{"id":20775,"date":"2022-06-12T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=20775"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T17:12:12","slug":"heroic-sweeps-astralis-in-the-grand-final-to-win-the-2022-pinnacle-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/heroic-sweeps-astralis-in-the-grand-final-to-win-the-2022-pinnacle-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroic sweeps Astralis in the grand final to win the 2022 Pinnacle Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heroic were the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\"betting favorites<\/a> to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/' title=\"CSGO betting guide\" >2022 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> Pinnacle Cup Championship, and they delivered. They completed their impressive tournament run with a 2-0 sweep against Astralis.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CHAMPIONS OF THE PINNACLE CUP! \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PinnacleCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PinnacleCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeHeroic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeHeroic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HEf5LlxxBS\">pic.twitter.com\/HEf5LlxxBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HEROIC (@heroicgg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heroicgg\/status\/1535716627014209537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Astralis had a perfect record coming into the grand finals. They decimated Evil Geniuses 16-6 in the Group B opener and went on to win Imperial 2-1 in the Winner&#8217;s match.<\/p>\n<p>With those victories, they secured a spot in the upper bracket final where they faced Berlin International Gaming (BIG). Although they had a comfortable win in the first map (Ancient) against BIG, Astralis had to pull off an incredible comeback on Dust II to complete the sweep and reach the grand finals.<\/p>\n<p>Heroic started the tournament rather slowly. They were stunned by a newly put-together Fnatic team 16-14 in the tournament opener.<\/p>\n<p>It was the biggest upset of the tournament, as many expected it to be a cakewalk for Heroic. The No. 9 ranked team in the world had an 82% win probability with a $1.27 win odd across several esports betting sites but failed to show their dominance.<\/p>\n<p>However, that counts as the only loss the Danish esports team endured throughout the rest of the tournament. In the Group A elimination match they squared off against MIBR and it ended in a sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Although MIBR put up a decent fight on Inferno, they were blown out on Mirage. Heroic won that map 16-3 to close out the series.<\/p>\n<p>In the Group A Decider match, Heroic exacted revenge on Fnatic. They denied Fnatic a spot in the playoffs with a 2-0 sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Fnatic, who won the best-of-1 match against Heroic, Team Finest was the only other team that stole a map from the eventual champions. They were not interested in going away easily, but Heroic&#8217;s 16-4 dominance on Inferno was the decider.<\/p>\n<p>BIG could not catch a break, as they failed to capitalize on early leads. They were the underdogs coming into the game with a win odd of $3.49 with <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/go\/betonline\/\"  title=\"Claim bonus at BetOnline\"  target=\"_blank\">BetOnline<\/a>, but they failed to pull off the upset.<\/p>\n<p>Heroic forced overtime on the first map, Mirage and eventually won it. On Overpass, BIG had a 9-6 lead after the first half but were obliterated 10-1 in the second. <\/p>\n<p>The grand final was not as closely contested as many would have hoped. Astralis started a bit shaky, losing Ancient 16-9.<\/p>\n<p>Although they attempted to even the series on Overpass, Heroic showed why they picked the map.<\/p>\n<p>The second half was a completely different story, as they overturned their 9-6 first-half loss. Heroic won 10-2 in the second half, voiding the need to play on Mirage.<\/p>\n<p>Although Heroic&#8217;s Casper &#8216;cadiaN&#8217; M\u00f8ller had the best plus\/minus (14) in the grand final, Ren\u00e9 &#8216;TeSeS&#8217; Madsen. He had 42 kills in the series and finished with a game-high 1.38 rating.<\/p>\n<p>For their efforts, Heroic walked away with $150,000 from the $250,000 prize pool. The four-day event, which started on June 8, was held at Sparbanken Sk\u00e5ne Arena in Lund, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Heroic has three weeks to rest before their next tournament. They will be participating in the ESL Intel Extreme Masters Cologne scheduled to commence on July 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heroic were the favorites to win the 2022 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pinnacle Cup Championship, and they delivered. 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