Illuminar win ESL Polish Championship Autumn Finals

Illuminar have come out on top of ESL Polish Championship Autumn Finals, securing a spot in the IEM Katowice Europe closed qualifier in the process.

Four teams took part in the $39,000 tournament, with ARCY and Wisla Krakow making it through to the finals after topping the regular season, while Illuminar and AGO came from the playoffs featuring third to sixth-placed sides.

In the semi-finals of the offline event taking place in Katowice, AGO defeated Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's team, who recently lost funding from Codewise Unicorns, in a tightly-contested series, while Paweł "⁠innocent⁠" Mocek & co. passed Wisla Krakow over three maps as well.

Illuminar go a step ahead in the IEM Katowice qualifying system

The grand final began on Vertigo, with Illuminar securing a series lead despite AGO pulling off a massive comeback in the opening half from a 0-7 deficit. A straightforward win on Train saw Damian "⁠Furlan⁠" Kislowski's squad equalize, before a flawless offense gave Paweł "⁠reatz⁠" Jańczak's team a comfortable Mirage decider.

ESL Polish Championship Autumn 2019 FinalsBest of 3 AGOMatchpage 1 2 1st December 2019 Illuminar 12Vertigo 16 16Train 6 6Mirage 16

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patryk 'Sidney' KorabSidney	52 - 51	+1	81.1	1.06
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	48 - 52	-4	73.9	1.04
Miłosz 'mhL' KnasiakmhL	48 - 51	-3	70.2	1.03
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	46 - 52	-6	79.2	1.00
Eryk 'leman' Kocębaleman	36 - 52	-16	57.4	0.79

Illuminar	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Daniel 'STOMP' PłomińskiSTOMP	62 - 43	+19	83.9	1.27
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	51 - 49	+2	81.9	1.17
Michał 'mono' Gabszewiczmono	50 - 42	+8	81.4	1.13
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	52 - 48	+4	79.5	1.06
Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowskioskarish	42 - 49	-7	63.5	0.96

ESL Polish Championship Autumn 2019 Finals standings:

1. Illuminar - $20,800 + IEM Katowice EU closed qual.
2. AGO - $10,400
3-4. Wisla Krakow - $3,900
3-4. ARCY - $3,900

Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 33 Team: ARCY Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1802 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Age: 24 Team: Illuminar Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1037 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Wisla Krakow #54 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaKacper 'kaper' SłomaGrzegorz 'jedqr' Jędras Paweł 'innocent' Mocek Age: 25 Team: Illuminar Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1229 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Age: 24 Team: AGO Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1443 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69 ARCY #37 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha AGO #53 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiPatryk 'Sidney' KorabMiłosz 'mhL' Knasiak Illuminar #28 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński