Quake World Championship 2021: tournament recap

CYpheR placed fifth

The Quake World Championship 2021 has come to an end. The strongest Quake players in the professional stage have been decided. NAVI player Alexey "cYpheR" Yanushevskiy also participated in the tournament.

Alexey started in the second round of the upper bracket, as he was in the top four in the regular season of the European Quake Pro League. The first opponent was cnz: an exciting match ended with cYpheR's victory with a score of 2 : 1.

The next day Alexey played only one match and defeated ZenAku - 2 : 0. Next cYpheR had to fight with RAISY for a spot in the final of the upper bracket.

Alas, the opponent was stronger: 1 : 3 — Alexey fell down to the bottom bracket. One of the best Quake players of the world — rapha was awaiting him there The match was a real highlight of the championship, as both players showed their best. Alexey even led in the series, but in the end lost — 2 : 3

cYpheR took fifth place and earned $8,500. Congratulations to Alexey with his decent result! We are sure he will keep entertaining his fans with his great play in upcoming tournaments! #ObsessedWe

Prize pool distribution:

1st place — vengeurR — $ 25 000;
2nd place — RAISY — $ 15 000;
3rd place — k1llsen — $ 12 500;
4th place — rapha — $ 10 000;
5-6th places — cYpheR, Av3k — $ 8 500 each;
7-8th places — baSe, ZenAku — $ 7 250 each;
9-12th places — dramiS, Spart1e, Maxter, DaHanG — $ 5 500 each;
13-16th places — whaz, cnz, sib, GaRpY — $ 4 000 each;
17-20th places — cha1n, COOLLERZ, psygib, nosfa — $ 3 000 each;
21-24th places — PASITA, davjs, Xron, Effortless — $ 1 500 each.