HellRaisers win ESWC qualifier

HellRaisers won the Ukrainian/Russian ESWC qualifier after beating ASUS CyberZone 3-2 in the grand final (11-16 on de_cache, 13-16 on de_nuke, 16-7 on de_overpass and 22-20 on de_mirage).

Organised by Starladder, the ESWC qualifier featured three Russian and five Ukrainian teams, who played from the Kiev Cybersport Arena and the Moscow Cyber Stadium, respectively.

The tournament usd a double-elimination, best-of-three, format, with the winner of the Upper Bracket getting a one-map advantage going into the best-of-five grand final.

As expected, the two favourites, HellRaisers and dAT Team (who attended this event as ASUS CyberZone) reached the Upper Bracket final, which was a one-sided affair as Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov's side picked up a 2-0 victory while losing just 14 rounds in the process.

HellRaisers qualify for ESWC (photo courtesy of HR's Twitter)

The grand final also pitted these two teams against one another, but this time around the match was far more interesting: ASUS CyberZone took a 2-1 lead after picking up a 16-11 victory on de_cache and a 16-13 win on de_nuke.

HellRaisers suddenly found themselves on the brink of elimination, but they kept their cool and eventually ran out 3-2 winners following a 16-7 victory on de_overpass and a dramatic 22-20 success on de_mirage.

ESWC 2014 Russia & Ukraine QualifierBest of 4 HellRaisersMatchpage 3 2 12th October 2014 ASUS CyberZone 11Cache 16 13Nuke 16 16Overpass 7 22Mirage 20

Below you can find how the participants' list for the ESWC finals currently looks:

iBUYPOWER	E4US
Cipangu.GO	Virtus.pro
fnatic	NiP
Cloud9	KaBuM
dignitas	Planetkey Dynamics
Virtual Impact	k1ck
AlienTech	London Conspiracy
Energy eSports	Pow
Na`Vi	3DMAX
GPlay	mousesports
CPH Wolves	HellRaisers
France	France

Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 350 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63