Two tournaments played. Two titles. 11 victories, and not a single best-of-three loss.
That is FaZe’s impressive track record in Counter-Strike 2, after securing the trophy at Thunderpick World Championships 2023 this Sunday evening.
In the Grand Final, Finn “karrigan” Andersen and his star-studded troops took down Virtus.pro with two victories on Ancient (13-10) and Vertigo (19-17), respectively.
The highlight player throughout the series ended up being FaZe’s Robin “ropz” Kool, who caused severe problems for Virtus.pro round after round. On VP’s map pick Vertigo, the Estonian rifler racked up no more than 35 kills in 36 rounds and averaged a 1.49 rating in the double OT thriller.
FaZe vs Virtus.pro 2-0 | Thunderpick World Championships – Grand Final
13-10 (Ancient) | {cflag:EE} ropz – 1.35 Rating / 17-15 K-D / 99.8 ADR
19-17 (Vertigo) | {cflag:EE} ropz – 1.49 Rating / 35-20 K-D / 90.8 ADR
This was FaZe’s second title in a row after they won the Australian LAN tournament IEM Sydney last month.
FaZe win first CS2 trophy in history
Final result of Thunderpick World Championships.
1. FaZe – $250.000
2. Virtus.pro – $100.000
3-4. Monte – $50.000
3-4. Cloud9 – $50.000
5-8. Heroic – $12.500
5-8. MOUZ – $12.500
5-8. BIG – $12.500
5-8. Spirit – $12.500
9-12. FURIA – $0
9-12. Complexity – $0
9-12. SAW – $0
9-12. Fnatic – $0
13-16. Nouns – $0
13-16. M80 – $0
13-16. Wildcard – $0
13-16. NIP – $0
