BIG Academy inch closer to the WePlay AL S2 LAN final

First match in the bracket.

As mouz NXT and Young Ninjas have already qualified for the WePlay Academy League Season 2 LAN final, it was the time to find out two other teams at the tournament. fnatic Rising and BIG Academy were among the teams, who could obtain a spot with a pair of wins, facing each other for a chance to get the first.

Starting on Nuke, fnatic Rising put up solid numbers on their defence, switching to the offence with an “11-4” scoreline, closing the map few rounds later, “16-4”. Ancient did not look much better for BIG Academy either, as fnatic Rising had a “14-8” lead on the highly favourable defence, but a nearly impossible eight rounds stretch saw the German team force a third map with a “16-14”. Despite a “7-3” deficit, fnatic Rising managed to win the half “8-7”, as then they hit the match point first with a “15-13” lead. BIG Academy still forced an overtime, winning multiple unfavourable rounds and then secured a “19-16” map win and a “2-1” series victory.

Now BIG Academy will face a winner of the CIS derby between NAVI Junior and VP Prodigy for a spot in Kyiv, while fnatic Rising are going to play against the loser to simply stay in the running in the event.