SAW - the first team to be eliminated from the VCL Ascension: EMEA 2023 tournament

The Portuguese team SAW lost to the French team Gentle Mates in the lower bracket semi-finals of the VCL Ascension: EMEA 2023 tournament. The SAW team was the first to cease their fight for the title and left the tournament.

A very important match for both teams SAW and Gentle Mates took place on July 14th, where the fate of the team that will continue to fight in the tournament and the team that will go home empty-handed was decided.

Short match overview

The winner in this meeting was determined thanks to three maps, namely Split, Ascent and Haven. The first map was Split, the choice of Gentle Mates. Although Split is one of the best maps in the Gentle Mates map pool, this did not prevent the SAW team from showing good play, but not enough to win. The French team won the hard-fought Split with a score of 13:10, which you can't say about the next map, the choice of SAW team, namely Ascent, where the Portuguese easily won with a score of 13:6. Both teams had no room for error because Haven could become the last map for one of the teams in this tournament, but unfortunately for the viewers of VCL Ascension: EMEA 2023 this match went without a fight, the Gentle Mates team destroyed SAW on the Haven map with a score of 13:4.

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Post-match comments from SAW team players

Captain Miguel ‘Bati’ Batista of the Portuguese team SAW made a post in his personal Twitter account after the match, where he thanked the fans for their support.

0-2 vs @gentlemates, big believer that everything happens for a reason and wasn’t our time to win. Still proud of the boys for the hard work we have put and one thing is sure people doubted and we prove them wrong. Thanks for all the support and we see you soon. Bora Bora.  

 

Smoker David "DaviH" Cruz at this time only dealt with the result of the match and a sad face on his account.

The final part of the VCL Ascension: EMEA 2023 tournament is held in LAN format in Berlin, where three teams continue to compete for one slot in the EMEA partner league and the cup, which you can follow on our website via the link.