Eternal Fire posted a pair of victories on Thursday to win Group A at the Champion of Champions Tour Season 1 Global Finals.
Eternal Fire defeated PARIVISION 2-0 in the opening match and took down SAW 2-0 in the winners match.
SAW had defeated Aurora 2-1 in their opening match, and they will have a rematch in the Group A decider match on Friday after Aurora eliminated PARIVISION 2-0.
The CCT Season 1 Global Finals split 16 teams into four double-elimination groups of four. The top two teams out of each group will advance to the single-elimination playoff bracket. All matches are best-of-three until the grand final May 23, which is best-of-five.
The winner will receive half of the $500,000 prize pool.
On Thursday, Eternal Fire swept PARIVISION 13-7 on Vertigo and 13-11 on Mirage. Meanwhile, SAW blasted Aurora 13-3 on Nuke, dropped a 13-10 decision on Dust II and rebounded to win 13-9 on Ancient.
The first map of the winners match required overtime, and Eternal Fire escaped with a 16-13 win over SAW on Anubis. Eternal Fire finished off a spotless day with a 13-7 victory on Nuke. Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalcin of Turkey led Eternal Fire in the winners match with 49 kills on a plus-17 kills-to-deaths differential.
Aurora eked out a 16-14 overtime win on Mirage before earning a 13-4 win on Nuke to top PARIVISION in the elimination match. Russians Aleksandr “KENSI” Gurkin (44 kills, plus-9) and Denis “deko” Zhukov (42 kills, plus-20) powered Aurora.
The tournament continues Friday with four matches:
–SAW vs. Aurora (Group A decider match)
–ENCE vs. Fnatic (Group B opening match)
–Gaimin Gladiators vs. GamerLegion (Group B opening match)
–Group B elimination match, teams TBD
CCT Season 1 Global Finals prize pool
1. $250,000 — TBD
2. $100,000 — TBD
3-4. $50,000 — TBD
5-8. $12,500 — TBD
9-12. no money — TBD
13-16. no money — TBD
–Field Level Media