The international team prevailed in this exciting clash between the two biggest names in Finnish Counter-Strike.
ENCE have secured the first spot in the $25,000 Nordic Masters, one of the regional qualifiers for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, with a 2-1 victory over HAVU in the Pelaajatcom Series Showoff, ending the Finnish side's 16-match winning streak.
Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer's side, playing their first match since Snow Sweet Snow 1, over a month ago, drew first blood in the series by posting a convincing victory on Nuke. Overpass and Inferno both went down to the wire, with the final map being decided by a stunning 2v5 retake just when a second overtime seemed inevitable.
HAVU will now drop down to the Pelaajatcom Series Finals, in which they will have another shot at a Nordic Masters spot against teams like SJ and KOVA.
Jani "Aerial" Jussila came out with a vengeance against his former team, racking up 15 frags as HAVU romped to a 7-3 lead on the CT side of Nuke. But the game got away from them after that: Lotan "Spinx" Giladi led ENCE's comeback efforts as the team brought the deficit to a solitary round before the side switch, and then Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Aleksi "allu" Jalli helped the team keep the Terrorists at bay in a one-sided second half.
HAVU hit back on Overpass, though things looked a bit dire for them in the early stages. The Finnish team ended the half down by just one round and, after a shaky start to the second half, shut out ENCE with confidence, locking down the map in the 30th round off the back of a momentum-shifting clutch by Aerial.
ENCE jumped out to a 5-1 lead on the CT side of Inferno, but the rest of the half was controlled by HAVU, who went into the break with a three-round lead. Snappi's side came out of the break with renewed impetus and hit series point at 15-13, but they would manage to close out the game in overtime in a jaw-dropping 2v5 clutch by Snappi and allu on the A site.
Pelaajat Series Spring Showoff 2021Best of 3
ENCE
Matchpage 2 1 12th March 2021 
HAVU 16Nuke 10 14Overpass 16 19Inferno 17 | ENCE | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lotan 'Spinx' GiladiSpinx | 79 - 60 | +19 | 89.4 | 1.32 |
 Paweł 'dycha' Dychadycha | 69 - 63 | +6 | 87.9 | 1.16 |
| Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu | 68 - 58 | +10 | 68.1 | 1.12 |
| Joonas 'doto' Forssdoto | 63 - 63 | 0 | 72.6 | 1.04 |
 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi | 47 - 61 | -14 | 67.2 | 0.94 |
| HAVU | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN | 70 - 71 | -1 | 93.0 | 1.12 |
| Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial | 67 - 64 | +3 | 73.5 | 1.05 |
| Jemi 'jemi' Mäkinenjemi | 64 - 65 | -1 | 76.9 | 1.04 |
| Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE | 55 - 58 | -3 | 59.3 | 0.94 |
| Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi | 49 - 70 | -21 | 62.0 | 0.82 |
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha 
Age: 23 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 504 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 HAVU #27 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJemi 'jemi' Mäkinen Aleksi 'allu' Jalli 
Age: 28 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1551 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 ENCE #39 Aleksi 'allu' JalliMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaLotan 'Spinx' Giladi 
KOVA #138 Samu 'uli' LeirilaaksoLauri 'pietola' HietalaSamuli 'Twixie' HerralaJarkko 'spargo' RahjaPetteri 'peku' Jaakkola 
SJ #137 Tony 'arvid' NiemeläVerneri 'BONA' JunkalaLeevi 'AKE' KovalainenAleksi 'zks' NissinenJoel 'Jelo' Lentonen Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer 
Age: 30 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1282 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Jani 'Aerial' Jussila 
Age: 27 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 720 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi 
Age: 20 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 144 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 (责任编辑：case opening)
