Virtus top Acer A

Virtus.pro have won Acer A-Split Invitational and $5,000 by overcoming Reason 3-0 (16-11 de_cobblestone, 16-7 de_nuke) in the grand final.

On day one Virtus.pro topped group A just ahead of PENTA, while the other finalists, Danish unu.AiN playing under Reason's brand this weekend, overcame mouz in group B.

Today started with Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's Reason easily taking down PENTA, who were playing with Planetkey's Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget as a stand-in for Denis "⁠denis⁠" Howell, in the upper bracket.

Shortly later Virtus.pro disposed of Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli's mousesports with a 2-0 score, thus setting up the next two match-ups in the double elimination playoffs.

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PENTA knocked out mousesports in fourth place, while Virtus.pro wasted no time in securing a spot in the grand final with a dominant 2-0 victory over the Danish side.

Reason then scored a second victory over PENTA, with Michael "⁠Friis⁠" Jørgensen leading the way with a +13 K-D difference in the Danish team's 2-1 win to advance to the grand final.

Virtus.pro came into the final with a 1-0 lead, and quickly extended it with a win on de_cobblestone. The Poles then clinched the championship with a win on de_nuke. Acer A-Split Invitational powered by IntelBest of 4 Virtus.proMatchpage 2 0 21st December 2014 Reason 16Cobblestone 11 16Nuke 7

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	47 - 30	+17	-	1.36
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	39 - 27	+12	-	1.26
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	39 - 31	+8	-	1.17
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	33 - 27	+6	-	1.05
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	34 - 31	+3	-	1.03

Reason	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	35 - 39	-4	-	1.00
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	31 - 34	-3	-	0.92
Danni 'smF' DygsmF	34 - 40	-6	-	0.88
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	32 - 39	-7	-	0.84
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	14 - 41	-27	-	0.40

Acer A-Split Invitational final standings:

1. Virtus.pro - $5,000
2. Reason - $3,000
3. PENTA - $1,250
4. mousesports - $750

With the final international tournament of 2014 in the books, the official HLTV.org December 2014 world ranking will be released on Monday evening, European time.

Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 20 Team: myXMG Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 309 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 Michael 'Friis' Jørgensen Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 226 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.64 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 22 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 259 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.64 Denis 'denis' Howell Age: 20 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 80 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 22 Team: Planetkey Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 111 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63