Abdul "degster" Gasanov put on a stellar display in the best-of-five grand final that Spirit won 3-0. Spirit swept FunPlus Phoenix in a one-sided DreamHack Open January grand final to secure their first title of 2021, winning the series 3-0 without allowing the European combine to hit double digits on any of the three maps played. The Russian squad were quick to set the pace in the final match, with degster putting on impressive performances on Dust2 (16-7) and Nuke (16-6), with 1.74 and 1.66 ratings, respectively, although the whole team stepped up throughout the one-sided series that concluded on Mirage (16-8). The series started on Dust2, Spirit’s first map pick, and a brawl ensued as FunPlus Phoenix took a 6-5 lead on the attacking side before a late streak by the Russian squad brought them to a 9-6 lead before switching sides. Boris "magixx" Vorobiev and company didn’t let up on the offensive, with all players firing on all cylinders, cruising to a 16-7 victory to take the lead in the series. Following a slow start in the series, FunPlus Phoenix had a chance to revert the situation on their first map pick, Nuke, but a subpar T-side put Martin "STYKO" Styk and company down 5-10 before going on the defense. Once again, however, Spirit took complete control on the attack, winning 6-1 to close the map out 16-11 and go up 2-0 ahead of the third map in the best-of-five series. Spirit continued to display crushing superiority on the Terrorist side, this time on their second map pick, Mirage, where they once again reached double digits before switching sides, 10-5. FunPlus Phoenix cut their deficit early on in the second half, but were quickly overwhelmed as Spirit plowed their way to the title, winning the map 16-8 to secure the series. The final DreamHack Open January standings are: 1. Spirit
Matchpage 3 0 31st January 2021
FunPlus Phoenix 16Dust2 7 16Nuke 6 16Mirage 8
Spirit
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster
59 - 30 +29 73.9 1.50 Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir
64 - 38 +26 98.7 1.47 Boris 'magixx' Vorobievmagixx
49 - 35 +14 80.2 1.33 Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy
47 - 42 +5 84.3 1.23 Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper
52 - 36 +16 72.8 1.21 FunPlus Phoenix
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO
34 - 50 -16 61.6 0.83 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN
41 - 55 -14 71.9 0.83 Asger 'Farlig' JensenFarlig
39 - 53 -14 58.8 0.79 Pavle 'Maden' BoškovićMaden
38 - 58 -20 66.4 0.72 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ
29 - 55 -26 50.4 0.61 Spirit - $35,000
2. FunPlus Phoenix - $15,000
3-4. Gambit - $6,000
3-4. BIG - $6,000
5-6. Sprout - $2,500
5-6. Evil Geniuses - $2,500
7-8. FORZE - $1,500
7-8. HellRaisers - $1,500
HellRaisers #34
Nikolaj 'kalinka' Rysakov
Vadim 'Flarich' Karetin
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman
Dmitriy 'ProbLeM' Martinov
Nikita 'JIaYm' Panyushkin
BIG #4
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne
Spirit #20
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
FunPlus Phoenix #17
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen
Evil Geniuses #14
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Sprout #28
Timo 'Spiidi' Richter
Denis 'denis' Howell
Marko 'kressy' Đorđević
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich
Gambit #13
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Timofey 'interz' Yakushin
Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
FORZE #22
Almaz 'almazer' Asadullin
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov
Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Age: 24 Team: FunPlus Phoenix Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1322 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Age: 19 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 441 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.61
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Age: 17 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 395 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.63