FaZe Clan won two tightly contested maps to sweep Virtus.pro in the grand final of the Thunderpick World Championship on Sunday.
FaZe, which won the $250,000 first prize, broke away from a 10-10 tie on the first map, Ancient, to win 13-10.
On the second map, Vertigo, Virtus.pro jumped out to an 8-1 lead, but FaZe won 11 of the next 13 rounds to lead 12-10. Virtus.pro won the last two rounds to force overtime at 12-12, but FaZe went on to a 19-17 victory.
Virtus.pro settled for a $100,000 second prize.
On Ancient, Robin “ropz” Kool of Estonia led FaZe with 17 kills and a plus-1.35 rating. David “n0rb3r7” Daniyelyan of the all-Russian Virtus.pro lineup scored 20 kills and was their only player with a positive rating at plus-1.23.
On Vertigo, ropz again paced the winners with 35 kills and a plus-1.49 rating. Evgenii “FL1T” Lebedev had 30 kills, and shared the highest rating for Virtus.pro with Petr “fame” Bolyshev at plus-1.23.
Sixteen teams were divided into four double-elimination groups of four at the $500,000 event. The top two teams from each group advanced to the playoffs, a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-three format.
Thunderpick World Championship prize pool
1. $250,000 — FaZe Clan
2. $100,000 — Virtus.pro
3-4. $50,000 — Cloud 9, Monte
5-8. $12,500 — BIG, Team Spirit, MOUZ, Heroic
9-12. no prize money — Fnatic, SAW, Complexity Gaming, FURIA Esports
13-16. no prize money — Ninjas in Pyjamas, Wildcard Gaming, M80, Nouns Esports
–Field Level Media
