Liquid swamp NRG; win SuperNova CS:GO Malta
The Grand Final of SuperNova CS:GO Malta was between both North American attendees, NRG and Liquid. The two teams vetoed down to Overpass, Inferno and Mirage where the winner would take the majority of the $150,000 prize pool.
Overpass was a washout for Liquid, as they completely outclassed NRG throughout. Liquid opened the map out on their T-side, and carried on winning throughout the first half, only losing the fourth, eleventh and fifteenth rounds as they took the break as 12-3 leaders. The second half commenced with NRG taking the pistol round, before Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski picked up a 4k to cause a reset. From there Liquid won out, claiming the final four rounds to start this grand final off with a 16-4 win.
The second map could be easiest described as the reverse, for at least the first half, anyway. The two teams ping-ponged for control at the start of the map, before NRG came out and took control on their T-side sustained by Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte's 3k. After the initial ping-pong, NRG only allowed Liquid access to two more rounds, as they went in 11-4 up.
The second half was another story entirely. Liquid opened up with the first three rounds on their T-side, and then recovered from NRG taking the fourth round to take the next five rounds on the bounce to even the map 12-12. It was from that point that Liquid pushed on to take map point, before NRG took the next two rounds to bring it to 15-14. At the maximum round of regulation, Liquid pulled out all the stops to complete the comeback and avoid overtime, winning 16-14.
NRGLiquid| NRG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov |
30 - 29 | +1 | 63.2 | 76.0% | 1.03 |
 Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
27 - 31 | -4 | 61.2 | 72.0% | 1.00 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' Medina |
33 - 42 | -9 | 74.2 | 66.0% | 0.93 |
| Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold |
26 - 39 | -13 | 68.8 | 74.0% | 0.81 |
 Damian 'daps' Steele |
17 - 36 | -19 | 52.9 | 70.0% | 0.68 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
42 - 20 | +22 | 78.6 | 94.0% | 1.51 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
47 - 29 | +18 | 95.9 | 84.0% | 1.46 |
| Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
33 - 28 | +5 | 73.0 | 86.0% | 1.25 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
26 - 24 | +2 | 61.5 | 82.0% | 1.13 |
 Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
29 - 32 | -3 | 69.2 | 72.0% | 1.07 |
This result means the final standings of SuperNova CS:GO Malta are:
1st: 
Liquid - $80,000
2nd: NRG - $40,000
3rd: 
BIG - $15,000
3th: 
HellRaisers - $5,000
5/6th: 
TYLOO - $3,000
5/6th: 
Virtus.pro - $3,000
7/8th: Kinguin - $2,000
7/8th: 
Gambit - $2,000
The next events for the two teams will be in Odense, Denmark, with the ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals next week, starting December 4th. Afterwards it'll be back to North America for NRG, as they compete in the IEM Katowice Americas Minor closed qualifier.
