ENCE swept MOUZ on Sunday to win the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas title.
With the 2-0 victory, ENCE claimed not only $100,000 and 2,400 BLAST Premier points but also an automatic qualification into the $1 million IEM Cologne 2023 later this summer.
MOUZ settled for a $42,000 second prize with 1,200 BLAST Premier points.
ENCE won 16-9 on Mirage and 16-10 on Nuke. Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia of Spain led ENCE with 45 kills and a plus-16 kills-to-deaths differential. Pavle “maden” Boskovic of Montenegro had 41 kills on a plus-6 K-D and Israel’s Guy “NertZ” Iluz added 40 on a plus-12.
For MOUZ, Jon “JDC” de Castro of Germany led all players with 49 kills on a plus-15 differential.
The $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event opened on Monday with 16 teams.
Intel Extreme Masters Dallas prize pool and BLAST Premier points distribution:
1. $100,000, 2,400 points, berth in Intel Extreme Masters Cologne — ENCE
2. $42,000, 1,200 points — MOUZ
3-4. $20,000, 750 points — Heroic, FaZe Clan
5-6. $10,000, 225 points — Astralis, G2 Esports
7-8. $6,000, 225 points — OG, Cloud9
9-12. $5,000, no points — 9z Team, FURIA Esports, Complexity Gaming, Team Liquid
13-16. $4,000, no points — Fnatic, Nouns Esports, Evil Geniuses, Grayhound Gaming
–Field Level Media