1. After 1022 days, Liquid once again entered the finals of the top event. Although the result is very regrettable, the Vitality team finally defeated Liquid 3-2 and won the EPL S16 championship! In the finals of
, both teams easily won the first round of map selection, but in the second round of map selection, there was a continuous overtime battle. After a total of four overtime games, the game also entered the final victory. Liquid's start was not ideal, but NAF, who had been struggling to support, still waited for the dawn of hope. Unfortunately, ZywOo's eco turnaround made Liquid's efforts was wasted, and Vitality also won the EPL S16 championship trophy.
Vitaltiy Club won the CSGO competition trophy 295 days after winning the last IEM winter season. ZywOo devotes himself to this, and he always stands up at critical moments and is the well-deserved EPL S16 MVP.
2, Apeks Club announced the termination of the contract with AcilioN and chawzyyy. After leaving the Apeks club, chawzyyy revealed that he decided to withdraw from professional competitions and focus on his studies, while AcilioN said he intends to continue playing in Europe or North America.
In June this year, AcilioN and chawzyyy were transferred to the bench by the Apeks team. Apeks said at the time that "wrong player combination" was the main cause of the change. Apeks finished second in the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 season. Afterwards, they won the Tipsport Bratislava Cup championship and the HLTV world rankings reached 28th.
However, after that, the Apeks team suffered repeated heavy losses. They failed to advance to the PGL Antwerp Major RMR event, BLAST Premier Spring Resurrection Tournament and IEM Dallas Station. In August this year, chawzyyy and AcilioN were replaced by jL and shox. However, the performance of the Apeks team has not improved significantly, and they still failed to advance to the 2022 Rio Major European RMR event.
