FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #4
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
have won Superdome, EMEA's first VCT OFF//SEASON event, after beating
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
2-0 in the grand final.
BME Esports brought six of MENA's finest teams to Cairo alongside Acend and FNATIC — who were debuting new player Leo — to fight for a $30,000 USD prize pool.
The eight teams were placed in a Bo1 single round-robin group, from which Acend emerged victorious. The team recorded a single 13-7 loss against
Team RA'AD
Team RA'AD
MENA
Rank #3
Shalaby
Mohamed Shalaby
Shniider
Yousef Osama
chrollo
Omar Hussein
Depyro
Nour Sherif
SkaNoodles
Yousef Mohamed
Yassien
Yassien Ahmed
in the third round of matches, but managed to score a 13-9 win against FNATIC. Consequently, FNATIC finished second after
Geekay Esports
Geekay Esports
MENA
Rank #6
squeezed out an 18-16 win on Haven. RA'AD and Geekay completed the playoffs list, eliminating
Team Falcons
Team Falcons
Inactive
,
Piercer Esports
Piercer Esports
Inactive
Nartzie
Elyes Zoghlami
,
YaLLa Esports
YaLLa Esports
Inactive
ShawateRR
Mohammad Yousef
Near
Fahad Salem
Kitkat
Mohamed Alnuaimi
B4HA
Baha Mohamad Oqap
ISSAA
Issa Murad
VIPP33R
Omar Adwan
, and
NASR Esports
NASR Esports
MENA
Rank #5
xenon
Vladimir Lobov
from Superdome.
The playoffs were played in a Gauntlet bracket, which automatically placed Acend in the grand final and FNATIC and in the semifinal. Geekay and RA'AD faced off in the quarterfinal, where the former cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win on Breeze (13-7) and Bind (13-6). FNATIC put a swift end to Geekay's run in the semifinal, the first of two matches with a crowd, dropping just 11 rounds across Breeze (13-7) and Icebox (13-4). FNATIC moved to the grand final, where Acend had been waiting since qualifying to playoffs.
FNATIC immediately banned Haven, the map they lost against Acend in groups. Icebox, Boaster's comfort pick, was left as the series opener, which FNATIC took 13-4. Acend tried to fight back on Bind, a map they held a 60% win rate on this year prior to today, but FNATIC again showed clear superiority by taking a series-ending 13-8 victory.
Hide, Derke 's coming for you.Acend finish the season on a bittersweet note. Despite being a constant presence in the EMEA VCT and even attending the region's LCQ, the team was unable to move past the top six in Challengers and the top eight in the LCQ. Superdome, their last dance, saw the team reach a grand final spot for the first time since Champions 2021, only to falter 2-0.
FNATIC's prospects, conversely, are looking up. With their new addition playing in Enzo 's chair, Leo had the tournament's second-best KD, in his first appearance donning FNATIC's outfit.