Live: Astralis vs. Liquid 3-0 (Grand Final)

It's Grand Final time!

Watch the match live here, and follow our liveblog down below, where we give you all the best highlights from the big final. The final will begin at 17.00 (CET).

20:21: Astralis is your IEM Global Challenge Champions!

20:18: Device is destroying Liquid!

20:06: Magisk secures the round with a 1 vs 2 clutch. Important win for the Danes.

19:55: Team Liquid has closed of the first half on a high note. They are only trailing by one.

19:45: Astralis have taken control again leading 7-4. Liquid is trying to catch a break, but it is hard, when gla1ve hits shots like this!

19.25: For the first time in this series Liquid is ahead!

19.20: Dust2 is Astralis' map pick. But looking at the win-rates, you it could have been the other way around. The Danes has won their last five out of six on the map including two wins against Team Vitality.

19:15: Stats from the second map

Most kills: device - 32
Most ADR: device & dupreeh - 115.2

19:10: Astralis wins Overpass! They can win the championship on Dust2!

18:59: Liquid is showing some fighting spirit!

18.42: Astralis is leading 13-2!

18.31: Liquid finally secures their first point on Overpass

18.26: A-site is closed! 7-0 Astralis

18.23: Wow. Astralis is running Liquid over on Overpass.

18.17: Astralis wins the first round again.

18.10: Next up is Overpass

Team Liquid has played the map five times in the last three months winning four (80%). Astralis has a 71% win-rate on the map.

18.05: Stats after first map:

Topfragger: Magisk and device: 22 kills
Top ADR: Magisk: 92.9
Most AWP kills: Stewie2K: 9

18:01: Astralis wins the first map!

17.52: It looked done and dusted, but Team Liquid has begun a comeback. Can they turn the match around?

17.40: Astralis is running away with it right now!

17.31: A fast-paced first half ends with a 9-6 lead in the favor of Astralis. But Liquid is way better prepared than last time!

17.24: What a match we have on our hands! Device saves the round for Astralis with four kills!

17.16: Liquid strikes back. Stewie2k controls the Banana!

17.12: The Danes has started the match well. 4-1

17.03: Astralis wins the first round

17.00: The match is on. Astralis starts on their T-side.

16.55: We have our veto! We start on Inferno.

16.40 - Astralis can possibly claim their number 1 position in the World with a win. What a way to end 2020 for the Danes, if they go all the way.

Analyst Maniac has this take on the game:

16.30 - Prematch:

The mighty Danes take upon the NA-side from Liquid at the Grand Final of IEM Global Challenge 2020 to close out the CS:GO calendar. Both teams have met each other in many big matches and grand finals over the years. But who will reign supreme this time and take the $200.000 first-place prize at the tournament with them?

After Liquid’s match against BIG, Jake “Stewie2K” Yip was asked about the grand final and said, “I don’t think we have any nerves.” Even though the Danes have handed them numerous grand final losses, he added that he thinks this is not the same team. “I think we played Astralis once in a bo3 already and we feel like we are not playing the Astralis that we are usually playing on LAN, on the big stage. We feel like we really have a chance against them.”

Tune in and find out if Stewie2K and company can take down the mighty Danes to win their second grand final against them. The record is currently 8-1 in favor of Astralis, with the one win coming at IBUYPOWER Masters in January 2019.