HAVU have clinched the trophy at NeSA 2018, outlasting SJ 2-0 (Dust2 16-14, Mirage 16-13) in the grand final of the Finnish tournament.

The tournament took place over the course of the weekend in Kajaani, Finland, with the group stage, which saw only two teams eliminated, taking place on Friday.

The first two stages of the single-elimination playoffs bracket followed on Saturday, as HAVU passed Victrix and iGame.com without much trouble, while SJ beat ACES and NYYRIKKI on the way to the grand final.

HAVU secured the title at the local tournament

The third-place decider saw iGame.com come out on top over NYYRIKKI, defeating them on Train and Dust2 after stellar Terrorist sides.

In the final series, Juho "⁠juho⁠" Lampinen & co. took Dust2 after a 30-round battle and finished off the series 2-0 after another close encounter on Mirage, where SJ attempted a comeback from a 2-13 deficit after the first half.

NeSA 2018Best of 3 HAVUMatchpage 2 0 8th July 2018 SJ 16Dust2 14 16Mirage 13

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho	45 - 41	+4	81.6	1.15
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd	41 - 33	+8	68.5	1.14
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	40 - 37	+3	80.0	1.13
Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi	40 - 39	+1	81.5	1.05
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw	29 - 35	-6	52.3	0.84

SJ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tuomas 'SADDYX' LouhimaaSADDYX	44 - 43	+1	80.0	1.07
Verneri 'BONA' JunkalaBONA	38 - 35	+3	64.6	1.00
Tony 'arvid' Niemeläarvid	34 - 38	-4	70.8	0.95
Elias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenJamppi	38 - 40	-2	67.6	0.90
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE	31 - 40	-9	59.6	0.84

The final standings of NeSA 2018 are the following:

1. HAVU - $7,175
2. SJ - $3,000
3. iGame.com - $1,800
4. NYYRIKKI
5-8. SkitLite
5-8. PUR$i$EURA
5-8. ACES
5-8. Victrix

SJ #103 Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenVerneri 'BONA' JunkalaJoonas 'aune' RantalaElias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenTuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa Victrix Nino 'Hinuriseta' InkinenVille 'Waltteri' HasteJuuso 'JuzBa' AinasojaErno 'Mato' KivistöJesse 'HooD' Hämäläinen NYYRIKKI Roope 'tomsku' SimpanenToni 'STOVVE' LiukkonenLauri 'pietola' HietalaVille 'wils0n' JärviAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas PUR$i$EURA #208 Simo 'Leaf' MykkänenVille 'rEplan' IjäsPasi 'RAIMOVORMISTO' KoskinenAarne 'tenkane' VuoristoPetteri 'peku' Jaakkola SkitLite #116 Eimantas 'pounh' LazickasRobertas 'Carcass' MikuckisTitas 'haflex' MilasauskasMartynas 'Butters' JuodagalvisEdvinas 'Aikas' Žemaitis ACES Wille 'FEITAN' WahlstedtLauri 'ROUKSiE' OjalaMikko 'MIGCOU' VirtanenJuho 'Jupeasdasd' TauriainenNiko 'MANUUUUU' Juntunen HAVU #83 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJuho 'juho' LampinenEetu 'sAw' SahaOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenOtto 'ottoNd' Sihvo Juho 'juho' Lampinen Age: 23 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 606 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.72 iGame.com #109 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellSlaava 'Twista' RäsänenTimo 'REFLEX' RintalaSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenMikko 'xartE' Välimaa