Team Vitality wins an epic as Hong Kong’s biggest Esports event wows packed crowd
The first day of action in front of the Hong Kong crowd did not disappoint
Hong Kong Esports fans were treated to an incredible spectacle as Team Vitality edged past Spirit 2-1 in a remarkable quarter-final at BLAST Premier Hong Kong Rivals at AsiaWorld-Arena on Friday.
Two of the world’s best Counter-Strike teams served up topsy-turvy series in front of a raucous crowd for the biggest Esport event to date, with Spirit winning the opening map of Dust2, their map pick, in a nail-biting 13-11 fashion.
With the score at 12-9 in Vitality’s favour on the second map of Nuke and just one Spirit player alive against five of Vitality’s, it looked like we were heading straight to a decider.
Unfortunately for Vitality, the remaining Spirit player was the world’s best, Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, who managed to win the one versus five, sending the AsiaWorld-Arena into raptures. The map went to overtime, but Vitality did ultimately close it out 19-16.
The decider was another barn-burning map that fittingly went into overtime, where the world’s best team, Vitality, managed to scramble over the line 16-13 and set up a semi-final versus Falcons.
Brazilian squad paiN also charged their way into the semi-finals after a comprehensive 2-0 victory over international mix Passion UA.