TyLoo win CSL Finals

TyLoo won the CSL 2016 Finals after defeating 5POWER 2-1 in the grand final (16-11 on Cache, 12-16 on Mirage, and 16-12 on Cobblestone).

The top four teams from the regular season of the CS:GO Super League came together for the LAN finals in Chengde, China and battled in a best-of-three, double-elimination playoff setting.

TYLOO became the first grand finalist after beating both BOOT and Born Of Fire 2-0. 5POWER joined TYLOO in the grand final after winning their match against Born Of Fire in the lower bracket.

Mo & co. win another local tournament.

TYLOO started Cache on the CT-side and quickly gained a 6-0 lead after dominating in the pistol and first weapon rounds. TYLOO won the first half 12-3 and won the first two rounds of the second half but 5POWER initiated a comeback effort, coming as close as four rounds (15-11). TYLOO were unfazed and closed out the map 16-11.

Mirage which was the second map of the series saw 5POWER starting out on the CT-side. They came up short and only got five rounds in the first half. Although TYLOO extended their lead to 12-5 after winning the first two rounds in the second half, 5POWER secured 11 rounds in a row to win Mirage 16-12.

TYLOO asserted their dominance in the latter stages of Cobblestone and took the map with a 16-12 score, winning the series 2-1 and becoming the champions.

CSL 2016 FinalsBest of 3 TYLOOMatchpage 2 1 25th September 2016 5POWER 16Cache 11 12Mirage 16 16Cobblestone 12

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	73 - 54	+19	88.8	1.30
YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker	66 - 56	+10	93.2	1.29
Hui 'DD' WuDD	56 - 52	+4	76.3	1.14
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	57 - 55	+2	74.8	1.11
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	68 - 63	+5	82.3	1.09

5POWER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peng 'xiaosaGe' SongxiaosaGe	63 - 61	+2	83.8	1.13
Lei 'forget' Liforget	59 - 65	-6	79.6	0.99
Wei 'shuadapai' Wangshuadapai	55 - 62	-7	71.5	0.97
Yue 'SandmaN' LiSandmaN	55 - 66	-11	74.7	0.91
HongGuang 'Stevie' LiStevie	48 - 66	-18	72.0	0.85

CSL 2016 Finals final standings:

1. TYLOO – $30,000 + spots at the IeSF and China Cup
2. 5POWER – $7,500 + a spot at the China Cup
3. Born Of Fire – $5,500
4. BOOT – $1,500

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

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