Astana Dragons win TECHLABS Finals

Astana Dragons have won TECHLABS Cup 2013 Finals in Moscow 2-1 over Universal Soldiers (11-16 de_cache, 16-5 de_inferno, 16-3 de_nuke) to win $10,000.

Astana Dragons, the favorites to win their first tournament after adding Emil "kucher" Akhundov just days ago, had a rough start in Moscow as they fell short against Natus Vincere 1-2 in their opening match.

Universal Soldiers easily defeated 3DMAX 2-0 in the other upper bracket semi-final, and went onto take down the squad of Sergey "starix" Ischuk 2-0 as well to clinch a grand final spot.

kucher wins his first event with Astana Dragons

Astana Dragons then knocked 3DMAX out in the lower bracket, and followed it up with a win over Natus Vincere in a rematch in the consolidation finals to secure a spot in the grand final.

As TECHLABS gave no advantage to the winners of upper bracket, a simple 2-1 win in the grand final was enough for Akhundov & co to top Universal Soldiers and win TECHLABS Cup 2013 Finals. TECHLABS Cup 2013 Grand FinalBest of 3 UniversalSoldiersMatchpage 1 2 17th November 2013 Astana Dragons 16Cache 11 5Inferno 16 3Nuke 16

Astana Dragons	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	69 - 32	+37	-	1.64
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	51 - 45	+6	-	1.05
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	43 - 38	+5	-	1.04
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	44 - 41	+3	-	1.03
Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR	45 - 40	+5	-	0.99

UniversalSoldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	53 - 52	+1	-	1.01
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	40 - 48	-8	-	0.85
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	35 - 51	-16	-	0.75
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	33 - 49	-16	-	0.74
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	35 - 52	-17	-	0.71

TECHLABS Cup 2013 finals final standings:

1. Astana Dragons - $10,000 + Game Show League spot
2. Universal Soldiers - $5,000
3. Natus Vincere - $3,500 + DreamHack Winter spot
4. 3DMAX - $1,500

Natus Vincere claimed the DreamHack Winter spot up for grabs as both Astana Dragons and US had already secured spots at the $250,000 tournament, set to begin in just under two weeks.