BIG beat Spirit to win CCT North Europe Series 8

Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski averaged a 1.43 rating over eight maps in the playoffs.

mantuu helmed BIG's victory run, posting a 1.65 rating in the final

BIG have been crowned champions of CCT North Europe Series 8 after cruising to a 2-0 victory over Spirit in the grand final, converting their own pick of Vertigo 13-10 before stealing the Russian team's Overpass choice in dominant fashion, 13-6.

The win inspires some confidence in BIG ahead of their Roobet Cup and Thunderpick World Championship appearances, making up for a recent downturn in results online.

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The international composition had impressed in the European BLAST Fall Showdown despite a grand final loss to Cloud9 but recently recorded a handful of losses to lower-ranked teams.

BIG faltered in the ESL Challenger Jönköping closed qualifier to exit the event in last place and followed that up with a loss to 9 Pandas in CCT East Europe Series 3, but showed conviction and looked far more invigorated in this bracket run.

The Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz-led side and Spirit both received direct invites to the playoff stage and battled their way through the single-elimination bracket to reach the grand final.

BIG had a clean run, not dropping a single map with wins over Aurora Young Blud, Sprout, and Anonymo, whereas Spirit dropped a map to Permitta at the start of their campaign before cruising past Into the Breach and 9INE.

The grand final ended up being quite one-sided, however, with mantuu laying waste to Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's troops on both maps. Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets had a noticeably quiet series, ending the two maps with an average 1.04 rating, a steep drop off considering he still recorded an average 1.50 rating over the nine maps he played in the playoffs.

mantuu, on the other hand, remained impactful in his team's grand final victory and was consistently impactful throughout the tournament, ending the event as the second-highest-rated player with a 1.43 rating over eight maps — a full 0.19 higher than his closest teammate in tabseN.

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Spirit	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovetsdonk	30 - 34	+0.02%	80.5	73.8%	1.04
Artem 'ArtFr0st' KharitonovArtFr0st	21 - 24	+0.08%	59.8	71.4%	0.91
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	24 - 32	+1.52%	64.9	66.7%	0.88
Boris 'magixx' Vorobievmagixx	23 - 26	-3.09%	56.6	64.3%	0.88
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotiazont1x	15 - 35	-6.65%	47.3	52.4%	0.57

BIG	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewskimantuu	43 - 18	+7.95%	97.7	81.0%	1.65
Karim 'Krimbo' MoussaKrimbo	26 - 16	+0.15%	66.6	88.1%	1.21
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	28 - 29	-0.83%	73.8	81.0%	1.16
Elias 's1n' Steins1n	27 - 25	-0.81%	70.3	76.2%	1.14
David 'prosus' Hesseprosus	26 - 26	+1.66%	67.3	73.8%	1.06