ICE Challenge 2020 and BLAST Premier Group A Fantasy recap

With ICE Challenge 2020 and Group A of BLAST Premier Spring Series having concluded, we announce the winners of the HLTV x 1xBet League cash prizes and reveal the list of best performers at the two events.

Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov's MVP performance may not have been enough to help Natus Vincere to a win over MOUZ in the grand final of ICE Challenge, but his strong showing throughout the tournament ensured that he was far-and-away the best player when it came to Fantasy.

Four mousesports players made the top 10 list of best-performers

Despite his top performance, the winning team for ICE Challenge Fantasy, selected by shadow_11, did not include electroNic, with the lineup instead featuring Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev alongside the MOUZ duo of Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský. Two additional in-game leaders, Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov, rounded out the roster, with the same lineup and different roles being utilized by the third place team in the Fantasy league to less success.

Winners of the ICE Challenge HLTV x 1xBet Fantasy League have earned the following cash prizes, provided by our partner 1xBet:

1. shadow_11 (506) - $150
2. R3YBAH (494) - $75
3. burNout_ (493) - $25

Winners will be contacted with details about receiving the prize via the email in their HLTV profile. Winners are required to reply within a month of receiving the email to be eligible for the prizes.

Without boosters or roles assigned, the ideal money draft lineup for ICE Challenge featured Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen as a budget pick ($147,000), which was balanced out by electroNic ($240,000), the MOUZ duo of frozen and Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong, and GODSENT's Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala. As expected, the best-performing players were those who placed furthest in the tournament with MOUZ and Na`Vi comprising seven of the top ten, while Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković, Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk, and Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck rounded out the bottom-end of the top 10 list.

1. Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov: 121 points
2. David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský: 92 points
3. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool: 90 points
4. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: 73 points
5. Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker: 66 points
6. Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov: 62 points
7. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong: 52 points
8. Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković: 41 points
9. Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk: 28 points
10. Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck: 27 points

Winners of the BLAST Premier Spring Series Group A HLTV x 1xBet Fantasy League have earned the following cash prizes, provided by our partner 1xBet:

1. not_sniff (411) - $150
2. Zombae_98 (394) - $75
3. Punj (393) - $25

For Group A of BLAST Premier Spring Series, the ideal money draft lineup without boosters featured Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip, Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo, Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner, and Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson, who combined for a total of 215 points with their best roles assigned:

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač (Leader): 100 + 24 + 40 = 164
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip (Entry Fragger): 5 + 6 + 33 = 44
Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo (Main AWP): 3 + (-12) + 20 = 11
Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner (Support): (-8) + (-3) + 16 = 5
Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson (HS Machine): (-10) + (-3) + 16 = 3

The BLAST Group B Fantasy is now live with cash prizes from our partner 1xBet, and can be joined here.

1. $150
2. $75
3. $25