Lemondogs win 2on2 tourney over NiP

Lemondogs have won the 2on2 World Championshop at DreamHack Summer 2013 by defeating NiP 16-13 after overtime, bringing them 100,000 SEK (~$15,500).

Due to time constraints this tournament named 2on2 World Championship and held at the Telia booth at DreamHack Summer 2013 switched its structure to bracket instead of having the 8 teams play group stage first. Also, earlier today fnatic forfeited their spot and the organizers invited Lemondogs instead to compete for the winner-takes-all 100,000 SEK prize.

It would turn out that the replacement team would come in and turn some heads, firstly eliminating ESC 13-6 on de_nuke_se and then edging out Virtus.pro in the semi-final on de_dust 13-11. Especially worth mentioning was the last round of the match against the CIS-based squad in which Simon "twist" Eliasson scored an AWP headshot on Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow through the double doors and also wounded Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov in the same fashion only a second later, which practically won the match for his team.

Lemondogs' twist led his duo to the title

On the other side of the bracket it was of course NiP that reached the final, represented by Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund and Adam "friberg" Friberg. They beat Curse on de_nuke_se 13-10 and Western Wolves on de_dust 13-9.

It was the Lemondogs duo that started well on their de_aztec CT side, taking 5-0 and 8-1 leads, but Alesund and Friberg got the final three rounds of the half to feel comfortable before sides changed.

NiP quickly got into the lead at 10-9, but the server was DDoSed at that point causing a short break. After restarting the match Lemondogs led by Eliasson's AWP turned their fortunes around and took a 12-10 lead. And that wasn't all we'd see, as Alesund stepped up in the last two rounds, including a nail-biting 1-on-2 to take the match into overtime.

It was in vain though, as Eliasson's AWP proved to be the deciding factor that led Lemondogs to clinch the match 16-13 and claim the 100,00 SEK prize.

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2on2 World Championship standings

1. Lemondogs (twist & xelos) – 100,000 SEK (~$15,500)
2. NiP (GeT_RiGhT & friberg)
3-4. Virtus.pro (ANGE1 & Dosia)
3-4. Western Wolves (gla1ve & Nico)
5-8. Curse (Skadoodle & AZK)
5-8. LDLC.com (kennyS & apEX)
5-8. Copenhagen Wolves (device & cajunb)
5-8. ESC Gaming (Neo & pasha)