Astralis earned a pair of tight victories over MIBR on Sunday, 16-14 and 22-20, to capture the best-of-three Counter-Strike: Global Offensive grand final of the $660,000 Esports Championship Series Season 6 Finals in Arlington, Texas.
The win was worth $250,000 for Astralis, with MIBR pocketing $120,000 as the runner-up at the CS:GO tournament.
In the title match, Astralis pulled out a win on Inferno, narrowly avoiding overtime.
The second map, Overpass, went to double overtime.
MIBR established an early 7-3 lead in Overpass before Astralis cut the deficit to 8-7. MIBR then rolled to a 15-11 edge, setting up four game points to even the series. However, Astralis leveled the score at 15-15 to force overtime.
Astralis eventually won in the second OT.
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz, a 23-year-old Dane who posted a team-best 1.19 rating for Astralis, was selected the tournament's most valuable player. He previously was the MVP of the ECS Season 2 and 5 finals.
Astralis' all-Danish roster consisted of dev1ce, Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, Andreas "Xyp9x" Hojsleth and Emil "Magisk" Reif.
MiBR played with three Brazilians -- Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Marcelo "coldzera" David and Fernando "fer" Alvarenga -- plus two Americans, Jake "Stewie2K" Yip and Tarik "tarik" Celik. FalleN's 1.22 rating was the high for the grand final.
-- Field Level Media