On Sunday, FaZe defeated Natus Vincere in the grand finals of PGL Major Antwerp, thus becoming the first team with an international roster to take first place at a major.
Two cards were enough for FaZe to win. On Inferno, she achieved a significant advantage from the very beginning, so that at one point the score was 8 – 1 in her favor. Then NAVI managed to close the gap, and after switching sides – equalize the score. In overtime, FaZe still had the advantage, and the map remained with her with a score of 19 – 16. The second map was chosen by Natus Vincere Nuke, and on it FaZe also quickly took the lead with a difference of even 10 – 5. After switching sides, the team from the CIS was unable to change the balance of power, and FaZe won this map with a score of 16 – 10.
Thus, FaZe took first place and $500,000 in prize money, and Natus Vincere – second place and $150,000. Third and fourth places were shared by ENCE and Spirit with $70,000 in prize money. The tournament MVP title went to Havard "rain" Nyagaard, who showed an overall rating of 1.24 at the end of the tournament and became the most productive player in PGL Major Antwerp. In the grand final against Natus Vincere, his rating was 1.49, and he was especially successful on Nuke, scoring 30 kills and leading his team to victory. Among other tournament participants who competed with rain for the title of MVP – Valery "b1t" Vakhovsky and Alexander "s1mple" Kostylev from NAVI.
