Ancient was the first map as both teams took the stage in Saudi Arabia to a decent crowd, although not one that compares to any S-tier tournament we’ve come accustomed to.

Snax played a blinder of a map alongside his two-star rifles, but NAVI had enough in JL and Aleksi to push it to OT. Still, the G2 superstar vibes were too strong, and malbs just bulldozed on a rush B to close the map 16-14.

A great start for this new look G2 roster, and one they were looking to build on as they set out to play Nuke for map 2.

Unfortunately for G2 that didn't happen, they got shut down.

malbs looked miscast in his roles, which was mirrored by b1t putting in an anchoring masterclass. A masterclass that guided NAVI to a 7-0 CT half to win the game.

The decider, Inferno, didn't look much different.

NAVI exposed G2’s CT side and ran through their lines like prime R9. b1t much like on Nuke, was a monster, but he wasn't alone. All of NAVI were on fire and none of them got below a 1.1 rating for the map, which was enough to easily close the final 2-1.

Congrats to NAVI for being world champions. Since it's either this or the Major, they're qualified for the title. Aleksi 1 World Cup, Ronaldo 0.

The final standings at EWC:

1st 🇪🇺 NAVI - $400.000
2nd 🇪🇺 G2 Esports - $175.000
3-4th 🇪🇺 MOUZ - $85.000
3-4th 🇷🇺 Virtus.pro - $85.000
5-8th 🇪🇺 FaZe - $40.000
5-8th 🇧🇷 FURIA - $40.000
5-8th 🇪🇺 Vitality - $40.000
5-8th 🇷🇺 Spirit - $40.000

Everything else

😠 In m0E’s voice HE’S CHEATING

Razer has broken gaming with their new keyboard feature. Yet another way for everyone else to be better than us, great.

STYKO’s started exploring some really desperate ways of re-elevating his career. Or it’s just a hypothetical about cheating at the highest level. Who knows.

🧠 Absolute genius

First of all, amazing insight to think of a video for people that duo-queue. That’s a niche even we hadn’t thought of before.

Secondly, who would’ve thought former wonderkid Zero would be giving us such a useful tool for visualising CS. Also it looks like that game SUPERHOT. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT.

🤔 What is even happening

W. T. F. Finland. The Finnish stream just brings in the entire circus, no biggie.

B1ad3 apparently told s1mple to start playing T3 online cups to “git gud” or something. What.