Team Singularity Surprises at Copenhagen Games 2017 – RealSport101

Team Singularity came through the open bracket to win it all in the Copenhagen Games against tournament favorites Dreamchasers.

Danish Counter-Strike has taken a massive upswing recently after Astralis won the Eleague Major and teams such as North and Heroic started to place well in international tournaments. While Copenhagen did not feature the Tier 1 of Danish CS, it did feature upcoming teams in Singularity, Tricked Esports, North Academy, and eFuture.

While international teams such as the mostly GODSENT Swedish roster, the German superteam BIG, French leftovers Team LDLC, and North American squad NRG were expected to place in the top 4, it was a bracket filled with Danish flavored upsets. Dangerous Danish squad Tricked Esports faced NRG round 1 in the championship bracket and surprised the Americans by winning a comfortable 2-0 set. Tricked would go on to lose 2-1 to tournament runners up Dreamchasers, but the win against NRG would guarantee them top 4.

Singularity would face the Finnish squad iGame.com in the first round winning 2-1 in a tight early set. The team looked to be working out their jiggers as they easily defeated the Fatih gob b Dayik led BIG 2-0 to advance to the Grand Finals.

Mirage (16-13) Nuke (16-12)

An unlikely Grand Final was set between the hometown Team Singularity and the mixed bag of Swedish Dreamchasers. The Swedish mix was expected to be at this stage due to featuring three out of GODSENTs five starting players, benched NiP AWPer Jacob pyth Mourujarvi, and former player Joel Emilio Mako.

Despite the amount of talent on Dreamchasers, the teamwork of Team Singularity was too tight to be overcome. Down 8-7 in the first half of Mirage, Singularity was able to dominate on T-side to win 16-13. On Nuke Dreamchasers would go up 8-7 again at halftime, but Team Singularity came out of halftime and dominated on T-side.

Singularity came out of the event with a much-needed win and $31,840 USD in the bank, but the true storylines come from the teams that did not make Top 4. North American NRG has been in poor form for the longest and a tournament seemingly made for an easy win was out of their reach. The French squad LDLC led by longtime pro Kevin Ex6TenZ Droolans despite being invited was unable to break out of groups.

With ESL Pro League relegation coming soon for NRG and LDLC, it could be a time for reflection on their playstyles and rosters.

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