Epsilon Esports easily bags CWL Sheffield

After an impressive performance at CWL Anaheim, destroying Splyce in the winner’s bracket and finishing top 8, Epsilon were on top of Europe. Sweeping their rivals at the event was only a sneak peak at what was to come. CWL Sheffield Open, a European tournament, would clear away any doubts.

Before anything, it must be mentioned that Splyce did not participate in the event, being Epsilon’s fiercest competition. Nonetheless, there was still an overwhelming amount of tense Call of Duty to be played. Let’s focus on Epsilon’s journey throughout the course of the event.

Starting with groups, the squad laughed at the competition with a 9-1 map record; really cleaning up the competition. Greeting them at the championship bracket was Elevate who put up a respectable fight until the very end, a difficult 3-2 scoreline went the way of Epsilon. The next team, Red Reserve, would battle it out in the semifinals. Again, the squad carried out some pretty clutch plays to land a spot in the winner’s final against Fnatic, Red Reserve were not too content. The series in mention began with a tie, followed by a close third game, but Epsilon’s dominant Hardpoint knocked Fnatic to the loser’s bracket and ultimately, home.

The team to rise form the loser bracket to face-off Epsilon was none other than Red Reserve, desperate for redemption following an incredible run in to remain in the competition. Unfortunately, after an initial minute of hope for Red Reserve, Epsilon savagely destroyed them with a 3-0 finish to claim the championship. Only losing 4 maps out of 22, one could easily spot that without Splyce, it was a walk in the park. Yet, the last three times that Epsilon did meet Splyce, all of them were clean sweeps in favour of Epsilon – so would it have made a difference?

Time to focus the light on a familiar name; Reuben Grech. In the Open Bracket, OneHash.com won their first winner bracket match-up confidently. Yet, the second game was unfairly lost. Reuben was ‘gutted’ due to technical issues resulting with a couple players’ mics cutting out in the SnD. Feeling cheated, the team advanced to beat out a couple loser bracket teams but finally losing to Barrage. Regardless of the cruel loss, the team and all its players, including Reuben, had a solid run.