KerchNET win ASUS Summer Cup 2012

KerchNET has topped ASUS Summer Cup 2012 with a 2-1 win over Danes Anexis in a close series (9-16, 16-2, 22-20) to win 20,000 RUB (~500€) and qualify for ASUS Final Battle of the Year along with Anexis.

Playoffs of ASUS Summer Cup took place over the course of the past three days with the top six teams qualifying for them through the third group stage. With the top teams qualifying for semi-finals, the second and third placers played each other in quarter-finals.

Opening round saw Swedes duttdutt and Russian USSR bail out early at 5-6th place with KerchNET advancing to face Virtus.pro and Place2play.ru moving on to the other semi-final against Anexis. KerchNET only surrendered a total of ten rounds in two maps, while the Russian battle saw two maps go into overtime and the first one end 14-16.

KerchNET wins ASUS Summer Cup 2012 

Anexis made quick work of Sergey "Fox" Stolyarov's squad with a 2-0 (16-3, 19-15) win in the first semi-final yesterday while KerchNET topped Virtus.pro 2-1 (16-9, 14-16, 16-12) after server problems delayed the game for hours. Third place decider saw Place2play.ru defeat Virtus.pro for the last podium finish 2-0 (16-12, 16-8)

In the grand final the first two maps saw the series tied at one with Anexis winning de_tuscan 16-9 and the Ukrainian side evening up the series with a dominating 16-12 win on de_nuke.

KerchNET went up 12-6 after a two-on-four pistol round win as CTs before Anexis mounted a comeback to make it 14-14. The game went into double overtime before KerchNET prevailed 22-20 to hand Anexis their second finals loss this week. ASUS Summer Cup 2012Best of 0 AnexisMatchpage 1 2 2nd September 2012 KerchNET 16Tuscan 9 2Nuke 16 20Forge 22

KerchNET	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

Anexis	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

ASUS Summer Cup 2012 final standings:

1. KerchNET - 20,000 RUB (~500€) + FBotY spot
2. Anexis - 12,000 RUB (~300€) + FBotY spot
3. Place2play.ru - 8,000 RUB (~200€)
4. Virtus.pro - 5,000 RUB (~125€)
5-6. duttdutt
5-6. USSR

ASUS Open 2012 will still feature one more online tournament, ASUS Autumn Cup, which will see two more teams qualify for the ASUS Final Battle of the Year to be held at CyberSports Arena in Kiev later this year.