HAVU have clinched the trophy at NeSA 2018, outlasting SJ 2-0 (Dust2 16-14, Mirage 16-13) in the grand final of the Finnish tournament.
The tournament took place over the course of the weekend in Kajaani, Finland, with the group stage, which saw only two teams eliminated, taking place on Friday.
The first two stages of the single-elimination playoffs bracket followed on Saturday, as HAVU passed Victrix and iGame.com without much trouble, while SJ beat ACES and NYYRIKKI on the way to the grand final.
HAVU secured the title at the local tournament
The third-place decider saw iGame.com come out on top over NYYRIKKI, defeating them on Train and Dust2 after stellar Terrorist sides.
In the final series, Juho "juho" Lampinen & co. took Dust2 after a 30-round battle and finished off the series 2-0 after another close encounter on Mirage, where SJ attempted a comeback from a 2-13 deficit after the first half.
NeSA 2018Best of 3 HAVUMatchpage 2 0 8th July 2018 SJ 16Dust2 14 16Mirage 13
HAVU
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho
45 - 41
+4
81.6
1.15
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd
41 - 33
+8
68.5
1.14
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN
40 - 37
+3
80.0
1.13
Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi
40 - 39
+1
81.5
1.05
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw
29 - 35
-6
52.3
0.84
SJ
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Tuomas 'SADDYX' LouhimaaSADDYX
44 - 43
+1
80.0
1.07
Verneri 'BONA' JunkalaBONA
38 - 35
+3
64.6
1.00
Tony 'arvid' Niemeläarvid
34 - 38
-4
70.8
0.95
Elias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenJamppi
38 - 40
-2
67.6
0.90
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE
31 - 40
-9
59.6
0.84
The final standings of NeSA 2018 are the following: