Astralis advanced to the 2022 Pinnacle Cup Championship final with a win over BIG. The Danish team thus had a chance to win their first title in 2022.
The German BIG had to make a substitution just before the match: Nils «k1to» Grun took over after Karim «Krimbo» Moussa tested positive for coronavirus. Despite this, on both maps the team was able to gain a significant score advantage. However, BIG was not able to maintain this gap and turn it into a victory: Astralis successfully recovered from 0 – 6 on Ancient and 0 – 7 on Dust2.
The turnaround on Ancient was particularly sharp. After winning six rounds in a row in the beginning, BIG was only able to take one later on, resulting in the card draw ending with a score of 16 – 7 in favor of Astralis. On Dust2, the confrontation looked more evenly matched. After BIG won the opening seven rounds, the advantage changed hands multiple times, but in the end the map remained with the Danes (16 – 13).
Astralis' opponent in the grand final will be decided in the third place match on Saturday afternoon. The grand final itself will take place on the same day at 21.00 Moscow time.