Spirit have joined G2 in the grand final of the Champions Cup Finals after beating FURIA 2-0 (Mirage 16-4, Nuke 16-11).
The Brazilian squad didn't turn up until halfway through the second map, with Spirit picking up a convincing victory, looking much-improved from their early exit last week at the ESEA MDL Season 32 Global Challenge as they made their first grand final with the new roster featuring Nikolay "mir" Bityukov and Boris "magixx" Vorobiev.
Although FURIA are still yet to play a third-place decider against ENCE, they will end the year without a grand final appearance in the lineup bolstered by Henrique "HEN1" Teles in September.
FURIA's pistol round win at the beginning of Mirage proved fruitless, as mir's 1v3 clutch in a second-round forcebuy turned the tables in favor of Spirit, who began mounting a dominant offensive half. The Brazilians stopped the streak at six in a row, but they couldn't string more together as their opponents were up 11-4 by halftime.
With another clutch situation going the Russians' way in the second pistol round, courtesy of Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov this time around, the opening map quickly came to a close, as Spirit claimed a 1-0 lead in the series at 16-4.
Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev's team's rampage continued when the series turned to Nuke, with a 1v2 from chopper helping Spirit get off to a dominant offensive start again. Down 1-7, Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato and HEN1 stepped up with some individual plays and Andrei "arT" Piovezan followed with a triple in a low buy, allowing FURIA to come back into contention with six out of the last seven rounds.
After Spirit clinched the second pistol round, they seemed to hit a snag as FURIA equalized things at 10-10, but triples from magixx in a 2v4 retake and sdy in a halfbuy swung the map back in their favor, with the Russians rallying to a 16-11 scoreline.
Champions Cup FinalsBest of 3
FURIA
Matchpage 0 2 21st December 2019 
Spirit 4Mirage 16 11Nuke 16 | FURIA | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT | 26 - 40 | -14 | 70.7 | 0.82 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO | 26 - 33 | -7 | 70.6 | 0.81 |
| Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1 | 23 - 32 | -9 | 48.9 | 0.78 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI | 26 - 35 | -9 | 58.4 | 0.73 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih | 23 - 37 | -14 | 64.8 | 0.65 |
| Spirit | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artem 'iDISBALANCE' EgoroviDISBALANCE | 38 - 26 | +12 | 78.9 | 1.37 |
| Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir | 42 - 28 | +14 | 86.6 | 1.35 |
| Boris 'magixx' Vorobievmagixx | 34 - 22 | +12 | 89.1 | 1.32 |
| Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper | 30 - 23 | +7 | 65.8 | 1.21 |
 Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy | 33 - 25 | +8 | 71.7 | 1.16 |
ENCE #12 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov 
Age: 22 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 582 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Henrique 'HEN1' Teles 
Age: 24 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 792 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.58 Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov 
Age: 23 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 540 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan 
Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 565 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev 
Age: 22 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 552 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 FURIA #13 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Spirit #29 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev 
Age: 16 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.64 
G2 #11 Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' Delaunay
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato 
Age: 20 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 488 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.57