LGB beat fnatic to win FACEIT Cup

LGB eSports defeated fnatic 2-1 (19-21 de_mirage, 16-13 de_inferno, 26-24 de_cache) last night in FACEIT December Championship's grand final to win the cup and $800.

Opening round of FACEIT's December Championship saw each of the qualified teams get knocked out without being able to put up much of a fight, as the invited teams proved they were clearly stronger of the bunch.

In the semi-finals Danish n!faculty took fnatic to their limit on de_train as they forced an overtime, but weren't able to take down the DreamHack champions, who prevailed 21-17.

The other semi-final saw Kenny "kennyS" Schrub's Recursive, led by his strong play, put up twelve rounds on LGB eSports but ultimately bow out as well, setting up an all Swedish grand final.

twist played great as a stand-in for LGB eSports 

The grand final proved to be one of the best so far in CS:GO despite DDoS issues and the late hour it was played in. First map de_mirage saw fnatic win 21-19 in overtime, gaining an early lead.

Led by stand-in Simon "twist" Eliasson's performance, LGB struck back on de_inferno, winning 16-13 to tie the series at now, now once again playing with Olof "olofm" Kajbjer, who was missing in regulation of map one.

The third and final map couldn't be decided in regulation either, and the teams were still tied after an overtime at 20-20 on de_cache, but ultimately it was LGB who came out on top with the narrowest of margins at 26-24. FACEIT December Championship 2013Best of 3 fnaticMatchpage 1 2 19th December 2013 LGB 21Mirage 19 13Inferno 16 24Cache 26

LGB	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	110 - 74	+36	-	1.34
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	100 - 81	+19	-	1.23
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	96 - 92	+4	-	1.06
Alexander 'SKYTTEN' CarlssonSKYTTEN	67 - 80	-13	-	0.88
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	51 - 62	-11	-	0.82
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	15 - 21	-6	-	0.77

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	104 - 84	+20	-	1.24
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' LundbergDevilwalk	84 - 83	+1	-	1.01
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	80 - 92	-12	-	0.91
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	74 - 86	-12	-	0.88
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	68 - 94	-26	-	0.76

FACEIT December Championship final standings:

1. LGB eSports - $800
2. fnatic - $400
3-4. n!faculty - $150
3-4. Recursive - $150

You can watch the entire grand final with expert commentary by VeryGames' Nathan "NBK" Schmitt here. FACEIT will return in January with another monthly cup.