fnatic tops Global Challenge Dubai

22-10-2009 18:53

Global Challenge Dubai has been won by fnatic, following a 2-0 score over MYM in the Grand Final.

After placing second in Chengdu, the team currently ranked first in the world crowns their work in Dubai with first place.

The Grand Final started off on inferno, where fnatic got to start as T. Strong performance but fnatic lead to a 10-5 score at halftime, denying MYM several times to win clutch rounds. On the CT side of inferno fnatic had it figured out as well. MYM could see fnatic taking six rounds against the five MYM had secured, leading to a 16-10 win for fnatic.

Moving to train, a map fnatic is known to play strong on. MYM did however want to prove what they are capable of on the map, which fnatic realized several times, when being eliminated, even with the bomb planted. First half went in favor of MYM, with a 11-4 score. As CT fnatic proved their worth, but all of a sudden MYM took those important rounds, approaching 14 rounds won. From this point and on, MYM saw the remaining rounds going to fnatic, meaning a 16-14 victory for fnatic on train and 2-0 overall.

Global Challenge Dubai 2009Best of 0

fnatic

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22nd October 2009

ex-MYM

Best of 3

Winning Global Challenge Dubai, fnatic once again proves that they are the team of the year. They got their revenge from the Chengdu final against SK Gaming, but the road to the playoffs was tough. We once again learned that fnatic did not do good in the group stage and was on the edge of crashing.

They did pull it together and in the playoffs they once again found the play them need to win tournaments like this. With the victory fnatic receives $10.000 and a direct invite to the Extreme Masters IV World Championship Finals next year at CeBIT.

Final Standings

1. fnatic - $10.000
2. MYM - $5.000
3. SK Gaming - $3.000
4. Vitriolic - $2.000
5-6. Alternate - $1.000
5-6. k23 - $1.000
7-12. Virtus.pro - $500
7-12. mousesports - $500
7-12. WeMade FOX - $500
7-12. KerchNET - $500
7-12. Assassins List - $500
7-12. Impulse - $500

The tournament also write history, as it is the first time at an international event of this size, sees first, second and third place being from the same country.

Global Challenge Dubai was an all exciting event and its not quite over yet, as we will be back with much more content from the event, including HLTV demos, POV demos and statistics. While you wait, you should drop by our Global Challenge Dubai galleries, where you can find all the excitement captured.

YEEEEEEEAH

2009-10-22 18:54

3 replies

laquax first comment ? o_O :D:D

2009-10-22 19:53

lol laquax :D

2009-10-22 20:13

BAN

2009-10-22 22:10

fnatic played a good match gratz fnatic.

goood)<3 SK"DDD

gg fnatic

2009-10-22 18:55

great finals, awsome stream :oD today lagless and joe really loves the game xD

now i'm waiting for my gear!

Meh MYM.swe put up a good fight !

Easy for fnatic.MSI =)

2009-10-22 18:56

1 reply

what match are u seen? =s s=

2009-10-23 00:38

Exciting match. DSN is the best awp'er in the world and he just showed it. MYM is such an awesome team!

60 replies

agree on dsn

2009-10-22 18:57

I think Delpan did a nice job 2 with his awp and that double kill by him:). Dsn was on fire with that AWP

2009-10-22 18:59

50 replies

Im not saying he's bad, but he is not like DSN. Not NEAR DSN :)

2009-10-22 19:11

49 replies

I never said that Delpan was near to the level of DSN but im just saying that Delpan was also a good AWP'r. But i really dont think that dSN is the worlds best with the AWP. He was the best AWP'r on this tournament but not the whole world

2009-10-22 19:13

48 replies

Well I was also trying to say that he is a great awp'er :D Btw, if not DSN, then who? Cogu or Sunde? Walle or Khrystal? TELL MEEE :<

2009-10-22 19:15

47 replies

sunde

2009-10-22 19:17

Gotta say that I _think_ he's had his peak

2009-10-22 19:19

Sunde and walle are better imo

19 replies

Walle is washed up with the awp, not nearly as good reflexes as he used to have. He gives the awp to Khrylle these days

17 replies

Delpan is for sure better than dsn with awp. Dsn doesn't have so good reflex, he is just sitting in one place and aiming at one spot, gaining many frags.

2009-10-22 19:22

7 replies

Yet still he frags more than Delpan does. Delpan misses ALOT.

2009-10-22 19:23

5 replies

Maybe he misses many shots, but he has some really awesome actions, showing his skill and reflex.

2009-10-22 20:37

Thats true, just gotta hit some more

2009-10-22 21:43

Let's be honest are you mmmmmmmmmmicke?

2009-10-22 20:45

2 replies

Lets be honest, are you vvvvvvvvvvvirgin?

2009-10-22 21:44

fRoD is the best!! O no dont flame meeee :(

2009-10-22 22:34

with all due respect, wtf do you know dsn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> delpan

2009-10-22 22:19

what are you talking about ? walle is one of the best awpers ever existed and his reflexes arent gone. he gives the awp to khrystal cause he is the only player which plays with 800*600 in sk , and that reso is little better in some positions. and have you thinked that its probably wise move to change the awpers that enemy cant really know whos gonna awp etc cause sk have 3 insane awpers , which all got different awping style and so on. So i dont really see why you talk that kind shit about walle. in my opinion those all 3 are better with awp than dsn.

2009-10-23 16:41

6 replies

Are u dumb? Cant you read? never said he was bad, just saying that he used to better. He is not in to be classed like DSN, Sunde, Khrystal or fRoD anymore. He does best with the m4, for the team too.

2009-10-23 17:53

You really overrate dsn imo, he's good with the AWP sure, but most of his frags is due to experience and good positioning, not his AWP skill.

2009-10-24 12:38

4 replies

Well he is good with the awp due to the things you said :)

2009-10-24 15:25

Yeah sure... That's one way of looking at AWP skill, not my way. :D AWP skill to me is just what you do with the rifle, positioning and understanding of the game is just skill in general to me. :) But AWP skill + a lot of skill in general of course makes you better with the AWP, that's true. :)

2009-10-26 14:30

Yah tr00 dat

2009-10-26 14:59

So what you're saying, that that makes him good with the AWP is ofc true.. ;)

2009-10-26 17:05

agreed here, but anyway his awp ace @de_train is the best awp action ever made (imo of course!)

2009-10-23 22:32

Agreed!

2009-10-23 22:35

ofc Sunde is better than them

2009-10-22 20:08

not really sure. But i guess i would say kHRYSTAL but thats my fanboy thought here :P. Hmm maybe Cogu im not really sure but not Dsn at this point... Final Oppinion: Frod

2009-10-22 19:18

9 replies

fRoD used to be awesomeness in a can back in the days lol, but now, TODAY, DSN is my pick :)

2009-10-22 19:20

8 replies

well then i must agree then. Dsn Worlds Best AWP'er Of the "Month" :P

2009-10-22 19:30

WOW, someone agreed with me?! <dies inside>

2009-10-22 19:34

dsn played really good not only with awp but with all weapons and he won some 1 on x cruacial rounds. imo he was mvp of the event

2009-10-22 20:42

Agreed

where is the ranking who was best player of the event who was best awper etc? is there any ?

2009-10-23 22:10

not yet

2009-10-23 22:58

There might be one since HLTV.org has their own stats system.

2009-10-24 12:39

<33 xD

2009-10-23 15:26

To be really honest, dsn is far from the greatest awp in the world, and thats why he does not buy it in every buy round or the most of them at least.. There is no comparison with awpers like Sunde, Luq, Khrystal, Friis, approx etc.. believe me on that one! ;))

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Creds to the guys you mentioned. DSN is insane even if you dont think he's the best ;D

2009-10-22 19:24

Well yeah he is actually really good.

2009-10-22 19:43

Have u watched Neo awp this tourny? maybe vtL ddnt do so good, but neo was amazing with that green gun!

2009-10-23 20:09

Neo is Neo.

2009-10-23 22:25

but Neo is a Pole. that's a very bad disadvantage ^^

2009-10-23 22:34

HAHAHA!<3

delpan is n1, have you seen him? I mean rigth now. today. these days.

2009-10-22 20:36

solo is decent when he is on his game with the awp. but i guess everybody has their days, but this tournament it was DSN

2009-10-22 21:46

2009-10-23 07:43

Pasha is number one ATM :p

2009-10-22 21:31

haha agree Passha roox XD look forward to see him on international scene ;d

2009-10-23 00:54

Poland sucks

+1, might be true really, he is so damn good with it, it's just that he's in a bad team so he isn't as recognized due to that.

2009-10-24 12:40

LUq is far from the top level with AWP nowadays.

It really depends from tournament to tournament,imo u would have to have statistics from all the big tournaments this year and then decide who was the best. Yes, dsn was n1 at this tour,but maybe Sunde will be better on the next one,or someone else,if u get my point...

2009-10-22 22:53

Yup I do, but DSN has been persistant at all tournaments :>

2009-10-22 23:08

He has, but in Chengdu for example he was really good, but he barely used the AWP at all. :)

2009-10-24 12:41

Well statisticly speaking, Sunde is the most fragging awp this year or the last one. But, the thing is that skill is not counted statisticly wides and who killed the most, but who is helping the team with his sniper the most..

2009-10-22 23:31

sunde is far from the most fragging one this year. last year he won.

2009-10-23 23:38

It is still the year of 2009, so yeah he is.. and we are talking about awp, not general fragging.

2009-10-24 00:26

are you incapable of reading? i said last year he was the most fragging one, not _THIS_ year. and wtf do you mean about it's still 2009? by "last year" i ment 2008, got it?

2009-10-24 10:18

Well he is the top fragging awp on 2009, so you are incapable of reading.

2009-10-24 10:36

gg fnatic and mym also! the stream wasnt that bad at all, the commentators were fine and it didnt lag 4 me. i'd prefer hltv anyway

fnatic is clearly the best team in the world atm.

fnatic d/\b35T

great finals , nice mym

Nicely played by Fnatic i was actually rulling for mYm. Remember that mym hasnt been a team as long as Fnatic so i think mym played very well also to KerchNET for playing against the pros. A new team like KerchNET will actually come far also as mYm will. Fnatic: Championes of Dubai

Yup, gotta take that into concideration!

word

2009-10-22 23:04

fnatic wim gratz !!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-22 18:58

I need 3 map

Good job fnatic! MYM was amazing this event. And of course, DSN is the man!

MYM > fnatic :(

in your dreams ...

2009-10-22 20:16

Apparently not?

Sweden CS teams > All world cs teams :D

now,the fucking nb team mym have to close their mouth, they only screm when they play, its very bad and not fair, i dont like when they always scream when they kill just one player, Cu =) fnatic just best team and own all :)

lol that's passion for the game :D they are playing for fun. GG fnatic i bet all and win ^_^ hope win some gear :P

gg ;]

Zet really impressed me, not the same zet from sk. Great tournament for MYM, they are still a young team with a lot of talent and they will definetly go far

agreed, zet played rly well

2009-10-22 19:04

+1 true , he is way better now

2009-10-22 19:45

Motivation!

2009-10-24 12:42

which was the first map played??

1st Map Inferno 2nd Map train

2009-10-22 19:02

inferno 1st map, train 2nd

inferno and train

Inferno

2009-10-22 19:01

go k1ck !

hahahahah

2009-10-22 19:05

i knew it . YEAH!

k thanks for the info :D

fnatic had trouble in the group stage, but still managed to win fnatic FTW!!!

GG FNATIC ! <3

it was a great game, mym almost did it. GG a better luck in the next event.

Fnatic once again! Good game, allthough I would really like to see MYM take the top spot. =) MYM played extremely well this tourny, I thought they would be out by group stage. Way to prove me wrong!

fnatic the best team of world <3 champions

nice

2009-10-22 19:06

NiCE!

2009-10-22 19:07

in all tournaments fnatic played bad in group stage, but after the group when they play elimination they always play better, DSn was very good in this final

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2009-10-22 19:09

ahaha headshot ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

2009-10-22 19:10

Pure dedication right there. =)

that's his pocket, as you can see on the other side aswell, if you're not blind.

Hahahahahaha....

2009-10-22 19:16

WHAT A MONSTER the key to succes - erection during a match

2009-10-22 19:25

photo of the year!

2009-10-22 20:04

hahahaahha very funny:D

2009-10-22 20:10

Gg fnatic............=D but zet u reallyy impresssed me :P

me waiting for my Roccat gear....lolz

hehe i loose 100$ :(

@brazuca aHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHH

nice fnatic,but stop causing heart atacks at group stages plz :D

l0l...

good for fnatic :)

this proves that fnatic is cursed in china! fnatiiiiiiic <<33

gogogo fnatic :D...Yipeee!!!! Congrats:) CAnt wait for the demos :D

#25 took the words out of my mouth. Not quite the NiP-high yet, but he played relaxed, not being scared of who he faced. In SK he felt held back, in NiP he was just running over everyone, now in MYM he is leaning towards NiP-side again :)

ok whatever....

Yeah!! Great!

tourneys best awp was Luq i think. DSN was sikc in some last games :D

luq delpan dsn they all player so good with awp and lex did as well

low start, good finish...gg

I am desperate to see the HLTV Demo. I have still not seen DSN awp moments....Nixon upload them please...

:D fnatic<3

eventually fnatic's experiance won the fresh blood of MYM. I believe that MYM will do great in the future. gg.

congraz

2009-10-22 19:21

Nix0n, when are the four winners announced? Not to make you hurry. :-)

confratzz expected nicely dsn

2009-10-22 19:26

FNATIC #1 !

2009-10-22 19:27

data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/carn.JPG ^^ reason why fnatic wins :D

lol +1 xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2009-10-22 19:31

why is everyone so blind... look closer, and you see its his pocket, just like the other side.

2009-10-22 19:55

i know, but its still funny :D

2009-10-22 20:48

and your still retarded

2009-10-23 22:31

I wonder who is..

2009-10-24 12:43

fag

2009-10-24 16:04

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GG! Great match.. Great Event! Thanks for the coverage, great as always. HLTV.org <3

again sweden domination i wud like to see some1 other than sweden win wcg...

2009-10-22 19:35

Well me not a great fan of fnatic, but, they played really at their peak when it mattered the most.......

Still for me neo >>>>>>> all and GL vitriolic for future I really wanted them to play well

2009-10-22 19:36

mym looked like little kids when they got their checks, pretty cool to see new young players up and coming

2009-10-22 19:37

sweden are really dominating ,its fucking sick lol

2009-10-22 19:40

Yay! :D

2009-10-22 19:42

ya but i doubt that any1 else can compete with them even in wcg this time since vtl and mtw are not that gr8 these dayz

2009-10-22 19:44

gg both teams We all gotta admit fnatic stil IS the best team:-)

GG fnatic :) gg MYM return

2009-10-22 19:49

data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/--WTF.JPG look this O_O

2009-10-22 19:54

data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/--WTF.JPG

2009-10-24 12:44

I say 2.0 :) GG

N1 fnatiC

2009-10-22 19:58

after the win by MYM against fnatic i was expecting a SK vs MYM final, but fnatic did really great and came on top, GG ALL. i guess no one was expecting that MYM can be that good :b can't wait to see h2k.

they came back really strong on the playoffs! glad they won relegation :p for a moment I thought that maybe their new dynamic was already over

2009-10-22 20:00

both semi-finals game with 16-1 and 16-5 results 3rd place game and grand final with 16-10 and 16-14 results. isn't this completely sick ? pretty sure it never happened before :P

2009-10-22 20:02

I didn't notice that really, that's sick for sure! Haha!

MYM should win this match ... because .. no offence but i hate fnatic , i dont know why :(

2009-10-22 20:03

i do also, idk why... i just hate them :/

2009-10-23 10:22

May be this is because they beat your favorite team very easily and very often :-)

2009-10-23 13:44

it was a very nice match. but i know to fnatic win.

gege fnatiC :-))

2009-10-22 20:06

Fnatic left their best play for last, has I thought. f0rest is still OWNING everything that moves :D

2009-10-22 20:09

TOP3 is Sweden nice

2009-10-22 20:14

nice gg Fnatic! :)

2009-10-22 20:17

Sweds so strong today... fnatic, MYM, SK, H2k, Begrip. Such a few teams from other parts of the world can compete with them. As I started watching CS I thought it will lead to globalisation of this game, and teams from all over the world will be fightning for top3 places. But not today :S

dsN is the best awp!

fnatic, clearly THE team of 2009 (and more I wish^^)

2009-10-22 20:38

nice :d

2009-10-22 21:06

nice job for MYM GG fnatic

fnatic dominated 2009 sk was not even close the team of 2008 spawn still play very nice sweden own's on counter strike

2009-10-22 21:56

fnatic right now is just like SK 2003, if not better.

2009-10-22 22:00

2009-10-22 22:25

ofc they are better, their dominance are quite alike if that's what you ment :)

2009-10-22 23:10

Agreed as cArn said : 2003 there had fewer tournament than right now, and hard to travel around the world. And the competition level is quite different and harder than 2003. For example : US Cs competition level cant compare as strong as europeans right now, because the CGS u no... so yeah i think fnatic is better than 2003 SK

2009-10-25 02:07

good job mates!

2009-10-22 22:15

NICE JOB !!! FNATIC !! The Best Team <3

2009-10-22 22:26

fnatic ftw <3

2009-10-22 22:27

keep it going <3 u guys!

2009-10-22 23:16

2009-10-22 23:40

sw33t!

2009-10-23 00:29

n1 game

2009-10-23 01:01

The wierdest torunament ever XDD both semi finals and both match for gold and bronze ended up with same result, first three spots taken by one country, and not one game ended 2-1. That's sick ;d

2009-10-23 01:03

Good game by fnatic.

2009-10-23 01:54

swe dominated but still there are rlly 2 much gays

2009-10-23 02:03

Demo fnatic vs sk ?

2009-10-23 02:06

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2009-10-23 02:09

AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH OWNED!!!!

2009-10-23 03:03

2009-10-24 12:45

Í have 2 say good job fnatic u still nr 1 in the world. Well done vitrolic after all problems u show then just u can fight vs swedes teams, mym this same great staff from u high class, and ofcourse sk like allways ,team who keep world class and can allways win , hltv nice one, great turnament i wish we have more like this one.

2009-10-23 02:27

fnatic was definitely the best team at this tournament. good show

2009-10-23 03:45

great came back for fnatic

2009-10-23 04:46

as far as awper,not forget goodrifle in tyloo.I still remember in chengdu when tyloo verse SK, goodrifle bought AWP while other teammates only used usp,and goodrifle killed three persons and finally tyloo won that round ,it's a classic that can't be copyed.

2009-10-23 06:58

GG fnatic But <3 SK

2009-10-23 07:49

i love fnatic GG Get_RighT

2009-10-23 08:17

congrats.next time sk

2009-10-23 11:23

Congrats fnatic nice game by all the fnatic players nice to see a different team in the finals GG mYm :) NeXt tournaments are going to be more exciting :D BTW When will be the demos uploaded ?!

2009-10-23 11:59

finatic nooooooooobs i am pro

2009-10-23 13:34

fnatic is the best ! MYM played well:)

2009-10-23 13:35

forest war 1 vs 1 yes ??

first of all i would like to congrate all players and fnatic for doing a great job coming up from a hopeless position to the top anyways the nice thing about this tournoment only 12 teams but all get cash even thought not much good job viva dubai

2009-10-23 15:13

and second of all?

2009-10-23 18:48

is a missing data :P

2009-10-24 18:54

Maybe not a as big international event but Sweden actually placed 1st 2nd and 3rd on CPL 2002 =). Might have been a couple Danes in the sk.sca team though.

2009-10-23 15:30

Isn't CPL a big international event? -.- And so what if there were 2 Danes, still more Swedes. ;)

2009-10-24 12:47

Sweden for world domination!

2009-10-23 16:07

is there gonna be demos from the finals?

2009-10-23 16:49

demooooooooooooooos!!!!

2009-10-23 19:00

demos werent recorded due to esl tv btw u can found out the record videos on esl tv tv.esl.eu/de/vod/

2009-10-25 02:47

ty :)

2009-10-25 02:56

nps... im watching it now ^^

2009-10-25 02:59

yap, where are demos?

DEMOS

2009-10-23 21:14

no demos esl

2009-10-23 21:19

ahah nice top 3 for Sweden ^^

2009-10-23 22:33

good job fnatic team. <3 DeluSioN :P

2009-10-23 22:44

wer are the DEMOS ??

2009-10-24 06:11

DEMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

2009-10-24 08:40

Well done MYM! I think this team will become nr1 if they stick together. And; 3 Swedish teams participating, 3 Swedish teams ending up with silverware. :)

2009-10-24 12:48

demos :)

2009-10-24 13:03

SK GOGOGO

2009-10-24 15:14

Attention PLZ : demos werent recorded due to esl tv btw u can found out the record videos on esl tv tv.esl.eu/de/vod/ sometimes the video crashed ....during watching :((

2009-10-25 02:48