Sharks beat HEXAGONE to win Superliga Finals

Sharks have won the Superliga 2017 Finals after defeating HEXAGONE 3-1 in the grand final.

Held at Clickfiel, in the northern part of Portugal, the event featured the top four teams of the regular season, who competed in a single-elimination bracket for the grand prize of €3,000 (~$3,750).

The semi-finals went largely as expected as the two top seeds, Sharks and HEXAGONE, won their respective matches, although the Brazilian side had to work hard to beat Defining Stars after losing the first map of the series.

Sharks win the first edition of the Superliga (Photo credit: Defs.pt)

With Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira averaging over 30 frags and a Rating of over 2.0, Sharks took a quick 2-0 lead in the series following convincing wins on Train and Inferno. HEXAGONE then hit back on Nuke, where Renato "⁠renatoohaxx⁠" Gonçalves boasted a 1.73 Rating, and almost pulled off a miraculous comeback on Cache from 2-14 down, but the Brazilians remained calm and collected, and wrapped things up in overtime.

Superliga Finals 2017Best of 5 HEXAGONEMatchpage 1 3 1st December 2017 Sharks 7Train 16 8Inferno 16 16Nuke 6 15Cache 19

HEXAGONE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rui 'RIZZZ' LimaRIZZZ	72 - 71	+1	74.4	1.06
Renato 'renatoohaxx' Gonçalvesrenatoohaxx	71 - 79	-8	87.1	1.03
Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalvesstadodo	61 - 74	-13	65.9	0.92
Diogo 'dixon' Santosdixon	58 - 77	-19	64.4	0.86
Manuel 'Born^' ValenteBorn^	47 - 78	-31	51.7	0.67

Sharks	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveiraleo_drk	111 - 67	+44	109.3	1.55
Dener 'KHTEX' BarchfieldKHTEX	79 - 59	+20	79.5	1.24
Raphael 'exit' Lacerdaexit	64 - 64	0	72.9	1.09
Renato 'nak' Nakanonak	62 - 61	+1	66.4	1.03
Wesley 'GW' ViniciusGW	61 - 62	-1	63.6	0.97

Superliga 2017 Finals standings:

1. Sharks - €3,000 (~$3,750)
2. HEXAGONE - €1,500 (~$1,785)
3-4. eGeneration - €875 (~$1,040)
3-4. Defining Stars - €875 (~$1,040)

eGeneration David 'dmca' AntunesDavid 'stavie' Marques Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira Age: 18 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 55 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.69 HEXAGONE #193 Rui 'RIZZZ' LimaRenato 'stadodo' GonçalvesManuel 'Born^' ValenteRenato 'renatoohaxx' GonçalvesJoão 'watson' Freitas Sharks #149 Renato 'nak' NakanoDener 'KHTEX' BarchfieldRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraWesley 'GW' Vinicius Defining Stars Renato 'renatoohaxx' Gonçalves Age: 22 Team: HEXAGONE Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 21 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.74