dignitas are the first European team to have secured a spot at the CEVO Gfinity Season 9 Finals after beating FlipSid3 Tactics 2-1 (16-8 on Mirage, 13-16 on Overpass and 16-8 on Inferno)

While in North America the CEVO Season is already in its second 16-team bracket, in Europe the first bracket tournament came to an end only last night, with dignitas claiming bragging rights - certainly a timely boost ahead of DreamHack Masters Malmö.

The Danish team, who are looking to make amends after a series of mixed results, reached the grand final without dropping a single map, moving past fm-eSports, DenDD and HellRaisers in convincing fashion.

RUBINO's dignitas advance to the CEVO Finals 

From the other half of the bracket came FlipSid3 Tactics, who were equally as impressive as they also posted 2-0 victories over Preparaton, ENCE and SK Gaming to advance to the grand final unscathed.

Despite a phenomenal display from Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin, who had the highest number of kills in the entire series, the Ukrainian team were simply outclassed as their 16-13 win on Overpass was sandwiched by dignitas' 16-8 wins on Mirage and Inferno. 

CEVO Gfinity Professional Season 9Best of 3 DignitasMatchpage 2 1 10th April 2016 FlipSid3 16Mirage 8 13Overpass 16 16Inferno 8

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	73 - 50	+23	98.6	1.42
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	54 - 42	+12	76.3	1.20
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	59 - 47	+12	81.5	1.16
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	52 - 49	+3	67.8	1.04
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	54 - 62	-8	82.1	0.99

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	75 - 51	+24	99.9	1.50
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	60 - 60	0	78.3	1.02
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	46 - 59	-13	64.9	0.81
Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara	32 - 60	-28	57.6	0.69
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	37 - 62	-25	53.7	0.66

dignitas and OpTic Gaming are the two teams confirmed so far for the CEVO Finals, taking place from April 28 to May at the Gfinity Arena, in London. 

Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Age: 24 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 534 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67