Copenhagen Flames won CCT Central Europe Series 3 after getting the better of ex-Finest in the grand final. The Danes prevailed with a 2-1 scoreline on their way to the $22,000 grand prize and gained 150 points in the CCT regional rankings leaderboard.
The Danish roster started their run through the 24-team event in the playoffs as they received a direct invite straight to the knockout stage. The team led by Thomas "birdfromsky" Due-Frederiksen had to work for their wins as they moved through the bracket, securing hard-fought victories over 9INE, HAVU, and K23 to set up the grand final match-up against ex-Finest, which once again went the distance.
raalz was the top performer in the final with a 1.29 rating ex-Finest's grand-final loss was a heartbreaking affair after the orgless squad made light work of their foes in the bracket. The international squad didn't lose a single map on their way to the title-deciding match only to fall at the final hurdle.
Read more Champion of Champions circuit announced with $3.4 million total prizemoney in 2022-2024 The final started with a dominant display by Copenhagen Flames on Vertigo. The Danish squad took a 10-5 lead on the offense before dropping just one round on the CT side, and in-game leader birdfromsky proved to be an unlikely source of firepower by putting up a 1.58 rating on the map.
Dust 2 was a much closer affair. ex-Finest put together an impressive T side to take a three-round lead into the interval, although the two foes couldn't be separated in regulation after a three-round streak got Copenhagen Flames on equal footing at in the 30th. ex-Finest got their momentum back in overtime and lost just one round to close out the map 19-16.
Inferno was the series' decider and the two teams delivered another close map. This time around it was Rasmus "raalz" Steensborg who powered his team on the defense — the 27-year-old put up 18 kills in the first half to give Copenhagen Flames a one-round lead into the interval. A successful pistol round and the following conversion got the Danes into a 12-7 lead, which proved big enough for the Danes to claim the title. ex-Finest mounted a decent comeback attempt but ultimately fell short in the 29th round with a 13-16 scoreline.
CCT Central Europe Series 3Best of 3
ex-Finest
Matchpage 1 2 18th November 2022 
Copenhagen Flames 6Vertigo 16 19Dust2 16 13Inferno 16 Niclas 'PlesseN' PlessenPlesseN | 64 - 61 | +3 | 84.5 | 1.14 |
Olek 'hades' Miskiewiczhades | 55 - 48 | +7 | 71.3 | 1.08 |
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax | 56 - 60 | -4 | 70.8 | 0.97 |
Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobsonshokz | 55 - 62 | -7 | 64.1 | 0.91 |
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist | 43 - 59 | -16 | 62.9 | 0.84 |
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborgraalz | 69 - 53 | +16 | 90.0 | 1.31 |
Thomas 'TMB' BundsbækTMB | 58 - 56 | +2 | 71.3 | 1.13 |
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borupb0RUP | 56 - 53 | +3 | 70.8 | 1.06 |
Iulian 'regali' Harjăuregali | 55 - 52 | +3 | 57.7 | 0.98 |
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksenbirdfromsky | 50 - 60 | -10 | 71.6 | 0.96 |
CCT Central Europe Series 3 final standings:
1.
Copenhagen Flames - $22,000
2.
ex-Finest - $10,000
3-4.
K23 - $5,000
3-4.
Endpoint - $5,000
5-8.
HONORIS - $2,000
5-8.
BLUEJAYS - $2,000
5-8.
HAVU - $2,000
5-8.
UNGENTIUM - $2,000
9-16.
IKLA
9-16.
Sangal
9-16.
Tricked
9-16.
Young Ninjas
9-16.
Eternal Fire
9-16.
SINNERS
9-16.
FORZE
9-16.
9INE
18-19.
FTW
18-19.
AGO
18-19.
ECLOT
20-22.
Enterprise
20-22.
Into the Breach
20-22.
Wolsung
23-24.
SC
23-24.
ONYX

ex-Finest #49 
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Niclas 'PlesseN' Plessen
Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobson
Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski 
Sangal #38 
Robin 'ScrunK' Röpke
Kornél 'kory' Szedlár
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Can 'kyuubii' Ali
Caner 'soulfly' Kesici 
UNGENTIUM #107 
Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski
Patryk 'ponczek' Wites
Patryk 'Sidney' Korab
Mateusz 'm4tthi' Szambelan
Wojciech 'Prism' Zięba 

K23 #47 

Timur 'clax' Sabirov
Daniil 'X5G7V' Maryshev
Konstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov 
HONORIS #59 
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Kamil 'reiko' Cegiełko
Kamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski
Denis 'Grashog' Hristov
Dawid 'SaMey' Stańczak 

9INE #36 

Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek
Wiktor 'mynio' Kruk
Krzysztof 'Goofy' Górski
Kamil 'KEi' Pietkun
Kacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz 
ECLOT #61 
Vojtěch 'Valencio' Mydlář
Filip 'K1-FiDa' Dvořák
Lukáš 'capseN' Koláčný
Vít 'nbqq' Pohlot
Martin 'Dytor' Handl 
FORZE #30 
Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov 
Wolsung #137 
Kristaps 'krii' Bricis
Krists 'msn' Kalniņš
Einārs 'EIZA' Zarāns
Rūdolfs 'rud' Osmanis 

SC 


Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Age: 27 Team: Copenhagen Flames Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1034 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 
Into the Breach #73 
William 'draken' Sundin
Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson
Adam 'Adam9130' Ahmad
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
William 'dobbo' Dobson 
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen
Age: 29 Team: Copenhagen Flames Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 888 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.69 
Copenhagen Flames #48 
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen
Iulian 'regali' Harjău 

Endpoint #57 

Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath
Kia 'Surreal' Man
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko 
Copenhagen Flames #48 
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen
Iulian 'regali' Harjău 
SINNERS #44 
Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel
Jindřich 'ZEDKO' Chyba
Sebastian 'beastik' Daňo
Max 'SHOCK' Kvapil
David 'forsyy' Bílý 
Eternal Fire #34 
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın
Ömer 'imoRR' Karataş
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç 
HAVU #66 
Jarkko 'spargo' Rahja
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen
Jani 'Aerial' Jussila 

ONYX #131 

Patrik 'bodito' Boda
András 'coolio' Fercsák
Henrich 'sl3nd' Hevesi
Jurus 'Kamion' Zsolt 

K23 #47 

Timur 'clax' Sabirov
Rassim 'Jyo' Valijev
Daniil 'X5G7V' Maryshev
Konstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov
Sanzhar 'def1zer' Talgat 

Young Ninjas #71 

Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Max 'maxster' Jansson 
AGO #70 
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski
Eryk 'leman' Kocęba
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcik
Grzegorz 'jedqr' Jędras 
Tricked #46 
Magnus 'Nodios' Olsen
Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Philip 'Lucky' Ewald
Oliver 'IceBerg' Berg
Mathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen 
HAVU #66 
Jarkko 'spargo' Rahja
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen
Jani 'Aerial' Jussila 
BLUEJAYS #43 
Pavle 'stYleEeZ' Stojanovski
Daniel 'dan1' Gligorov
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Jane 'aidKiT' Apostoloski 
IKLA #53 
Dmitriy 'SENSEi' Shvorak
Yaroslav 'byr9' Buryak
Kyrylo 's4ltovsk1yy' Lytvynov
Yevhen 'j3kie' Serhachov
Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol 
ex-Finest #49 
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Niclas 'PlesseN' Plessen
Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobson
Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski 
Enterprise #69 
Raul 'Blytz' Gligor
Erik 'The eLiVe' Sith
Tomáš 'SYSTEM' Zemko
Robert 'manguss' Kasper
Deyvid 'h4rn' Benchev 
FTW #85 
Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalves
Diogo 'DDias' Dias
Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing
Bruno 'suka' Meira
André 'Ag1l' Gil