GODSENT have become the champions of the PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe after three close maps with HellRaisers (Cobblestone 14-16, Mirage 16-13, Cache 16-14).

Cobblestone was the first map of the European Minor's final, where GODSENT started off strong on the less favoured Counter-Terrorist side with a 6-1 lead following a few close rounds on the A bombsite.

Another quick A execute gave HellRaisers an opening for three rounds in a row, while another gunround ended up with Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz losing a promising 1v3 attempt. Breaking their opponents in the next round, Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's team proceeded to get three more in a row for 7-8 on the first half.

Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg's double entry in a fake put GODSENT up on 11-7, though HellRaisers quickly equalized the score after a few close encounters on each site, including a 1v2 clutch from Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk.



STYKO clutched two important 1v2's on Cobblestone

The close rounds meant HellRaisers had to save after losing just one round, as Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist put up two entry kills, which put GODSENT in the driving seat at 14-11. It wasn't enough to close out the map however. STYKO continued to play well in the latter half while ANGE1 got a crucial triple in middle for five rounds in a row and a 16-14 victory on HR's pick.

The beginning of Mirage was a back-and-forth battle. HellRaisers won the pistol as CT but znajder's 1v3 clutch put GODSENT on 3-1. The following two rounds were split and the European mixture opted for a forcebuy, which was successful and set off a four-round streak.

With an A split, the Swedes stopped it and grabbed their fifth round before the last three rounds went back and forth for a 9-6 half in favor of HellRaisers. GODSENT won the following pistol, but a wrong read in the first gunround made it 10-8.

GODSENT made up for the mistake in the following two rounds and took the lead at 11-10. After exchanging the next two close situations, GODSENT took three comfortable rounds for map point. It took them a few attempts, but Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's 1v2 clutch eventually finished the map at 16-13.



znajder continued to put up good numbers on Mirage

Cache was a very one-sided affair towards the start, as GODSENT picked up seven comfortable rounds in a row. When HellRaisers had a chance in the eighth round, Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson stepped up with a fantastic triple in a 3v4 situation, but the European team eventually got on the board at 8-1.

The Swedes extended their lead to 10-1 once they sent HR on an eco again, but ANGE1's team managed to stabilize towards the end for three out of the four remaining rounds.

With a clean pistol round, HellRaisers closed the gap to 7-11. The first two gunrounds of the second half were split, which forced GODSENT on low economy while DeadFox and company made it 10-12. Their prolonged attack in the following round backfired, but a quick one in the next meant another eco for pronax's squad.

HellRaisers even took their first lead on the decider at 14-13, but the score was even right afterwards as flusha destroyed the Terrorists on the A bombsite. Lekr0 stepped up with a triple in another A retake for match point and Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell clutched a 1v3 towards the end for 16-14, 2-1.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe - ELEAGUE Major 2017 Best of 3 HellRaisers Matchpage 1 2 GODSENT 16 Cobblestone 14 13 Mirage 16 14 Cache 16

HellRaisers K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox 67 - 56 +11 74.9 1.11 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 60 - 63 -3 79.4 1.07 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero 66 - 60 +6 78.0 1.06 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik 61 - 59 +2 81.4 1.06 Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO 46 - 67 -21 63.6 0.84 GODSENT K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder 79 - 59 +20 90.5 1.29 Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha 59 - 62 -3 86.7 1.13 Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW 57 - 57 0 70.3 1.04 Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0 66 - 61 +5 74.2 1.02 Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax 43 - 63 -20 58.1 0.80

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe final standings:

With HellRaisers and GODSENT clinching the two Main Qualifier spots from Europe's Minor, the team list for the last stepping stone before the Major itself is following:

Only four spots at the Main Qualifier are left to be decided. Two will come from the CIS Minor (November 11-13) and two from the Americas Minor (December 3-4).