forZe became the champion of Pinnacle Winter Series 2

The Pinnacle Winter Series 2 has come to an end. At the championship, which was held online from February 7 to 26, 28 teams fought for a prize pool of $84,000, as well as a ticket to LAN Sweet LAN 2022. The winner of the tournament was the forZe team, which is in the grand in the final, it turned out to be stronger than ENCE with a score of 2:1 (Ancient - 16:12; Nuke - 16:19; Mirage - 16:14).

The tournament for the future winner began with the main Swiss stage, during which forZe outplayed 777 Esports (2:0), Tricked (2:0) and SKADE (2:0), but at the same time failed to cope with Endpoint (1:2). However, in the playoffs, the Russian team changed a lot, confidently beating 1WIN (2:0), BIG (2:0) and GamerLegion (2:0), thus making it to the grand final.

In the decider, forZe started with a hard-earned victory at their peak, which led them to the series. However, on the Nuke map, the team failed to keep the advantage, thus allowing ENCE to equalize. And yet, on the third decisive map, forZe managed to pull out the victory, thus earning $44,000 and a ticket to LAN Sweet LAN 2022.

The current LAN Sweet LAN 2022 line-up is as follows: forZe, HAVU, OG, ECSTATIC, K23, Entropiq, Virtus.pro and MOUZ. Two more slots are reserved for former Complexity and FunPlus Phoenix rosters.

Pinnacle Winter Series 2 Results

• 1st place: forZe — $44,000 + ticket to LAN Sweet LAN 2022.
  
• 2nd place: ENCE.
• 3rd-4th place: BLUEJAYS - $4,000.
• 3rd-4th place: GamerLegion — $4,000.
• 5th-8th place: SKADE — $4,000.
• 5th-8th place: Entropiq.
• 5th-8th place: GODSENT.
• 5th-8th place: BIG.
• 9th-12th place: 1WIN — $5,000.
• 9th-12th place: Endpoint — $5,000.
• 9th-12th place: K23 — $3,000.
• 9th-12th place: Eternal Fire — $3,000.