BetBoom Team and FURIA advanced to Sunday’s grand final of the Thunderpick World Championship in Attard, Malta.
FURIA swept Aurora Gaming 2-0, while BetBoom Team battled past Team Falcons 2-1 in the semifinal playoffs on Saturday. Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming will meet in the third-place match on Sunday ahead of the grand final.
The $1 million Counter-Strike 2 event began with eight teams divided into two groups for the double-elimination opening round. All group-stage matches were best-of-three, and the top two teams from each group earned berths in the single-elimination playoffs.
Playoff matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which will be best-of-five. The championship team will receive $500,000, half going to the club and half going to the players.
BetBoom Team downed Team Falcons, who took the opening map, Anubis, 13-5, before BetBoom closed out with wins on Dust II (16-14) and Mirage (13-7).
Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov led the all-Russian BetBoom Team with 59 kills and a plus-13 kill-death differential. Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov of Russia paced Team Falcons with 55 kills and a plus-8 K-D differential.
FURIA completed its sweep of Aurora Gaming by winning 13-8 on Dust II and 13-10 on Inferno.
Brazil’s Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato recorded 38 kills and a plus-16 K-D differential and Latvia’s Mareks “YEKINDER” Galinskis had 30 kills and a plus-6 K-D differential for FURIA. Finland’s Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo, at 29 kills and 29 deaths, was the only player for Aurora not in a negative differential.
Thunderpick World Championship prize pool (all money evenly divided between player prize money and team share)
1. $500,000
2. $250,000
3. $100,000
4. $50,000
5-6. $30,000 — 9z Team, Legacy
7-8. $20,000 — Ninjas in Pyjamas, PARIVISION
–Field Level Media
