Vitality won EPICENTER 2019

EPICENTER 2019 took place from 17 to 22 December in Moscow. The group stage of the championship was held in GSL-format with matches up to two victories, while the playoffs were played within the Single Elimination BO3 grid.

 Vitality started their way to the trophy in Group A, which resulted in the playoffs from the right-hand place. In addition to the team of Alex "ALEX"  mousesports,  forZe,  Natus Vincere,  Heroic & Evil Geniuses advanced to the next stage.

In the match for the championship title of EPICENTER 2019 Vitality faced mousesports, which in the semi-final took over Heroic and Evil Geniuses respectively. In order to determine the winner in the decisive BO3 standings, the finalists had to play all three map, in the end of which the French Grand proved their superiority over their opponent.

Distribution of the prize fund:

1.  Vitality – $250,000
2.  mousesports – $120,000
3-4.  Heroic – $40,000
3-4.  Evil Geniuses – $40,000
5-6.  forZe – $15,000
5-6.  Natus Vincere – $15,000
7-8.  EHOME – $10,000
7-8.  Virtus.pro – $10,000