ECS Season 7 Finals Fantasy recap

After Vitality lifted the ECS Season 7 trophy and Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut claimed another MVP award, we take a look at the Fantasy game to see how the results and player performances reflected there.

Early exits of MIBR and Astralis surprised many, but despite their disappointing tournament placings, their players brought in a decent number of points in the Fantasy game. Surprisingly enough, FURIA, who finished second, had only one player among the top 15 fantasy picks, Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato, who still didn't live up to his $196,000 price tag with merely 39 points earned.

ALEX was pivotal both for Vitality and users playing the Fantasy game

The ideal ECS S7 Finals lineup featured Vitality trio ZywOo, Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire, and Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin, with two Danes finishing it off: Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye and Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander. With best roles assinged, the squad would've brought in a total of 741 points:

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut: 226 + 50 (AWP) = 276 pts
Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: 115 + 37 (Leader) = 152 pts
Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin: 92 + 29 (Stathunter) = 121 pts
Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye: 83 + 29 (Defender) = 112 pts
Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander: 64 + 16 (Entry fragger) = 80 pts

In the HLTV Public League, the best team was drafted by "Ultr4E", who amassed 698 with an almost identical team, only featuring Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen instead of his teammate Kjaerbye.

1. Ultr4E (698)

Aside from Vitality players and the stars of MIBR and Astralis, three NRG players also made the top 10 Fantasy players list:

1. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut: 226 pts
2. Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte: 121 pts
3. Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: 115 pts
4. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: 104 pts
5. Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov: 93 pts
6. Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin: 92 pts
7. Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye: 83 pts
8. Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold: 79 pts
9. Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David: 69 pts
10. Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander: 64 pts

For the HLTV Confirmed Cup, our panelists drafted their teams live during the show, and we ended up with a very tight and yet uninspiring race for the trophy. All four members finished under 250 points, but after the grand final where both Professeur and Striker went negative, it was the Czech that ended on top thanks to the points brought in by the trio of device, Ethan, and Brehze.

The final standings for the latest HLTV Confirmed Cup are available below:

1. Striker (249)
2. Professeur (246)
3. SPUNJ (233)
4. Producer Lukas (153)