Spirit breeze past 1WIN to qualify for BLAST Premier Spring Showdown

The Russian side dominated the opposition in the Winstrike Spring CIS Cup.

Spirit defeated 1WIN 2-0 in the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup grand final on Sunday, earning $25,000 and a spot in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, in which teams such as Astralis, Gambit, and Liquid await.

Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's men were the highest-ranked team in the qualifier and confirmed their status of the main favorites throughout the event, eliminating K23, Winstrike, and EXTREMUM after they lost to 1WIN in the opening round of groups on Friday.

Spirit didn't drop the ball against 1WIN this time

1WIN picked Nuke, the map on which they upset Spirit in the opening round of the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup, but it didn't work as well as the first time around. Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov and co. chained seven together after they lost the first pistol and conceded only four other rounds, securing a great advantage for their CT side. Spirit quickly won five in a row to reach map point and lost three rounds before wrapping things up.

Spirit struggled at the beginning of Overpass, but they fixed their defensive setup to grab the six last rounds of the first half, once again securing a 10-5 advantage. 1WIN bought a lifeline as they won the second pistol, but Spirit stole the next round with a forcebuy as degster hit three headshots with the SSG 08 and they closed the series with ease after that with continuous hits in the B bombsite.

Winstrike CIS Spring Cup 2021 - BLAST Premier QualifierBest of 3 1WINMatchpage 0 2 21st March 2021 Spirit 8Nuke 16 6Overpass 16

1WIN	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'deko' Zhukovdeko	38 - 32	+6	82.3	1.15
Vadim 'Polt' TsyrovPolt	22 - 37	-15	68.3	0.78
Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDavCost	22 - 36	-14	53.5	0.72
Aleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivTRAVIS	23 - 36	-13	55.4	0.69
Dmitriy 'propleh' Senigovpropleh	14 - 37	-23	42.7	0.53

Spirit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster	52 - 21	+31	109.1	1.75
Boris 'magixx' Vorobievmagixx	34 - 23	+11	78.4	1.32
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	35 - 28	+7	90.2	1.28
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	28 - 22	+6	58.5	1.16
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy	29 - 26	+3	70.4	1.08

The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown team list currently features:

Astralis
Liquid
Vitality
HEROIC
Gambit
LVP Unity Cup
Nordic Masters
Fantasyexpo CupG2
OG
MIBR
FURIA
NASR
Spirit
VENN Invitational
Latin Power

The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown will be played from April 13-16 and will offer two spots in the $425,000 Spring Finals, which is slated to take place on June 15-20.

MIBR #33 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' MartinelliDaniel 'danoco' Morgado OG #17 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Age: 24 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 882 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 EXTREMUM #38 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas G2 #11 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković 1WIN #95 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovVadim 'Polt' TsyrovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivDenis 'deko' Zhukov Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Liquid #4 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince Spirit #7 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev NASR Abd-Alrahman 'REAL1ZE' ArabiatAtif 'gejmzilla' MustafaBebu 'Bibu' AadilArbnor 'Dementor' PacolliMohammad 'BOROS' Malhas Vitality #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier K23 #58 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevRustem 'mou' TelepovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev HEROIC #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Gambit #5 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Winstrike #22 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Abdul 'degster' Gasanov Age: 19 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 461 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.61 FURIA #12 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato