MOUZ through to CAC final over Astralis

The European squad will rest for a few hours until their rivals for the grand final are known.

MOUZ won their semi-final bout against Astralis 2-1 to secure a spot in the grand final, where they will face the winner of the second semifinal pitting FaZe up against ENCE.

Date	Matches
CS Asia Championships 2023
12/11/2023	FaZe 09:25 ENCE	Match
12/11/2023	MOUZ 14:20 FaZe	Match

The series kicked off on Overpass, Astralis’ pick, but the tone for a strong defensive side was set by MOUZ early on with a 2vs4 situation won by Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás and David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský.

The Slovakian rifler shined in a 9-3 half which was turned into a closer game once Astralis were the ones on the CT side, but in the end the lead was just too large to bridge and MOUZ stole the Danish side's map, 13-10.

Astralis did not lose their cool despite giving up their pick, however, and it was their turn to start on the CT side, this time on Mirage. Victor "⁠Staehr⁠" Staehr was the shining beacon for a dominant Astralis, downing 23 players in the 16 rounds it took his team to clear the map, 13-3.

It all came down to Vertigo after the two teams stole each other’s pick, but Astralis went missing. This time, starting on the CT side did not help the Danes, who lost round after round as Jimi "⁠Jimpphat⁠" Salo racked up kills without dying. The Finn downed 15 enemies before dying for the first time as MOUZ cruised to a clean half.

Staring down the barrel of 0-12, Astralis came out on top in the second pistol round, on the attack, to spare themselves the humiliation of a 0-13 loss.

From there on out the Danes started to rack up the rounds and made it all of the way to seven in a row, but in the end the man of the hour, Jimpphat, won a 1vs2 clutch on A to secure the series in his team’s favor.