fnatic claim RES Series 1 title over BLEED

fnatic came back from an opening loss in the $100,000 online tournament to win the whole thing.

fnatic have come out victorious from RES Regional Series 1 Europe and earned the $50,000 first-place prize after a laborious run through the competition.

The European side around Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro had come back from an opening group stage loss to Preasy to win the whole thing. A rematch against the Danes earned them a ticket to the playoffs, where they passed 3DMAX and the surprise of the tournament, Young Ninjas, in a close-fought series to set up a grand final affair against BLEED.

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović's squad came through the other side of the bracket after beating teams like the new BIG and BetBoom despite recent roster issues, which saw Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea make way for Vladan "⁠VLDN⁠" Radević for the time being.

1.23 rating

hampus in RES Series 1

But not even an inspired performance from Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser could bring BLEED over the line in the grand final. The Swedish in-game leader topped the board on all three maps against fnatic and ended the event as the highest-rated player (1.23 over 12 maps) only to come short of the title.

Can "⁠kyuubii⁠" Ali finished the tournament just behind the Swedish in-game leader and was joined at the top of the charts by Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson, Matúš "⁠MATYS⁠" Šimko and Aurélien "⁠afro⁠" Drapier, each of whom showed up in different moments on the way to the online trophy.

fnatic thus earn some respite just two weeks following their failure in the PGL Major Copenhagen Europe RMRs. They couldn't convert two straight chances to qualify for the premier tournament up against KOI and SAW and fell to the Last Chance Qualifier, where GamerLegion put an end to their Major hopes.

RES Regional Series 1 EuropeBest of 3

BLEED

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6th March 2024

fnatic

9

Ancient

13

13

Inferno

7

10

Anubis

13

BLEED	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	55 - 49	+1.72%	96.1	75.4%	1.40
Cai 'CYPHER' WatsonCYPHER	46 - 40	+1.69%	71.3	72.3%	1.16
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	42 - 43	-1.62%	66.0	70.8%	0.97
Vladan 'VLDN' RadevićVLDN	35 - 43	-2.62%	63.5	72.3%	0.94
Josef 'faveN' BaumannfaveN	36 - 47	-1.28%	57.9	67.7%	0.83

fnatic	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Can 'kyuubii' Alikyuubii	56 - 42	+2.20%	91.4	76.9%	1.26
Aurélien 'afro' Drapierafro	52 - 35	+3.96%	75.4	72.3%	1.25
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	42 - 46	+0.81%	81.4	66.2%	1.11
Matúš 'MATYS' ŠimkoMATYS	34 - 49	-2.92%	61.9	70.8%	0.90
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	37 - 43	-2.21%	68.1	64.6%	0.86

The final standings of RES Regional Series 1 look as follows:

1. fnatic - $50,000
2. BLEED - $25,000
3-4. Young Ninjas - $12,500
3-4. BetBoom - $12,500
5-8. Rebels
5-8. Aurora
5-8. 3DMAX
5-8. ECSTATIC
9-12. BIG
9-12. Sangal
9-12. Preasy
9-12. Monte
13-16. PARIVISION
13-16. HAVU
13-16. ALTERNATE aTTaX
13-16. AMKAL