Space Soldiers win GO:CL Season 3

Space Soldiers won the Global Offensive Champions League Season 3 this weekend, defeating AGG 3-0 in the grand final (16-9 on Mirage, 16-12 on Train, and 19-16 on Dust2).

Dreamz Media have hosted three Global Offensive Champions League tournaments so far and the online cups have seen previous winning teams such as Na`Vi and dignitas crowned champions in past seasons.

The third season of the GO:CL offered up $20,000 for 16 teams and eight eventual teams made their way to the playoffs by late March.

XANTARES had another phenomenal series

Although Dignitas were widely expected to win the event as the most high profile and high ranked team competing, the Danish-Norwegian team were surprised by the dark horse that is Space Soldiers in the semifinals in a close series. Other well-known teams such as GODSENT and PENTA lost in the quarter-finals.

The grand finals were thus a showdown between Space Soldiers and the Poles of AGG but the best-of-five match was no contest as the Turks, led as usual by the efforts of Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş, powered their way to victory in three straight maps.

Global Offensive Champions League Season 3Best of 5 Space SoldiersMatchpage 3 0 29th April 2016 AGG 16Mirage 9 16Train 12 19Dust2 16

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Global Offensive Champions League Season 3 final standings:

1. Space Soldiers - $10,000
2. AGG - $5,000
3. MK - $3,000*
4. Dignitas - $2,000*
5-8. PENTA
5-8. ALTERNATE aTTaX
5-8. GODSENT
5-8. XPC

*A third place decider match did not play out as dignitas forfeited and MK received third place.

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Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 20 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.27 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.90 DPR: 0.70 AGG #26 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyKarol 'repo' CybulskiDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' Swiderski GODSENT #12 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson PENTA #37 Tahsin 'tahsiN' BroschkChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendMike 'mikeS' Tuns Space Soldiers #25 Tugay 'TuGuX' KeskinIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Dignitas #8 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke ALTERNATE aTTaX #38 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschKevin 'keev' BartholomäusStefan 'stfN' Seier XPC #93 Cosmin-Andrei 'WHitE' CetanasIoan-Alexandru 'starkiller' NeacșuValentin 'SEMINTE' BodeaCosmin-Mihai 'cosmeeeN' ButucAdrian 'XELLOW' Guță MK #18 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovEmiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovNikolay 'nkl' KrastevViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' Ganev