Team Secret coast to title at Beyond Epic Europe/CIS
Secret answered 2-0 victories over Vikin.gg and FlyToMoon on Saturday with a pair of sterling performances the following day. After posting wins in 29 and 41 minutes to sweep Team Liquid in the lower-bracket final, Secret had their way with Nigma to claim the $80,000 first prize.
Team Secret recorded their fourth straight sweep by dispatching Team Nigma in Sunday's grand final of the Beyond Epic online Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States event. Secret answered 2-0 victories over Vikin.gg and FlyToMoon on Saturday with a pair of sterling performances the following day.
After posting wins in 29 and 41 minutes to sweep Team Liquid in the lower-bracket final, Secret had their way with Nigma to claim the $80,000 first prize. Secret secured wins in 49, 75 and 36 minutes over Nigma, who pocketed $35,000 for their runner-up finish.
Liquid, who swept Secret on Friday in an upper-bracket contest, claimed $25,000 for their third-place result. The 12-team, $200,000 Dota 2 event began with two groups of six teams playing single round robins, with all matches best-of-three. All playoff matches were best-of-three until the best-of-five final.
Beyond Epic -- Europe and CIS prize pool 1. $80,000 -- Team Secret
2. $35,000 -- Team Nigma 3. $25,000 -- Team Liquid
4. $15,000 -- FlyToMoon 5-6. $8,000 -- Vikin.gg, Virtus.pro
7-8. $7,000 -- Alliance, OG 9-10. $5,000 -- B8, Ninjas in Pyjamas
11-12. $2,500 -- Team Unique, Team Empire
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