Aristocracy win ESL Polish Championship Spring Finals

Aristocracy defeated Virtus.pro 2-0 in the grand final to take home the ESL Polish Championship Spring 2019 Finals trophy (16-14 on Mirage and 16-5 on Nuke).

The LAN event taking place at the ESL Arena in Katowice featured the top six teams from the online stage of the competition. Aristocracy and x-kom qualified directly for the semi-finals as they finished inside the top two in the online stage, while the remaining four sides began their campaign in the quarter-finals.

Virtus.pro defeated AGO 2-0 and moved past x-kom with a 2-1 scoreline to advance to the grand final. Aristocracy became Virtus.pro's opponents by beating PACT 2-0 in the semis.

Aristocracy snatched up $20,800

The grand final kicked off on Mirage, where the CT-sided Aristocracy dominated the early proceedings by winning the first nine rounds. Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's team picked up only one more round in the first half, leading 10-5. However, their four-round streak to begin the second half put them 14-5 ahead on the T-side. Virtus.pro didn't go down easily and took the game to 30 rounds but two kills by Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski in the final round wrapped up the game 16-14 in Aristocracy's favor.

Nuke was the second map of the series and Aristocracy attained 11 rounds in the first half despite starting on the T-side. They earned eleven match points with four consecutive round victories to begin the second half and went on to win 16-5. With the 2-0 series victory, Aristocracy were crowned the ESL Polish Championship Spring 2019 Finals champions.

ESL Polish Championship Spring 2019 FinalsBest of 3 Virtus.proMatchpage 0 2 9th June 2019 Aristocracy 14Mirage 16 5Nuke 16

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	38 - 35	+3	79.2	1.04
Arek 'Vegi' NawojskiVegi	38 - 39	-1	72.8	0.89
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	28 - 40	-12	68.5	0.82
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	27 - 40	-13	62.8	0.81
Michal 'OKOLICIOUZ' GlowatyOKOLICIOUZ	27 - 39	-12	61.1	0.73

Aristocracy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'dycha' Dychadycha	47 - 36	+11	94.7	1.45
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	43 - 30	+13	96.4	1.41
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	43 - 27	+16	86.8	1.35
Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMINISE	37 - 29	+8	64.5	1.09
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	23 - 36	-13	56.8	0.87

The final standings at the ESL Polish Championship Spring 2019 Finals:

1. Aristocracy - $20,800
2. Virtus.pro - $10,400
3-4. PACT - $3,900
3-4. x-kom - $3,900
5-6. AGO - $2,600
5-6. Izako Boars - $2,600

Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 33 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1688 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Age: 23 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1180 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Virtus.pro #58 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMichal 'OKOLICIOUZ' GlowatyArek 'Vegi' Nawojski PACT #92 Piotr 'morelz' TaterkaDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraPatryk 'Sidney' KorabKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski Aristocracy #32 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha AGO #26 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma Izako Boars #88 Mateusz 'matty' KołodziejczykKarol 'tecek' KapczyńskiSebastian 'NEEX' TrelaPatryk 'Patitek' FabrowskiPiotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki x-kom #47 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński