"favourites" MOUZ fail as Victory Zigzag secure place at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

BLAST Premier Fall Showdown is almost here, and we now know yet another team to have qualified for the event thanks to Victory Zigzag's victory at the Pelaajat.com Nordic Masters.

A massive surprise given that MOUZ was regarded to be huge favourites, it was instead a tournament to forget for the young international team as they fell in the group stage to eventual finalists 4160lsk and Victory Zigzag.

With the international squad having a dominant showing on their way to qualification for the Showdown, how did they go about it?

MOUZ will be looking to put this one behind them quickly. Photo: Michal Konkol

Danish dynamite duo on fire

Starting in Group A with MOUZ, 4160lsk, and DUSTY, given that MOUZ were the highest-ranked team in the competition and GrimyRannarr's underdog pick 4160lsk were also strong, Victory Zigzag did well to top the group.

Kicking it off with a 16-14 victory against 4160lsk on Ancient, former GODSENT player joel was the star as he racked up an impressive 33 kills.

Victory Zigzag then faced MOUZ in the winner's match, with both teams looking to make the easiest route possible to the playoffs.

A 19-16 win on Overpass, joel was strong again, but former North AWPer Mertz topped the scoreboard with 37 kills.

Heading into the playoffs, Victory Zigzag next faced off against the Danish team ECSTATIC.

A 2-1 victory, they had to fight back from being a map down after a 16-8 loss on Anubis. Once again, joel and Mertz were the stars for the fightback as the duo got a minimum of 26 kills each in the following two maps. 16-14 on Inferno and 16-10 on Overpass, their performances were more than enough to book Victory Zigzag their place in the final.

With 4160lsk defeating allu's team JANO in the other semi-final, the two teams were set for a rematch of their opening game.

A match in which 4160lsk had no chance to stop the joel and Mertz onslaught, a 16-13 win on Ancient and a 16-10 win on Mirage saw Victory Zigzag secure their Fall Showdown place in two.