On the heels of a dominant semifinal victory, Loopy Raccoon dispatched the Toronto Extremely 4-1 Sunday within the grand last of the Overwatch occasion on the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Toronto, which had defeated ZETA DIVISION 4-3 earlier Sunday to advance to the ultimate itself, dropped the primary three maps of the grand last. Loopy Raccoon received 2-0 on Lijiang Tower Management, 5-4 on Circuit Royal Escort and 3-1 on New Junk Metropolis Flashpoint 3-1 to fall into the early gap.
A slim win on Runasapi Push, 130.43 meters to 130.42 meters, helped Extremely stave off elimination. However Loopy Raccoon closed issues out one map later, profitable 3-1 on Eichenwalde Hybrid to take the $400,000 grand prize in addition to 1,000 membership factors.
South Korea’s Kim “Shu” Jin-seo of Loopy Raccoon was named event MVP, incomes a further $50,000 prize.
The $1.05 million event started with 16 groups divided into 4 teams for a spherical robin of best-of-five matches. The highest three groups in every group earned spots within the single-elimination playoffs.
Loopy Raccoon began its day with a 4-1 semifinal victory over Group Falcons. CR received 2-0 on Busan Management and misplaced 92.24 meters to 83.85 meters on Runasapi Push. CR ran the desk from there, profitable 3-2 on Suravasa Flashpoint, 2-1 on Shambali Monastery Escort and 2-1 on Eichenwalde Hybrid.
Extremely had a back-and-forth affair with ZETA within the semis. Toronto received 2-0 on Busan Management earlier than Zeta responded with a 3-1 win on Suravasa Flashpoint. The Extremely rallied for a 1-0 win on Circuit Royal Escort, however ZETA once more answered, profitable 70.06 meters to 54.81 meters on Colosseo Push.
The 2 sides continued buying and selling wins, with the Extremely prevailing 2-1 on Midtown Hybrid and ZETA taking the subsequent map 4-3 on Dorado Escort. Extremely clinched the victory with an 85.59 meters to 52.97 meters win on Runasapi Push.
Overwatch — Esports World Cup prize pool (cash, Esports World Cup membership factors)
1. $400,000, 1,000 — Loopy Raccoon
2. $160,000, 600 — Toronto Extremely
3-4. $80,000, 275 — Group Falcons, ZETA DIVISION
5-8. $40,000, 60 — ENCE, Virtus.professional, Spacestation Gaming, Twisted Minds
9-12. $20,000, 0 — Fnatic, M80, LGD.OA, Gaimin Gladiators
13-16. $10,000, 0 — ROC Esports, Mkers, Bleed Esports, NTMR
–Subject Degree Media
