K23 win Pinnacle Winter Series 1

The Russian squad secured a spot at the LAN Sweet LAN tournament in Belgrade, Serbia.

The Pinnacle Winter Series 1 has come to an end with K23 coming out victorious in the grand final, defeating the recently formed Apeks to take the $40,000 lion's share of the prize pool and securing a spot at LAN Sweet LAN 2022.

The final match came after a wild playoff in which the favorites were knocked out in the quarter-finals, as FURIA, HEROIC, fnatic and Eternal Fire were all eliminated at that point. In the semi-finals it was K23 and Apeks who made it all the way, leaving Copenhagen Flames and Wisla Krakow in their wakes.

xsepower and co. keep turning heads in the second tier

The grand final itself started off on Ancient, Apeks' map pick, but a strong CT side start by the Russian squad with a 10-5 half put the pressure on the international team, who weren't able to retaliate on their turn defending and lost their map 10-16.

Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk and company were then did the same exact thing they suffered in the first map, and took it to K23 on their pick, Nuke, winning the CT side 12-3. The Russians attempted a comeback on their own defense, but to no avail as Apeks brought the series even with a 16-12 victory.

Everything came down to Overpass, where the CT side once again ruled as K23 went up 11-4 on the defense. The switch put Apeks on the defense and a comeback attempt ensued, but having dropped the three first rounds of the half it was finally the Russians who were able to cross the finish line, 16-11, to secure victory.

Pinnacle Winter Series 1Best of 3

K23

Matchpage

2

1

2nd February 2022

Apeks

16

Ancient

10

12

Nuke

16

16

Overpass

11

K23	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyann0rb3r7	62 - 57	+5	94.1	80.2%	1.26
Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikovxsepower	51 - 34	+17	63.8	80.2%	1.23
Petr 'fame' Bolyshevfame	58 - 44	+14	64.6	77.8%	1.11
Daniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevX5G7V	59 - 54	+5	76.4	67.9%	1.09
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovneaLaN	53 - 60	-7	78.1	66.7%	0.97

Apeks	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	67 - 56	+11	91.0	64.2%	1.17
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	54 - 52	+2	66.6	75.3%	1.01
Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk	48 - 50	-2	58.8	63.0%	0.93
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	44 - 65	-21	65.9	64.2%	0.78
Hugo 'chawzyyy' Güntherchawzyyy	36 - 61	-25	59.4	64.2%	0.75

The tournament's final standings are:

1. K23 - $40,000 + LAN Sweet LAN 2022
2. Apeks - $4,000
3-4. Wisla Krakow - $4,000
3-4. Copenhagen Flames
5-8. FURIA
5-8. fnatic
5-8. HEROIC
5-8. Eternal Fire - $4,000
9-12. MOUZ NXT $3,000
9-12. Dignitas -$3,000
9-12. Endpoint - $3,000
9-12. Sprout - $3,000
13-15. SAW
13-15. SKADE
13-15. Tricked
16-18. Unique
16-18. 1win
16-18. GamerLegion
19-20. BLINK
19-20. Savage