Virtus.pro win Pinnacle Fall Series 1, secure LAN Sweet LAN spot

The CIS side picked up the $40,000 cheque and a spot at the $250,000 Belgrade event taking place in April 2022.

Virtus.pro emerged victorious from the first Pinnacle Fall Series tournament on Wednesday, besting Copenhagen Flames, FaZe, and SKADE in series on the way to the title as one of the teams directly invited to the playoffs stage.

The Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali-led side left the other favorites, FaZe, BIG and Spirit, behind after they eliminated Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team themselves in the semi-finals, while BIG and Spirit fell to SKADE in the Bulgarian team's surprise run to the grand final.

Virtus.pro picked up a smaller title at Pinnacle Fall Series 1

Despite their impressive run throughout the event, the squad around Georgi "⁠SHiPZ⁠" Grigorov could not contest Virtus.pro in the title decider. The CIS side woke up after being down 2-8 on Overpass to clinch the series with relative ease from then on, winning the opener 16-11 and the following Dust2 16-8 without much trouble.

Pinnacle Fall Series 1Best of 3 SKADEMatchpage 0 2 8th September 2021 Virtus.pro 11Overpass 16 8Dust2 16

SKADE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleks 'Rainwaker' PetrovRainwaker	31 - 36	-5	72.5	0.99
Viktor 'Duplicate' MitevDuplicate	31 - 40	-9	80.6	0.97
Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovSHiPZ	29 - 35	-6	60.0	0.91
Kalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovKalubeR	30 - 37	-7	60.4	0.88
Denislav 'dennyslaw' Dimitrovdennyslaw	20 - 36	-16	47.9	0.62

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	47 - 20	+27	83.8	1.56
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	36 - 29	+7	95.4	1.34
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisYEKINDAR	41 - 37	+4	86.2	1.22
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	33 - 28	+5	67.1	1.09
Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievSANJI	25 - 28	-3	55.4	0.95

With the tournament victory, Jame and company have become the seventh team to advance to LAN Sweet LAN, joining FunPlus Phoenix, HAVU, MOUZ, FORZE, OG, and Complexity at the tournament taking place in April in Belgrade, Serbia.

The final standings of Pinnacle Fall Series 1 are:

1. Virtus.pro - $40,000 + LAN Sweet LAN spot
2. SKADE - $4,000
3-4. FaZe
3-4. Spirit
5-8. Dignitas - $4,000
5-8. Copenhagen Flames - $4,000
5-8. BIG
5-8. AGO - $4,000
9-12. Galaxy Racer - $3,000
9-12. Endpoint - $3,000
9-12. GamerLegion - $3,000
9-12. 1WIN - $3,000
13-15. FunPlus Phoenix
13-15. Fiend
13-15. Movistar Riders
16-18. Sprout
16-18. LDLC
16-18. SAW
19-20. K23
19-20. Apeks

AGO #23 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Endpoint #26 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' UttingMohammad 'BOROS' Malhas HAVU #35 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJemi 'jemi' Mäkinen SKADE #22 Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovKalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovViktor 'Duplicate' MitevAleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov Apeks #55 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenFredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonSander 'Grus' Iversen MOUZ #14 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Virtus.pro #5 Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Sprout #42 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgTimo 'Spiidi' RichterMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich FORZE #15 Almaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov Age: 21 Team: SKADE Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1401 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 23 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1072 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.55 FunPlus Phoenix #29 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaLuka 'emi' VukovićMartin 'STYKO' StykPavle 'Maden' BoškovićAsger 'Farlig' Jensen SAW #44 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' GonçalvesJoão 'story' Vieira Dignitas #36 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergAdam 'friberg' FribergJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliLudvig 'HEAP' Alonso FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenHelvijs 'broky' Saukants OG #10 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiShahar 'flameZ' Shushan GamerLegion #38 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonMihai 'iM' IvanSean 'eraa' KnutssonIsak 'isak' Fahlén BIG #11 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne 1WIN #33 Vadim 'Polt' TsyrovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivAleksandr 'glowiing' MatsievichDenis 'deko' ZhukovDanil 'ravenlot' Bikvaidze Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 31 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1859 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.69 Spirit #12 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev LDLC #34 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaLambert 'Lambert' PrigentAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaNicolas 'Keoz' Dgus Movistar Riders #47 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaDavid 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo Complexity #17 Justin 'jks' SavagePatrick 'es3tag' HansenNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenValentin 'poizon' VasilevBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer K23 #24 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevRustem 'mou' TelepovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Galaxy Racer #53 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenAdam 'dezon' WahlqvistHugo 'chawzyyy' Günther Fiend #32 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' GanevHristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovDeyvid 'h4rn' Benchev Copenhagen Flames #27 Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenJakob 'jabbi' NygaardRasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss