ENCE qualify for ESL One Cologne over Spirit

ENCE have booked their spot at ESL One Cologne after beating Spirit 2-0 in the grand final of GG.BET Majestic, held in Moscow.

ENCE and Spirit met in the grand final of GG.BET Majestic after leaving behind ALTERNATE aTTaX and AVANGAR in the previous stages of the LAN qualifier, which had a $25,000 prize pool and gave a spot at ESL One Cologne.

The grand final started on Mirage, ENCE's map pick, with Spirit winning their T-side pistol. The Finnish team did not let them follow that up, however, and immediately countered the Russians to take control of proceedings.

Spirit then won the first gun round thanks to a 2v5 clutch from Dmitry "⁠S0tF1k⁠" Forostyanko and Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev, but ENCE remained in the driving seat, losing only one more round before finishing off the map with a dominant 16-3 score.

Spirit did not want to back down and began their map pick, Cache, on the right foot, securing a quick 5-0 lead after prevailing in their T-side pistol.

allu's ENCE take their revenge on Spirit after losing their opener in Moscow

ENCE then responded with a two-round streak, but they simply could not find any control throughout the half, with Spirit coming out on top with an 11-4 scoreline.

The Finns responded vigorously in the second half, losing just the first gun round before equalizing the score at 12-12. And even though Spirit got back to life and went on to hit map-point without response, ENCE managed to take it to overtime.

Spirit also had the upper hand at the start of overtime, but the Finnish squad remained calm and collected to close out the map, 22-18, and clinch their spot in Cologne.

GG.BET Majestic - ESL One Cologne QualifierBest of 3 SpiritMatchpage 0 2 6th June 2018 ENCE 3Mirage 16 18Cache 22

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GG.BET Majestic - ESL One Cologne Qualifier final standings

1. ENCE - spot at ESL One Cologne
2. Spirit - $15,000
3. ALTERNATE aTTaX - $7,000
4. AVANGAR - $3,000

ESL One Cologne 2018 will run on July 3-8, with 16 teams battling it out for a share of the $300,000 prize pool. The team list for the event looks as follows:

Astralis	BIG
Cloud9	FaZe
fnatic	G2
Liquid	MOUZ
Natus Vincere	Ninjas in Pyjamas
SK	BOOT-d[S]
Renegades	North
Gambit	ENCE

BIG #28 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Spirit #32 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev AVANGAR #21 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Gambit #13 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovNikolay 'mir' BityukovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard fnatic #6 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov ALTERNATE aTTaX #38 Florian 'syrsoN' RischeNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenStefan 'stfN' SeierMads 'Console' SkovbyNils 'k1to' Gruhne Liquid #5 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Renegades #12 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis MOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz SK #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David BOOT-d[S] #48 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Cloud9 #8 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' Ta Dmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Age: 23 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 730 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 G2 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Age: 21 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 205 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 ENCE #57 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner