HAVU beat LDLC to win ASUS ROG Winter 2020

22-2-2020 20:51

HAVU lifted the ASUS ROG Winter 2020 trophy on home soil, in Helsinki, after beating LDLC in a two-map grand final.

HAVU had a shaky start at ASUS ROG Winter 2020, suffering a loss to Elias "⁠Jamppi⁠" Olkkonen’s KYNYNIEKAT in the opening best-of-one, although they managed to turn it around and eventually lifted the hardware in Helsinki.

Following their early loss, HAVU missed LDLC despite being in the same group as they went through different sides of the bracket. Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha and company beat KOVA in the losers’ match before taking revenge on Jamppi’s side while the Frenchmen won both opening and winners' matches against KOVA and KYNYNIEKAT, keeping their clean record through the semi-finals where they won 2-0 against SJ. On the other side of the tournament tree, HAVU beat the Bulgarians of FATE before going on to take out LDLC in the final.

HAVU were crowned champions in Helsinki despite a rocky start

LDLC won the pistol round on the defending side of Train, HAVU’s pick, but were quick to give up the lead against the following forcebuy. The Finns took control of the situation early on with a 5-2 lead and although LDLC were able to get back on top, HAVU managed two more rounds on the attacking side to make it an extremely close 7-8 with Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen leading the scoreboard with a stellar display.

On the CT side the home team shut it down, winning the second pistol and put themselves in the driver’s seat as LDLC kept running into a wall round after round and were only able to win a one, when down 8-15, before HAVU took the lead in the series, 16-9.

Dust2 started in similar fashion to Train, with LDLC winning the first pistol round and HAVU winning the follow-up, although this time the Frenchmen were on the CT side. The Finns got three in a row, but LDLC showed superiority on the attacking side, linking six of their own before being contested. Doubles by Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss and ZOREE gave HAVU another clean round, which they followed up to get within striking distance, 5-6, before eventually closing out the half in ahead, 8-7.

LDLC successfully retook the B site in a 4vs3 situation in the second pistol round to tie it back up as the two teams went neck-and-neck. It was the Finns who hit series point first when, up 14-13, Aaro "⁠hoody⁠" Peltokangas and doto got entries on the A site to clear the way. HAVU then won the last round of the tournament making the final score 16-13 to secure the title.

ASUS ROG Winter 2020Best of 3

LDLC

Matchpage

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HAVU

Train

Dust2

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Christophe 'SIXER' Xia SIXER	39 - 37	+2	76.3	55.6%	0.97
Lambert 'Lambert' Prigent Lambert	34 - 37	-3	71.4	57.4%	0.88
Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss hAdji	34 - 39	-5	72.6	55.6%	0.87
Kilian 'Gringo' Garcia Gringo	30 - 42	-12	59.6	53.7%	0.78
Logan 'LOGAN' Corti LOGAN	17 - 42	-25	44.6	55.6%	0.54

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Olli 'sLowi' Pitkänen sLowi	44 - 29	+15	92.9	66.7%	1.40
Lasse 'ZOREE' Uronen ZOREE	46 - 33	+13	85.2	81.5%	1.31
Joonas 'doto' Forss doto	40 - 30	+10	74.0	75.9%	1.19
Aaro 'hoody' Peltokangas hoody	33 - 29	+4	74.2	74.1%	1.17
Eetu 'sAw' Saha sAw	34 - 33	+1	70.8	66.7%	1.01

The ASUS ROG Winter 2020 final standings are:

1. HAVU - $7,130
2. LDLC - $3,291
3-4. SJ - $1,646
3-4. FATE - $1,646
5-6. hREDS
5-6. KYNYNIEKAT
7-8. KOVA
7-8. REHTI

Ez Finnish cs top 1 again

2020-02-22 20:52

9 replies

If Finnish CS is so good, howcome only finnish teams didn't get cash prizes? 33% of Finnish teams got prizes whereas 100% of other teams got prizes....... 100>33

2020-02-22 22:10

8 replies

1. havu Easy for godtier cs

2020-02-22 22:28

7 replies

1. Astralis* Astralis is not Finnish my friend

2020-02-22 22:53

6 replies

Asstralis def not 1

2020-02-22 23:04

3 replies

how not?!?

2020-02-22 23:34

2 replies

clown9 number 1

2020-02-23 02:45

1 reply

In my heart, yes they are! I love that org. Happy memories

2020-02-24 00:18

Astralis is finnish team check 1.6 They even had Guardian as a player

2020-02-24 10:05

We are in CS:GO right now... not 1.6

2020-02-24 15:33

Too easy for Havu!

2020-02-22 20:53

HAVU > ENCE

It was a good run from LDLC (bj Lambert), hopefully they'll keep improving!

4 replies

LMAO, win against some t6/7 teams is a achievement for u ? Considering whats the LDLC org is, it's a shame

2020-02-22 21:00

You mean for a totally new roster with an unproven player?? Obviously an achievement.

2020-02-22 23:08

I mean for "new" roster who won against some NEW faceit lvl 10 mix and sj without jamppi (so tier 8) LMAOOO Flag checks out ofc

2020-02-22 23:09

Hey. give some credit to LDLC. All teams must start somewhere because not all teams are backed up orgs like OG who can buy their place in tier-1 tournaments right away. Havu didn't have their best play during that weekend, but they deserved to win. At the same time LDLC deserves credit for putting up a good fight. They died but they did it wearing their boots just like General Custer.

2020-02-24 16:13

Bah alors Gringo ?

well done

EZ4HAVU

Im gay sexual

2020-02-22 20:58

i did not expect more from aleksib fan.

2020-02-22 21:13

Fan of alexib (igl of tier 2 team) > fan of ence (barely top 50 team)

2020-02-23 03:44

who?

2020-02-22 21:03

second best finnish team

2020-02-22 21:05

5 replies

Shouldn't that be KOVA?

2020-02-22 21:24

Yep, KOVA second best and HAVU first

2020-02-22 21:49

ENCE > KOVA > HAVU nt

2020-02-22 21:54

Havu>Kova>HReds>Rehti>>>>>>>ENCE

yea that's a +1

2020-02-23 01:34

LDLC 2020 LUL

logan gringo lambert such bots

2020-02-22 21:04

tier 30000 event

good job!!

Hmmm Finland rekt france lul

Already more trophies than ENCE

2020-02-22 21:09

EZ! Finnish cs scene BACK!

ez4ence

2020-02-22 21:16

2020-02-22 21:43

Is HAVU > ENCE now?

2020-02-22 21:44

Yes they are

2020-02-23 18:45

Wow Finns win Assembly what a surprise

Havu > Ence?

I don't know how LOGAN is still picked up by these teams. He's been underwhelming for such a long time now. Why LDLC didnt pick Davidp, devoduvek, hadji, sixer & a promising last like fearoth ?