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Natus Vincere have recorded another very close victory, this time getting revenge on WinFakt for the earlier loss. Despite being down 11-4 at the half, the Ukrainians ended up victorious 16-14 on de_tuscan, which scheduled them an encounter with fnatic in the Grand final of Copenhagen Games 2012.

Earlier in the tournament, WinFakt knocked Natus Vincere down to the lower bracket with victories on de_train and de_inferno. However, the Consolidation final wouldn't be played on either of those maps, as the teams agreed on de_tuscan this time.

WinFakt started as Terrorists and the opening pistol-round was brought down to the wire, as the Finns' stand-in Miikka "dRiim" Toroi managed to win a 1vs2 situation in the last second. After the necessary ecos by Na`Vi, the Finns surprised them by a quick attack at the A bombsite which secured them another round and a 4-0 lead.

Natus Vincere weren't very affected and they decided to buy in the next round, which turned out to be a good decision, as they brought the score to 4-2.

WinFakt, however showed that this was their time to shine, as they went on to rack up several unlikely rounds in a row, including a 2-on-4 situation by Aleksi "allu" Jalli and Timi "aslak" Verkkoperä, getting up to an 11-3 advantage. Natus Vincere took the last round of the half thanks to Sergey "starix" Ischuk, who was the only bright spot in the Ukrainian team, as he won a 1vs1 situation with a defuse in the very last second.

Natus Vincere wouldn't be the champions they've been in the past years if they would simply lay their hands down and surrender when facing an 11-4 deficit, which they proved by winning the pistol round and starting a comeback. After near-perfect anti-ecos Na`Vi took the first buy round as well, and a round later they were already closer at 11-9.

WinFakt managed to win the sixth round of the half, and increase the lead to 12-9, but Natus Vincere reset the Finns' money system by winning the next round. That provided them to get just one round away from evening the score at 12 each, which they did after winning the next round thanks to two opening AWP kills by Yegor "markeloff" Markelov.

WinFakt snapped out of it shortly, getting back into the lead 13-12, but Natus Vincere equalized right away and forced the Finnish team on another eco round, which got them into the lead for the first time in the match at 14-13.

The Finns still had a round up their sleeve, getting the score back even at 14-14, but Natus Vincere proved to be the better team on this occasion, winning the last two rounds and thus the match, 16-14. 

Copenhagen Games 2012Best of 0 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 14 7th April 2012 WinFakt.fi 16Tuscan 14

markeloff & co. make yet another final

Match statistics:

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

WinFakt.fi	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

The Grand final between fnatic and Natus Vincere will start as soon as both teams set up on the stage. The Ukrainian team needs to win two maps, while fnatic will be needing just one to win the 9,400€ prize.

WinFakt's impressive and unexpectedly successful campaign has come to an end with a 3rd place finish, which secured them 2,600€.