The finals of CS: GO Asia Championship 2019 saw The Finnish Squad, ENCE, lock horns with mousesports for 250,000$. The encounter between the two saw mouseports come out on top in two maps.
THE MAPS PLAYED IN THE BO3 FINALS WERE
- Train (mousesports won Train with a 16-10 scoreline)
- Inferno (mouseports won Inferno with a 16-11 scoreline)
- Dust 2 (not played)
THE VETO FOR THE GAME WAS AS FOLLOW
- ENCE removed Vertigo
- mousesports removed Mirage
- ENCE picked Train
- mousesports picked Inferno
- ENCE removed Nuke
- mousesports removed Overpass
- Dust2 was left over
TRAIN
Train, mousesports’ pick saw them beginning on the CT side. The Fins began strong with a pistol round win, putting their first round on the scoreboard. However, mousesports equalized the scoreline on the back of ropz’s double kill hold on the B bombsite on the mousesports’ force buy. Mousesports further extended their lead to three rounds, before ENCE struck back with three rounds of their own, putting the scoreline at 4-3 in favor of the Finns. However, mousesports zoomed past ENCE, ending their defensive half with a 9-6 scoreline in their favor.
ENCE were able to equalize the scorelines at 9-9, following their pistol round win in the second half. However, mousesports proved that they were the better lineup coming into the finals, ending the first map with a 16-10 scoreline in their favor.Frozen led the charge for mousesports with 23 kills in 12 deaths, boasting a 1.38 rating. Frozen was followed closely by woxic who had 23 kills in 11 deaths, and a 1.35 rating.
First map in the bag! 7-1 T side on Train, keep it up, as we head to Inferno.— mousesports (@mousesports) November 24, 2019
1-0 vs ENCE in #CAC2019 Grand Final.
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INFERNO
Inferno, picked by mousesports, saw the International lineup beginning the game on the Terrorist side. The Finns looked better in shape and added the first 5 rounds to their tally. After ENCE won the first 5 rounds, mousesports picked up the pace and added 8 rounds of their own, in a row, to the scoreboard. The half ended with an 8-7 scoreline, with mousesports in the lead.ENCE maintained their record of winning of 4 out of 4 pistol rounds in the series and put themselves at 11 rounds, compared to mousesports 7. However, mousesports pulled ahead of the Finns and ended the game with a scoreline of 16-11, winning the CS: GO Asia Championship 2019 and taking home 250,000$ in prize money.
Frozen and woxic led the charge for mousesports with 22 kills and 21 kills respectively. Frozen was rated at 1.36 while woxic followed closely with a rating of 1.32.
— mousesports (@mousesports) November 24, 2019
