SAW take down TYLOO to secure Elisa Masters Espoo berth

SAW defeated the Chinese squad in a three-map series to reach the Elisa Invitational Fall grand final and lock in a spot at Elisa Masters Espoo.

SAW bested TYLOO 2-1 in the Elisa Invitational Fall semi-finals to set-up a grand-final match-up against GamerLegion. The Portuguese roster narrowly dropped Inferno (14-16), then gave the Chinese squad a battering on Ancient (16-4), before comfortably closing things out on Overpass (16-8) to lock in a top-two finish and qualify for Elisa Masters Espoo in the process.

Tiago "⁠JUST⁠" Moura was key in getting his team over the line, putting up a team-high 1.48 rating and 97 ADR. The Portuguese lineup will now begin preparing for their grand-final game versus GamerLegion, scheduled to begin later on Wednesday at 20:00 .

JUST was unstoppable all series long, averaging a 1.48 rating

SAW will relish in being gifted yet another chance to test their mettle against other notable competition on LAN, their last appearance at an offline event dating back to the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR B tournament back in October.

SAW struggled to get anything going during their time at the competition in Malta, where they bowed out of the Major-qualifying event in joint-last place with an uninspiring 0-3 record. The side's most convincing showing was a hard-fought 1-2 defeat to HEET in their elimination match-up.

Participating at the Finnish LAN will be a good opportunity for SAW to fight stagnation. The Portuguese team has struggled to remain competitive in the server as of late, with Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes and company falling from their 2022 peak of 31st in the world ranking to their current 48th place.

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The 12-team, $200,000 LAN event will play out from November 16-20 in Espoo. Teams like Astralis, who could soon be welcoming back Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, and the Major-bound MOUZ and ENCE will be in attendance.

The current team list for Elisa Masters Espoo is as follows:

MOUZ
Astralis
BIG
HEET
Invite
InviteENCE
fnatic
GamerLegion
SAW
Invite
TBDElisa Invitational Fall 2022Best of 3 SAWMatchpage 2 1 26th October 2022 TYLOO 14Inferno 16 16Ancient 4 16Overpass 8

SAW	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tiago 'JUST' MouraJUST	66 - 41	+25	97.0	1.49
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pintoewjerkz	53 - 48	+5	81.1	1.29
João 'story' Vieirastory	49 - 38	+11	64.3	1.17
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveiraroman	49 - 41	+8	71.7	1.10
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesMUTiRiS	45 - 47	-2	69.2	1.02

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
WingHei 'Freeman' CheungFreeman	50 - 53	-3	86.2	1.02
Kelun 'SLOWLY' SunSLOWLY	40 - 50	-10	62.8	0.89
Zhenghao 'DANK1NG' LvDANK1NG	46 - 51	-5	57.0	0.80
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	38 - 56	-18	63.4	0.77
Shengjun 'aristo' Jinaristo	39 - 55	-16	55.3	0.69

Tiago 'JUST' Moura Age: 26 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 946 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 BIG #17 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasB Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1787 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 ENCE #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Time is adjusted to your selected timezone TYLOO #131 YuLun 'Summer' CaiKelun 'SLOWLY' SunZhenghao 'DANK1NG' LvWingHei 'Freeman' CheungShengjun 'aristo' Jin Astralis #14 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderAsger 'Farlig' JensenBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' Thomsen SAW #48 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes Age: 29 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1292 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 MOUZ #10 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman fnatic #16 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman HEET #33 Audric 'JACKZ' JugAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier GamerLegion #26 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén