Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak have defeated Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk in the grand final of Red Bull Home Ground #2, claiming the title of champion and first-place prize of €20,000.

The event began in a sixteen-team group stage comprised of top EMEA talent split into four groups. A Bo1 round robin weeded out two teams from each group, after which the remaining eight teams advanced to the single-elimination playoffs. Notably absent from the final stage were FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , who were bested by FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder and Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , and G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive , who finished last in their group.

In the playoffs, Liquid overcame Fnatic and TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev on their path to the final, while Acend first toppled Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin , the Masters 3 champions, before dispatching Giants.

The Bo5 grand final began on Split, Liquid's pick, where dominant defensive sides from both teams sent the map into overtime, which was eventually sealed by Liquid at 15-13.

Acend quickly pulled ahead on Bind to a comfortable 10-4 lead, but a composed Liquid overcame the massive deficit to again trigger overtime. Seven rounds later, Acend secured the winning round to end Bind 17-15 in their favor.

Heroics like ScreaM's were commonplace throughout the series

The two teams appeared evenly matched as ever on Ascent, but just as overtime seemed imminent once again at 11-11, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom secured the map for Liquid with two consecutive high-impact rounds.

The series concluded on Breeze, which predictably came down to the wire. An early Acend lead gave way to eventual Liquid momentum, punctuated by only a brief glimmer of hope as Acend managed to stop the Liquid streak at 12-11. But it was too little, too late, as a near-flawless round by Liquid ended the map and the series.

The final Red Bull Home Ground 2 standings are: