Astralis won Stake Ranked Episode 4 on Sunday, beating Nemiga 3-1 in the grand final of the $100,000 Counter-Strike 2 event in Barcelona, HLTV reported. The Danish-majority lineup reached the final through the lower bracket after losing its opening match of the tournament to Alliance.
According to HLTV, it is the organization's first LAN title since the BLAST Pro Series Global Final in Bahrain in 2019, won by its earlier championship lineup. A different Astralis roster won Copenhagen Gaming Week in January 2024, but HLTV notes that event was a showmatch.
Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard opened the series with a 2.30 rating on Mirage as Astralis took the first map comfortably. Nemiga answered on Ancient behind a strong CT-side showing, before Astralis closed out the series on Nuke and Cache.
Victor "Staehr" Staehr played a key part in each of the team's map wins, posting a 2.02 rating on Nuke and an ace clutch on Cache. He finished the event with a tournament-high 1.27 rating.
Filip "NEO" Kubski, who took over as Astralis coach in the summer, said the team had waited for the result.
There are always some bad moments. But we keep on working. We stay as a team. It feels nice to finally lift a trophy.
HLTV reported that the Barcelona run moves Astralis into the world top 10 for the first time since June. Nemiga rose to 15th in the world rankings despite the defeat, with HLTV putting their projected chance of qualifying for the Singapore Major at 68.1%.
