Sangal steal RES title from Zero Tenacity

Earlier in the event, the new NIP also made a short-lived debut with latest addition isak.

xfl0ud & co. secure their first tournament win with the current core

Sangal have claimed the trophy at the RES Regional Series 4 Europe online tournament following a 2-1 victory in the grand final against Zero Tenacity.

The Turkish-Swedish-Polish mixture stole the win from the controversial Balkan side, who have been a target of cheating accusations in recent times and during this tournament, after getting off to a horrid start on the deciding map.

The two sides had narrowly exchanged the first two maps, each winning their pick 13-11 after late efforts on Vertigo and Anubis, and it went down to Nuke.

Zero Tenacity seemed to have everything in their hands after securing a 9-3 defensive half and the second pistol, but an Linus "⁠LNZ⁠" Holtäng Deagle triple kickstarted a comeback and Sangal made it back into overtime off of a dominant CT side.

There, Sangal couldn't convert a match point of their own despite a Simon "⁠yxngstxr⁠" Boije 1v3 in the first set of extra time, but they got the job done in the second to claim the victory.

It is the first title the organization has claimed in nearly two years, and the first with this core of the team, which has just undergone two changes in as many months with the addition of Turkish rifler Samet "⁠jottAAA⁠" Köklü and Polish AWPer Dawid "⁠SaMey⁠" Stańczak. The newcomers ended up as the team's highest-rated players at the tournament at 1.22 and 1.13, respectively.

The same event also notably saw the new Ninjas in Pyjamas debut with Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén, and they were among the teams to fall at the hands of the victorious Sangal and also suffered a loss to Metizport to exit the event in 9th-12th place.

Final standings of RES Regional Series 4 Europe

1. Sangal - $50,000
2. Zero Tenacity - $25,000
3-4. BLEED - $12,500
3-4. Monte - $12,500
5-8. Metizport
5-8. 9 Pandas
5-8. PARIVISION
5-8. Sashi
9-12. B8
9-12. Ninjas in Pyjamas
9-12. Passion UA
9-12. MOUZ NXT
13-16. Rare Atom
13-16. ALTERNATE aTTaX
13-16. 3DMAX
13-16. DMS