The Romanian esports team Nexus Gaming obtained the title of Counter-Strike World Champion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the World Esports Championship 2024 is being held these weeks.
Team Nexus Gaming beat Portugal Photo Facebook Nexus Gaming
The Romanian players beat the Portuguese representatives in the grand final, 2-0, winning the two maps necessary to award the match, according to Eurosport.
The Counter-Strike final was broadcast live on several local and international streaming channels, garnering hundreds of thousands of followers. The Romanian team impressed with its tactics and game strategies. The title of winners brought the Romanians a prize of 100,000 dollars.
“It is a landmark moment for Romanian esports and demonstrates the huge potential it actually has. The gold medals at this championship come after we had also obtained bronze or silver medals in the past”said Octav “ang” Crețu, CEO of Nexus Gaming, according to Profit.ro.
The team composed of Cătălin “BTN” STĂNESCU, Adrian “XELLOW” GUȚĂ, Cosmin “ragga” TEODORESCU, Daniel ‘Ciocardău’ Purice and Roberto ‘ADRON’ Păun, won against Portugal with four matches won out of five played, and after the elimination Germany in the quarter-finals and the defending champions, Sweden, in the semi-finals. Xellow was named WEC24 MVP with 243 kills and 58 assists.
“We are proud of what we have achieved and hope that this success motivates young players to follow their passion. We proved not only to us, but to everyone who followed us, that Romania is not an outsider in important competitions”said Cătălin “BTN” Stănescu, captain of the Romanian team, according to Profit.ro.
