely as Apeks woke up and came very close to taking the victory and forcing the third map of the series. However, sdy was once again in his element and managed to end his rivals’ aspirations.

The match was balanced and ended with a 15-15 tie in the first 30 rounds, meaning they would play for life in Overtime. Finally, after ten rounds in Overtime, Monte took the victory 22-18 and thus crowned champion of the CCT West Europe Series #2.

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