The Guild Eagles defeated Zero Tenacity 2-0 in the grand finals in the battle for the title of RES season 3 champions, thus securing a place in the EPL EU S19 Conference where they will have the opportunity to fight for a place in the new season of the ESL Pro League.
The team that won last season under the name Bad News Eagles, and which has since been taken over by the British esports organization Guild Esports, dropped only one map and that in the final of the winner's bracket during the entire tournament.
They defeated Miracles and THE SUSPECT in the first two rounds, to get the title after two consecutive victories against Z10.
In the grand final, the teams decided on identical maps as in the winner's barrage final, with the exception that this time we didn't have a chance to watch Vertigo because the match ended after the second map.
Z10 managed to right the Mirage mistakes from the first match when they were outclassed 13-1 by the Guild Eagles, and the home fans will rue the missed opportunity Z10 had when they took a 9-3 lead playing the CT side in the first half, especially when you consider note that GE took two of the three runs on the T side after 1 on 2 and 1 on 3 clutch situations.
An experienced team with two top 16 finishes at Major tournaments completely turned the score around down the stretch, taking 10 of 12 rounds in the second half to cruise to a 13-11 victory.
In the first clash between these two teams, Z10 was able to celebrate on their peak Anubis after overtime, but this time the Guild Eagles were more successful on the second map. They took a solid 8-4 advantage playing the T side at the start of the map, and then the teams alternated in the rounds won, which suited the Eagles, and in the end they came to a 13-10 victory that put them one step closer to the ESL Pro League and proved more once they are the best CS team in the region.
From January 22 to 25, they will fight for a ticket to the ESL Pro League, and their opponents will be PALOMA, Team Sampi, Pera Esports, ex-Raptors EC and the winner of the ESL Meisterschaft tournament.
