The Showdown is over, and the dust has cleared. Who succeeded, and who bombed out? We’re looking at you, NA.

Complexity and Liquid were joined in the biggest losers camp by Imperial and Falcons - ending s1mple’s loan tenure prematurely. We’d also mention NIP here if bombing out in last wasn’t completely expected for them.

The mid category includes but isn’t limited to, Heroic and Cloud9 — who at least have the Major to look forward to — unlike BIG and Monte.

But enough with the disappointments. Who showed out?

OG’s HeavyGood showed strong form with 1.41 rating and great plays like this glorious deagle 4k. But to he detriment of his team, he had to sit out on the semi-final against SAW due to “health reasons”. Stand-in, s0und, couldn’t fill his shoes - despite good effort - leading to an 0-2 loss against SAW.

Another highlight was donk. He dropped a 1.53 rating and at times seemed to toy around with his opponents (look at that grin at the end). In the semi’s, Spirit were brought to 3 maps by upstarts Metizport, a Swedish team featuring a host of Young Ninjas alumni. But the Russians would prevail in the second and third map after losing Metizport’s pick of Vertigo.

Spirit have now won 13 of their past 14 matches (!) Teams at CS2 major, beware.

Here’s how the Showdown shook down:

1-2. 🇷🇺 Team Spirit - $20.000 & Spring Final
1-2. 🇵🇹 SAW - $20.000 & Spring Final
3-4. 🇸🇪 Metizport - $12.500
3-4. 🇪🇺 OG - $12.500
5-8. 🇩🇪 BIG - $7.500
5-8. 🇺🇦 Monte - $7.000
5-8. 🇩🇰 Heroic - $7.500
5-8. 🇷🇺 Cloud9 - $7.500