Group Vitality knocked out Group Spirit in three straight maps to win the grand ultimate of the Intel Excessive Masters Katowice occasion in Poland on Sunday.
Vitality claimed the highest prize of $460,000, which was revised upward from $400,000 over the weekend. Spirit pocketed $216,000 because the runner-up.
Vitality rolled to 13-6 and 13-5 wins on Mud II and Nuke to start out the grand ultimate, after which led 11-4 on Mirage earlier than hanging on for the clinching 13-11 victory.
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France led the winners with 67 kills and a plus-38 kill-death differential. Russia’s Danil “donk” Kryshkovets posted 40 kills, however no person on the Spirit squad had a plus KD differential.
Group play within the $1 million Counter-Strike: World Offensive occasion featured 16 groups that had been cut up into two double-elimination brackets, with all matches best-of-three. The 2 group-phase winners superior on to the playoff semifinals; the 2 group-phase runners-up moved to the quarterfinals as excessive seeds; and the 2 third-place groups made the quarterfinals as low seeds.
The playoffs had been single elimination, with best-of-three matches for the quarterfinals and semifinals. Sunday’s grand ultimate was the one use of a best-of-five format within the competitors.
Intel Excessive Masters Katowice prize pool:
1. $460,000 — Group Vitality
2. $216,000 — Group Spirit
3-4. $108,000 — The MongolZ, Natus Vincere
5-6. $61,000 — Everlasting Hearth, Virtus.professional
7-8. $38,000 — FaZe Clan, GamerLegion
9-12. $23,000 — G2 Esports, 3DMAX, Astralis, Group Liquid
13-16. $10,000 — Group Falcons, BIG, FURIA Esports, MOUZ
17-20. $4,500 — Wildcard, paiN Gaming, MIBR, HEROIC
21-24. $2,500 — Complexity, FlyQuest, SAW, Imperial Feminine
–Subject Degree Media