Vitality wins Group A after another victory against Astralis

The Group A Final from BLAST Premier Fall went all three maps.

It was a reprise from yesterday's Upper Final, as Team Vitality and Astralis went head to head. With both of them qualified for the LAN Final event later this year, it was interesting to see, how the two teams approached the map veto.

Vitality had the choice of playing Inferno or Dust2 on the deciding map and chose the latter. A map that the Frenchmen have had no success with the last five times they have played it in a competitive match. A sign that Vitality was forcing themselves to perform better on the map against a top-tier opponent.

Both teams won their map pick by 16-10, which paved the way for Dust2 to be the decider.

Here newcomer Jayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van saw some much-needed success as the young Vitality player was on the top of the scoreboard for the French Bees. Vitality took a 9-6 lead with them into the second half, where Astralis had to do win a CT-half, which had been the big problem for the Danes at this tournament. They fell short in the end, but after six maps of Counter-Strike, the Danes can be satisfied with a good showing, that qualified them for the LAN event on home turf. Team Vitality wins Group A after three straight wins at the tournament.

Astralis - Team Vitality 1-2 | BLAST Premier Fall Group

16-10 (Nuke) |  Bubzkji – 1.50 Rating / 25-13 K-D / 83.3 ADR

10-16 (Vertigo) |  apEX – 1.39 Rating / 22-10 K-D / 83.0 ADR

9-16 (Dust2) |  Kyojin – 1.47 Rating / 22-10 K-D / 83.3 ADR

MVP:  Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen | 1.22 Rating / 60-51 K-D / 79.1 ADR