Virtus round up SLTV StarSeries finals

Virtus.pro have defeated Natus Vincere 16-13 in the deciding regular season match to clinch the fourth and final spot to SLTV StarSeries VI finals together with NiP, ESC and fnatic.

The battle of CIS-teams between Virtus and Na`Vi was to determine the final team headed to CyberSports ARENA in just over weeks time on July 4-7th, and Na`Vi fell short after a strong start.

The Ukrainian side opened with a 9-1 lead propelled by strong individual play be Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev, who put up 27 frags as a counter-terrorist. Na`Vi wound up winning first half 11-4, but struggles started soon after.

Edward's strong performance wasn't enough on de_dust2_se 

As terrorists they lost six straight rounds before making it 12-10, but were broken apart by strong play by players such as Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov, whose one-on-two was huge for his team.

His brother Sergey "Fox" put up three AK47 frags on top of the A bombsite soon after, and Na`Vi found themselves trailing 13-15 when Ladislas "GuardiaN" Kovács' AWP put them out of their misery. SLTV StarSeries VIBest of 1 Virtus.proMatchpage 16 13 25th June 2013 Natus Vincere 16Dust2_se 13 .

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	24 - 17	+7	-	1.33
Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR	23 - 21	+2	-	1.03
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	19 - 17	+2	-	0.99
Sergey 'Fox' StolyarovFox	16 - 18	-2	-	0.88
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	16 - 23	-7	-	0.75

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	36 - 19	+17	-	1.70
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	19 - 19	0	-	0.93
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	18 - 18	0	-	0.91
Arseny 'ceh9' Trynozhenkoceh9	14 - 21	-7	-	0.71
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	8 - 21	-13	-	0.46

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	24 - 17	+7	-	1.33
Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR	23 - 21	+2	-	1.03
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	19 - 17	+2	-	0.99
Sergey 'Fox' StolyarovFox	16 - 18	-2	-	0.88
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	16 - 23	-7	-	0.75

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	36 - 19	+17	-	1.70
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	19 - 19	0	-	0.93
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	18 - 18	0	-	0.91
Arseny 'ceh9' Trynozhenkoceh9	14 - 21	-7	-	0.71
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	8 - 21	-13	-	0.46

Virtus.pro, NiP and ESC Gaming return from last season, while fnatic are a new face to the finals event, having made the cut with a string of wins following a dismal DreamHack showing.

SLTV StarSeries VI will once again feature a full four team double elimination best-of-three bracket at the finals, which are spread over four days. Below are the upper bracket semi-final pairs:

NiP	vs. Virtus.pro
fnatic	vs. ESC Gaming

Anil "cLy" Gülec's issues with the team forced the Germans to withdraw after an impressive online season, as their backup player, WW member Nichlas "Nille" Busk will be on vacation and unable to travel to Kiev.

A total of $15,000 will be once again handed out, with the winners leaving Kiev $6,000 richer. As German /10/ opted not to attend the event, they have been moved down to fifth place.

SLTV StarSeries VI prize distribution:

1. $6,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,500
4. $2,000
5. /10/ - $500
6. Natus Vincere - $400
7. k1ck - $350
8. n!faculty - $250

HLTV.org will not be traveling to Kiev for the SLTV StarSeries VI finals but we'll be providing coverage of the $15,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament nonetheless.