In today’s glimpse at the journey of our BLAST Premier World Final participants, we’re taking a look at Team Vitality, the French organization fielding a French-Danish-Israeli mix that earned their seed by winning the ESL Pro League Season 16 back in October.
Vitality’s road to the World Final was a bit of a bumpy ride, it was marked by roster changes that resulted in establishing a star line-up that hasn't yet lived up to the expectations.
Kicking off 2022 with the top placement at BLAST Premier Spring Groups, Vitality continued their season with a series of early exits from IEM Katowice, ESL Pro League S15, PGL Major Antwerp, and IEM Dallas, before it was finally their time to shine at Spring Finals.
They finished as runner-ups after NAVI denied them the title, however, another early exit from IEM Cologne and from Fall Groups followed for Vitality before the CS:GO offseason began.
Refreshed by the player break, apEX and his boys returned to ESL Pro League S16 to establish domination and finally claim a trophy for themselves. Nobody could escape ZywOo’s aim, who, thanks to his outstanding performance and record-breaking frag count, earned the 13th MVP medal of his career.
Since they entered the following Rio Major as one of the favorites, their run on Brazilian soil brought yet another disappointment for Vitality and their fans, as they didn’t even make it out of the Challengers stage.
Going to the World Final from the fourth position in Global Leaderboards, Vitality is another team with a lot to prove in the season-concluding spectacle, so be sure to keep an eye on the team and especially on ZywOo’s scope. Because in order to push his team towards victory, he’s undoubtedly going to show up as his most lethal self, which means we can look forward to a load of brilliant CS:GO plays!
Team Vitality’s World Final line-up features the likes of:
●Dan “apEX” Madesclaire (IGL)
●Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
●Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen
●Emil “Magisk” Reif
●Lotan “Spinx” Giladi
●Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Coach)
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