dignitas win League of Sharks

dignitas have won the League of Sharks CS:GO Championship after defeating Heroic 2-0 in the grand final (16-8 on Nuke and 16-10 on Overpass).

The four-team, $15,000 LAN in Fredericia, Denmark had a single-elimination, best-of-three playoff format and featured the best Danish teams, except Astralis.

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså's HEROIC got a 2-0 victory against Alpha in the semi-finals while Dignitas moved past Tricked with the same scoreline.

dignitas continue their rise 

The grand final kicked off on Nuke and although HEROIC were able to get five rounds on the T-side, Dignitas closed out the match 16-8.

Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif dismantled HEROIC in the second map, Overpass, and Dignitas secured the 16-10 map and 2-0 series victory to become the champions.

League of Sharks CS:GO ChampionshipBest of 3 HEROICMatchpage 0 2 15th October 2016 Dignitas 8Nuke 16 10Overpass 16

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	50 - 30	+20	112.4	1.57
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	45 - 27	+18	101.0	1.50
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	40 - 26	+14	71.4	1.15
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	32 - 29	+3	58.3	1.01
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	22 - 37	-15	55.4	0.76

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	44 - 38	+6	89.7	1.24
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	35 - 40	-5	81.9	1.04
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	33 - 36	-3	80.1	1.02
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	19 - 38	-19	42.7	0.60
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	18 - 37	-19	38.3	0.52

Full standings at the League of Sharks CS:GO Championship:

1. Dignitas - $7,500
2. HEROIC - $3,750
3-4. Tricked - $1,875
3-4. Alpha - $1,875

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 596 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 218 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.67 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 18 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 346 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 Alpha #107 Thomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenDennis 'FONZEN' TranLucas 'Lukki' PilhedenKenneth 'squidi' JensenMads 'Console' Skovby Tricked #43 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLasse 'maeVe' ElgaardPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen HEROIC #14 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåMichael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Astralis #9 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Dignitas #4 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke