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.

ENCE will play the Nordic Masters later this month

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 ENCEMatchpage 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