The German squad denied HAVU a CT-side comeback on Train to secure the series 2-0.

BIG defeated HAVU in a two-map series in which the German squad was always in the lead and in control of proceedings, taking their map pick, Mirage (16-5), before tallying their first victory on Train (16-11).

The series kicked off with BIG setting the pace on Mirage off the back of a four-kill round by Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz in the first pistol round, after which the Germans took a 5-0 lead before HAVU could reply with a clean A defense. The Finns weren’t able to follow it up, however, and quickly fell behind in the first half, which ended 4-11. HAVU secured the pistol round on the terrorist side, but were denied a second round by a BIG forcebuy after which the Germans team went on to close the map convincingly, 16-5.

BIG are through to the consolidation final

The series moved on to Train, a classic BIG ban that the Germans played for the first time in their opening loss to Extra Salt, where they took a 16-6 thrashing at the hands of the North American-South African squad.

Starting on the CT side, BIG were able to take hold on the map, running away early on much like they did on Mirage to take a grip on the half and reach double digits, 10-5, before switching sides. HAVU won the second pistol round, but four Desert Eagle kills by Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş in the forcebuy once again put the Finns on the back foot. Down 6-13 Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen and company tried to mount a comeback with five consecutive rounds, but were finally taken out as BIG got the three rounds they needed to bring it home, 16-11.

Up next for BIG is the consolidation final, where they will play the loser of Extra Salt vs. FORZE on Sunday afternoon for a berth in the grand final, where the winner of the aforementioned series will be waiting to fight over the $150,000 lion’s share of the prize pool.

Funspark ULTI 2020 Europe FinalBest of 3 HAVUMatchpage 0 2 24th April 2021 BIG 5Mirage 16 11Train 16

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	35 - 39	-4	83.1	0.97
Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi	30 - 42	-12	70.2	0.82
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	27 - 37	-10	68.7	0.74
Jemi 'jemi' Mäkinenjemi	24 - 35	-11	53.3	0.72
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE	23 - 36	-13	53.4	0.67

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	55 - 27	+28	109.8	1.71
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	40 - 29	+11	94.5	1.40
Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN	39 - 24	+15	84.1	1.37
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	29 - 28	+1	62.6	1.03
Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to	25 - 31	-6	59.1	0.90

Lasse 'ZOREE' Uronen Age: 27 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1515 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62 BIG #12 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1395 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.68 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1660 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 HAVU #18 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJemi 'jemi' Mäkinen Extra Salt #23 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley FORZE #40 Almaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin