Yet Another Won Tournament for SK Gaming
Yet Another Won Tournament for SK Gaming
Mighty Brazilians from SK Gaming have added another champions title to their impressive collection: they defeated Astralis in the Grand Finals of BLAST: Pro Series with the 2:1 score.
The tournament started with a group stage, in which six participating teams were placed in a single group with a round-robin format and best-of-one matches.
Group Stage
| 1. | Astralis | 4-1-0 | 79-41 | +38 | 13p |
| 2. | SK Gaming | 3-0-2 | 59-56 | +3 | 9p |
| 3. | FaZe Clan | 2-1-2 | 74-63 | +11 | 7p |
| 4. | North | 1-2-2 | 60-75 | -15 | 5p |
| 5. | NiP | 1-1-3 | 47-65 | -18 | 4p |
| 6. | G2 Esports | 1-1-3 | 51-70 | -19 | 4p |
Grand Finals
| Astralis | SK Gaming | |
| 16 | Mirage | 11 |
| 8 | Inferno | 16 |
| 16 | Cache | 19 |
FaZe Clan and North, who placed third and fourth in the group, played a show match. There were five 1v1 aim duels, with different players for each match-up. Every match was played with a different weapon. Despite having the same amount of kills, FaZe Clan secured 3 match-ups out of five and received $20,000 in prize money.
Show match
| FaZe Clan | North | |
| 7 | rain vs valde (M4A1) | 10 |
| 10 | NiKo vs aizy (Desert Eagle) | 9 |
| 10 | olofmeister vs k0nfig (AK-47) | 9 |
| 10 | karrigan vs MSL(CZ75) | 4 |
| 5 | Guardiann vs cajunb(AWP) | 10 |
Lately SK Gaming have been showing very impressive results. Since last summer, Brazilians have won at DreamHack Summer 2017, Esports Championship Series Season 3, ESL One Cologne 2017, EPICENTER 2017. At the moment they are ranked as top-1 or top-2 team in most CS:GO ratings.
Blast Pro Series was held on November 25 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Six participating teams competed for their share of $250,000.
Prize Pool Distribution
| Place | $ USD | Team |
| 1st | $125,000 | SK Gaming |
| 2nd | $50,000 | Astralis |
| 3rd | $25,000 | FaZe Clan |
| 4th | $15,000 | North |
| 5th | $10,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 6th | $5,000 | G2 Esports |