The winners of the top bracket, Bad News Eagles, will compete against Eternal Fire in the CCT Central Europe Finals grand final for the championship trophy.

Eternal Fire achieved the feat by narrowly defeating ENCE 2-0 in the consolidation final. The squad advanced to the final thanks to academy player Henri #HENU Ylilehto.

The Quick Recap

Vertigo was the European team’s choice for the opening round of the series, however four kills by Miro #imoRR Karataş in the first pistol round allowed the Turks to quickly establish the offensive tempo. Engin #MAJ3R Küpeli and his team went six rounds without being challenged before a back-and-forth struggle gave them a 10-5 advantage at the break.

The advantage was immediately lost on the defensive side as Eternal Fire failed to capitalize on their victorious pistol round and ENCE sprinted to the finish with an eight-round winning run to take the lead, 13-11.

Although it appeared like ENCE would win the game in overtime, Yasin #xfl0ud Koç’s last-ditch effort paid off as they recovered their hard-fought advantage to hit match point, 15-14. This secured the outcome in his team’s favor.

Vertigo was a costly setback for ENCE, who entered Eternal Fire’s selection with a zero winrate on Anubis in 4 tries. The Turks, on the other hand, had a 6-4 record in 10 attempts and a healthier 60%.

Nevertheless, after gaining an early 7-3 advantage thanks to outstanding defensive play from Marco #Snappi Pfeiffer and his colleagues, Eternal Fire tied four offensives to close the gap at the half.

Once more, the map came down to the wire and was chosen by margins. This time, imoRR took down three opponents in a 2vs3 retake to deactivate the bomb and establish match point going into round 30. SunPayus Alvaro In the last round, the attackers were defeated by the final-bound Eternal Fire, and Garcia, with a double, was the sole guy on the board for them.

The grand final of the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals will feature a rematch of the upper bracket match, a suspenseful three-map contest that was won by Dionis #sinnopsyy Budeci and company, as well as a rematch of both teams’ tournament debuts, which were won by the Kosovar team in the tournament’s opening round of the best-of-one format.

Eternal Fire’s consolidation final victory against ENCE will give them time to regroup before the final best-of-three series against the Bad News Eagles.