CLG Red dominate European opposition to claim Copenhagen Games title
CLG Red have emerged victorious at Copenhagen Games 2019 following a dominating run through the playoffs, which included besting Assassins in an impressive 2-0 victory in the grand finals.
Day three of the female tournament started off with CLG Red picking up a quick victory over PENSIONERS+2. Only allowing PENSIONERS+2 ten rounds over the course of the series, Jennifer "refinnej" Le picked up a career best rating on LAN with a 2.21 rating on Overpass, and a 1.74 rating for the series as a whole.
CLG RedPENSIONERS+2| CLG Red |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jennifer 'refinnej' Le |
47 - 22 | +25 | 111.3 | 88.1% | 1.74 |
| Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian |
40 - 26 | +14 | 94.7 | 83.3% | 1.40 |
| Diane 'di^' Tran |
32 - 17 | +15 | 74.6 | 83.3% | 1.37 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
33 - 20 | +13 | 86.0 | 76.2% | 1.31 |
 Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
29 - 24 | +5 | 83.6 | 88.1% | 1.28 |
| PENSIONERS+2 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ana 'ANa' Dumbravă |
31 - 30 | +1 | 63.6 | 64.3% | 1.01 |
 Irene 'iRene' Sanchez |
22 - 38 | -16 | 68.7 | 52.4% | 0.65 |
 Terri 'KiTTy-KaT' Mulvey |
19 - 38 | -19 | 55.5 | 59.5% | 0.62 |
| Madalina 'iLLa' Gherman |
22 - 39 | -17 | 64.9 | 52.4% | 0.56 |
 Marion 'MAR1ON' Lopez |
15 - 36 | -21 | 57.4 | 50.0% | 0.56 |
On the other side of the bracket, Dignitas fe also easily overcame their European opposition in their quarter-finals matchup. Facing off against the recently signed Monolith fe, Dignitas fe were relentless, taking Nuke and Inferno with dual 16-8 finishes. During the series, Amanda "rain" Smith, Catherine "CAth" Leroux, and Kiara "milk" Makua had a field day, putting up a trio of forty-bombs in the series.
Dignitas feMonolith fe| Dignitas fe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda 'rain' Smith |
43 - 28 | +15 | 100.0 | 79.2% | 1.45 |
| Catherine 'cath' Leroux |
42 - 34 | +8 | 106.5 | 72.9% | 1.43 |
| Kiara 'm1lky' Makua |
41 - 30 | +11 | 82.1 | 83.3% | 1.37 |
| Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido |
26 - 21 | +5 | 58.4 | 79.2% | 1.08 |
| Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez |
28 - 28 | +0 | 58.1 | 75.0% | 0.99 |
| Monolith fe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alexandra 'twenty3' Timonina |
38 - 34 | +4 | 80.5 | 75.0% | 1.06 |
| Anastasia 'Nast1a' Evdokina |
32 - 33 | -1 | 68.1 | 64.6% | 0.92 |
| Natalya 'neyroleptika' Sukhova |
24 - 35 | -11 | 61.6 | 68.8% | 0.86 |
| Svetlana 'f6tal' Shidlovskaia |
25 - 41 | -16 | 63.2 | 66.7% | 0.82 |
| Elizaveta 'Stormy' Poshekhnova |
22 - 38 | -16 | 47.8 | 54.2% | 0.62 |
After cruising through the tournament to the semi-finals, Dignitas fe finally met their match when they faced off against Assassins. Although the North American team got off to a strong start on Inferno winning their T-half 10-5, Assassins were able to take the first map after claiming eleven out of the following thirteen rounds with a strong T-side performance of their own.
Following this loss, Dignitas fe were quickly dispatched on Nuke as Assassins locked out Dignitas fe with a dominant 16-4 scoreline to secure their spot in the grand finals.
Dignitas feAssassins| Dignitas fe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda 'rain' Smith |
36 - 35 | +1 | 78.9 | 79.2% | 1.18 |
| Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez |
34 - 33 | +1 | 74.5 | 68.8% | 1.01 |
| Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido |
26 - 32 | -6 | 60.7 | 62.5% | 0.86 |
| Catherine 'cath' Leroux |
26 - 41 | -15 | 71.9 | 54.2% | 0.81 |
| Kiara 'm1lky' Makua |
27 - 41 | -14 | 64.4 | 72.9% | 0.77 |
| Assassins |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michaela 'mimi' Lintrup |
48 - 26 | +22 | 98.9 | 75.0% | 1.49 |
| Alyona 'Candy' Kuvaeva |
44 - 26 | +18 | 79.2 | 79.2% | 1.42 |
| Kelly 'KllyVe' Verhaegen |
37 - 28 | +9 | 83.5 | 79.2% | 1.28 |
| Klaudia 'klaudia' Beczkiewicz |
29 - 36 | -7 | 75.2 | 72.9% | 0.95 |
| Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova |
23 - 33 | -10 | 67.9 | 66.7% | 0.86 |
As for CLG Red's semi-finals matchup, they were pushed to the limit by Beskitas over three close maps in a hotly contested series. Starting off on Beskitas’ map pick of Mirage, CLG Red ended the first half slightly trailing 6-9. However, once Beskitas got onto their T-side they were able to overpower CLG Red to close out the map 16-8. Moving onto their map pick of Train, CLG Red narrowly won the half 9-6, but after this strong start, Train ended up going the distance as both sides continued to trade rounds. In the end, CLG Red narrowly forced a third map with a 16-13 win on Train.
On Inferno, after Beskitas were able to take the half 9-6, a repeat of Mirage appeared to in the making. However, on their T-side, CLG Red confidently closed out map three after only allowing Beskitas to claim three rounds. During Mirage, Diane "di^" Tran showed in a big way with a 1.44 rating.
CLG RedBesiktas| CLG Red |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian |
56 - 58 | -2 | 87.1 | 75.3% | 1.20 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
58 - 60 | -2 | 79.0 | 76.5% | 1.14 |
| Diane 'di^' Tran |
59 - 53 | +6 | 70.7 | 70.4% | 1.05 |
| Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
60 - 56 | +4 | 72.1 | 69.1% | 1.04 |
| Jennifer 'refinnej' Le |
47 - 56 | -9 | 71.4 | 65.4% | 0.92 |
| Besiktas |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie |
71 - 61 | +10 | 92.8 | 71.6% | 1.22 |
 Petra 'Petra' Stoker |
52 - 55 | -3 | 83.0 | 71.6% | 1.11 |
| Meyssa 'Missa' Bellouati |
58 - 53 | +5 | 74.9 | 69.1% | 1.07 |
| Anastasia 'kr4sy' Khlobystina |
49 - 54 | -5 | 68.5 | 69.1% | 0.93 |
 Julia 'juliano' Kiran |
53 - 57 | -4 | 68.8 | 64.2% | 0.90 |
With the grand finals set, CLG Red faced off against Assassins to see which team would claim the lion's share of the $30,000 prize pool. The action started off on Train, with CLG Red taking an early lead, closing out their T-side 9-6. As the teams switched sides, CLG Red won their CT-side pistol and the following round to bring the score to 11-6. After this, Assassins would find four rounds in a row to nearly tie the series 10-11. However, CLG Red would take map one in the aftermath by claiming the next five rounds to close it out 16-10.
Moving onto Nuke, Assassins looked to tie up the series with another strong performance on Nuke, as they had done against Dignitas fe in the semi-finals. However, CLG Red completely dominated Assassins, starting off with a 13-2 performance on their CT-side. After this, the grand finals were ended in a quick fashion as CLG Red found three of the next five rounds to end the event and take the trophy with a 16-5 finish.
AssassinsCLG Red| Assassins |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alyona 'Candy' Kuvaeva |
37 - 36 | +1 | 75.5 | 68.1% | 1.08 |
| Michaela 'mimi' Lintrup |
24 - 36 | -12 | 71.9 | 55.3% | 0.75 |
| Klaudia 'klaudia' Beczkiewicz |
26 - 35 | -9 | 54.4 | 53.2% | 0.73 |
| Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova |
22 - 38 | -16 | 56.7 | 61.7% | 0.66 |
| Kelly 'KllyVe' Verhaegen |
20 - 40 | -20 | 58.4 | 57.4% | 0.62 |
| CLG Red |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
52 - 27 | +25 | 122.5 | 83.0% | 1.83 |
| Diane 'di^' Tran |
43 - 20 | +23 | 88.4 | 74.5% | 1.47 |
| Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian |
34 - 26 | +8 | 92.1 | 70.2% | 1.22 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
32 - 30 | +2 | 70.2 | 83.0% | 1.07 |
| Jennifer 'refinnej' Le |
23 - 26 | -3 | 50.6 | 66.0% | 0.86 |
With this victory, CLG Red have found their second trophy of the year. With the team's efforts combined with those of Dignitas fe, North America has emerged as a leader in female CS:GO, claiming the first three female LAN events of the year.
