G2 Esports' Richard "shox" Papillon and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub have won the HTC 2v2 Invitational after defeating North's Philip "aizy" Aistrup & René "cajunb" Borg in the final. The French duo got off on the wrong foot in Bucharest, losing out to Space Soldiers' Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş and Buğra "Calyx" Arkın in their opening match, but still finished top two in the group after defeating EnVyUs' Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom and Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer, and Heroic's Jakob "JUGi" Hansen and Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen. A 2-0 victory over FaZe's Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and Håvard "rain" Nygaard in the semi-finals then followed, with a 2-1 win against North's Philip "aizy" Aistrup and René "cajunb" Borg assuring them of a spot in the final.
Due to coming from the Upper Bracket, Richard "shox" Papillon and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub required just one best-of-three victory to secure the title. The first series went the North duo's way, but then the G2 pair hit back in the following series to win the match. HTC 2v2 Invitational final standings: 1. With this victory, shox has won his second HTC Invitational title, having also come out on top of the 1v1 tournament that PGL hosted last year.   Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş  Age: 21 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.25 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.70   Julia 'juliano' Kiran  Age: 23 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69    René 'cajunb' Borg  Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 963 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63    Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer  Age: 25 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 998 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66  Richard 'shox' Papillon  Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1085 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66  Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie  Age: 25 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 117 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.67   Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen  Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 345 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62   Denis 'seized' Kostin  Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 921 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66   Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 601 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen  Age: 18 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65  Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač  Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.69  Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev  Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 561 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70  Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom  Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 928 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub  Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1042 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup  Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 771 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın  Age: 18 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 279 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61 |
