Turkey wins Counter Strike GO championship in Belgrade
BELGRADE
The five-member team defeated Argentina in the tournament’s final, winning the $50,000 top prize.
The first encounter of the final series took place on the “de_train” map in a best of three format - instead of best of five - due to delays, videogame website GamexNow reported.
The Argentinian team started the encounter energetically and initially took the lead, before the Turkish team made a major come back and managed to win the first map 16-14.
The second encounter of the series was played on the “de_overpass” map, which was won comfortably by Argentina.
In the final, decisive round of the series, played on the “de_cbble” map, the Turkish team showed a much more assured performance, ultimately beating Argentina 2-1 overall and thus becoming the tournament champion.
Counter Strike GO is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation and it was initially released in 2012. It is the fourth game in the main Counter-Strike franchise.