Russian team Gambit has won the Pinnacle Cup, becoming the owner of the main prize of $80,000. The tournament was held in an online format from March 4 through April 4. In the grand final, Gambit faced the Finnish HAVU and beat them with a score of 2 : 1.
The Russian team dominated the entire draw of the first map (Train), leaving it with a final score of 16 – 8. Gambit chose Mirage as their second map, on which they have yet to suffer a single defeat in 2021. However, this time the circumstances were not in their favor, and the Finns got the advantage. They were able to build an effective defense, and the first half of the game remained for them with a noticeable advantage (11 – 4). Gambit were unable to make up the difference in the second half. The fate of the match was decided on the map Overpass, which Gambit won with a score of 16 – 7 thanks largely to the efforts of Sergey «Ax1Le» Rychtorov and Dmitry «sh1ro» Sokolov.
At first it seemed that HAVU had a good chance to win, because at the previous stages of the tournament they managed to knock SAW, NiP and BIG out of the game. However, Gambit were still stronger in the final match and were able to add another trophy to their list of successful performances, of which there have been many in 2021.