Optimum win RGN European Open II

Danish team Optimum have triumphed over RCTIC eSports to win first place and $2,000 in the RGN European Open II with a score of 3-0 (16-12 on de_mirage and 16-12 on de_dust2, with a one map advantage).

The RGN European Open II was announced in late December and promised up to $3,200 in prize-money for the top three finishing teams in a 32 team online, double elimination bracket.

The bracket stage saw teams such as Epiphany Bolt, KILLERFISH, and Publiclir fall to the wayside whereas the number-one seeded E-frag.net forfeited their fourth round Lower Bracket match following a surprise loss to Team YP in the Upper Bracket quarter-finals.

It was the Danish team Optimum who powered through to the grand final where they awaited the winner of a consolidation match between Team YP and RCTIC, which the Finns won.

Possessing a one map advantage, Optimum were able to grind out two map wins on de_mirage and de_dust2 with 16-12 scores and thereby won the tournament and took home $2,000.

Optimum's lineup is:

Wisti "⁠zEptonL⁠" Holst
Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen
Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz
Michael "⁠granzales⁠" Troelsen
Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali

The team are currently on the lookout for sponsors ahead of their planned attendance of the Nordic Masters and they can be reached at sycronegg@gmail.com.

RGN European Open IIBest of 5 OptimumMatchpage 3 0 11th February 2016 RCTIC 1Default 0 16Mirage 12 16Dust2 12

RGN European Open II final standings:

1. Optimum - $2,000
2. RCTIC - $800
3. Team YP - $400 

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

Ismail 'refrezh' Ali Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.52 Michael 'granzales' Troelsen Age: 18 Team: Optimum Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.73 Daniel 'mertz' Mertz Age: 17 Team: Optimum Rating 1.0: 1.35 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.98 DPR: 0.68 Wisti 'zEptonL' Holst Age: 20 Team: Optimum Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 21 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.70 Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen Age: 20 Team: Optimum Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 14 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.69