BIG Come Back from 0-2 to Win DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe
BIG Come Back from 0-2 to Win DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe
BIG have become the first team in the history of CS:GO to come back from the 0-2 score in the grand finals of a major event. Yesterday the German team defeated G2 Esports (3-2) in the deciding series of DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 – Europe.
As the upper bracket winners, G2 Esports started the grand finals with a one-map advantage. The French team was able to win the first map – Vertigo – with the 16:6 score. Later, however, BIG emerged victorious at three maps in a row – they won Nuke (16:5), Dust II (16:6) and Mirage (19:17).
BIG started the event by placing first in Group B with the 3-0 score, thus advancing to the upper bracket. There they outplayed FaZe Clan (2-0) and lost to G2 Esports (1-2), dropping to the lower bracket, where they managed to once again beat FaZe (2-0).
Group Stage:
| Group A | Group B | ||||
| 1. | G2 Esports | 2-1 | 1. | BIG | 3-0 |
| 2. | Astralis | 2-1 | 2. | Complexity | 2-1 |
| 3. | Heroic | 1-2 | 3. | Mad Lions | 1-2 |
| 4. | North | 1-2 | 4. | mousesports | 0-3 |
| Group C | Group D | ||||
| 1. | FaZe Clan | 3-0 | 1. | Natus Vincere | 2-1 |
| 2. | Team Spirit | 2-1 | 2. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2-2 |
| 3. | Fnatic | 1-2 | 3. | Team Vitality | 2-2 |
| 4. | GODSENT | 0-3 | 4. | ENCE | 1-2 |
Playoffs Bracket:
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The event was played between May 19th and June 14th, featuring 16 teams competing for a $160,000 prize pool. The results are as follows:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
| 1 | $54,000 | BIG |
| 2 | $28,000 | G2 Esports |
| 3 | $20,000 | FaZe Clan |
| 4 | $16,000 | Natus Vincere |
| 5-6 | $10,000 | MAD Lions, Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 7-8 | $5,000 | Fnatic, Team Vitality |
| 9-12 | $3,000 | Complexity, Spirit, Heroic, Astralis |
| 13-16 | - | North, mousesports, GODSENT, ENCE |