Live updates from Elisa Masters grand final

Apeks 5-5 FURIA

FURIA have clawed their way back into Vertigo from a 1-4 deficit on the T side. The tenth round, the one that brought things back to a stalemate, was full of action throughout the map until Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo clutched a 1vs1 against Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson despite dying to the Swede, but living long enough for the bomb to go off.

Apeks 4-1 FURIA

Vertigo is underway and Apeks are up 4-1 after winning the pistol round, the anti-forcebuy, and the first gun round, giving FURIA only the bonus round. Apeks then made it four out of five in an anti-eco.

After losing their map pick of Inferno and stealing FURIA's Ancient, Apeks are now looking to take the series lead for the first time in the final best-of-five on their second pick, Vertigo.

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad was the highest-rated player on Ancient by a long shot, hitting a 1.68. He was also the top fragger with a 22-11 scoreline and had the highest ADR, 117.6, making him a crucial component in Apeks' dominating performance on the map to tie the series up 1-1 going into Vertigo.

Apeks 13-7 FURIA

FURIA's perfect pistol round didn't set the tone for the half and Apeks went on to dominate on the attack to win Ancient, 13-7, and tie the final series up 1-1.

The two teams have now won each other's first pick, with the Brazilians taking Inferno and the Europeans now securing Ancient. Apeks' second pick, Vertigo, is up next. Mirage will be played regardless as the fourth map, and Overpass will be activated if the series is to go the distance.

Apeks 8-5 FURIA

FURIA made it two for two pistol rounds on Ancient with a clean A defense in which Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan opened the can, Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo took down three with Dualies, and Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes rotated in to get the final frag.

Apeks 8-4 FURIA

Apeks won eight out of nine rounds after the initial 0-3 start on Ancient and are in firm control at the half, 8-4. A pistol round win on the attack would put them in prime position to steal FURIA's map pick to even the series out 1-1 going into Vertigo.

Apeks 3-3 FURIA

Apeks have found their groove on the defense with rifles in hand and have brought their 0-3 start to a tie score after six rounds. In the fifth, Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad flew down Mid early in the round killing three to secure the round for his side.

Apeks 0-3 FURIA

FURIA are ahead in the dawning rounds on Ancient, their map pick, as Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos downed three players in the pistol round, including a 1vs2 afterplant clutch. The Brazilians then won a 3vs5 situation on the back of a Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes quad against a forcebuy to keep their lead untouched.

Apeks 9-13 FURIA

A crucial round 20 went the way of FURIA thanks to Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's quad-kill, sending Apeks on low economy. This time the Brazilians didn't fumble the rounds up against low buys and get off to a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Apeks 9-10 FURIA

What a mad game this has been so far. FURIA seized the momentum back only to lose to mostly pistols in a chaotic round 19.

Apeks 8-8 FURIA

After switching sides Apeks have gone flawless so far. A Dual Elites triple from Ådne "⁠sense⁠" Fredriksen got the half kickstarted and they have since converted a couple of retakes of the A bombsite to tie things up.

Apeks 4-7 FURIA

The Brazilians converted the 10th round pistol buy and Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes has topped it off with a beautiful ace in Banana, caring little for the smokes in his view.

Apeks 4-5 FURIA

Apeks are back in the running in the gunrounds despite a Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo triple. The Brazilians go on an eco after the last four rounds have gone back and forth.

Apeks 3-4 FURIA

Apeks end the four-round run after a chaotic B retake situation full of misses, which ended up with FURIA out of time.

Apeks 2-2 FURIA

Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos has ensured a Apeks doesn't run away with the first half with crucial doubles — first in a 2v2 retake on B and then in an aggressive play in apps.

Apeks 1-0 FURIA

Inferno is live!

Apeks' B hit in the pistol round yields them the first round on the T side and the Brazilians are down to an eco, so a freebie incoming for the European side.

Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan has been feeling ill, and Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira provided an update saying he is feeling better, albeit not fully recovered.

"We left him a little bit longer in the hotel to relax a little bit more, he's not like 100%, but he's better than yesterday. Yesterday he had almost 40° fever, so it was really difficult for him to play, but today I think he will be better."

It's the grand final day in Espoo, Finland!

Few likely had Apeks and FURIA making it to the title decider together on their bingo cards, but after a series of upsets none of the three top-five teams in the world in attendance of Elisa Masters — MOUZ, ENCE, or Complexity — made it this far.

Instead, these two will fight it out for the trophy in what will be FURIA's first international LAN grand final appearance in almost four years, since DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 (Gen.G won that tournament, remember them?).

For Apeks it'll be their first grand final of such stature, and it is one they will even go into as favorites given that they won their group stage encounter with FURIA convincingly.

Who do you have winning this?

Date	Matches
Elisa Masters Espoo 2023
03/12/2023	Apeks 16:00 FURIA	Match
30/11/2023	Apeks Finished 2:0 FURIA	Match