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Astralis have handed Aurora their first defeat in over three months, netting a 2-1 series victory over the Russian team (16-8 Ancient, 8-16 Mirage, 19-15 Nuke) in the grand final of CCT North Europe Series 3.
Viktor "?Lack1?" Boldyrev's side have torn up the competition in the tier two scene since October, winning 30 out of 35 maps ahead of their match against Astralis and maintaining a streak of 15 series wins in a row. Aurora won CCT South Europe Series 2 during that string of victories, beating the likes of GODSENT, Bad News Eagles, and GamerLegion in the process, and rightly earned a berth into the top 30 ranking this month off the back of their results.
Read more Team ranking: January 2023 
The event offered some much-needed practice for Astralis ahead of ESL Pro League Season 17. The team successfully qualified for the BLAST Spring Final through the Spring Groups to start 2023 off on the right foot, but are absent from IEM Katowice due to lackluster form in 2022 which left them below the invite threshold for ESL's world rankings.
Aurora began their run in the North Europe event from the Swiss group stage, whereas Astralis received an invite directly to the round of 16. The Russian side dispatched of HAVU, Sangal, and Janusz "?Snax?" Pogorzelski's new lineup Let us cook in 2-0 fashion to reach the playoffs, where they added wins over Endpoint, MOUZ NXT, and Illuminar to make the grand final.
Astralis worked their way past EYEBALLERS, 9INE, and Copenhagen Flames en route to the final, where they maintained their form with a 16-9 win on Ancient to kick off the title-deciding series. Aurora replied in kind on their own map pick of Mirage, but couldn't make up for a slow start on the Nuke decider and ultimately conceded the map to the Danes in overtime.
CCT North Europe Series 3Best of 3
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Astralis 8Ancient 16 16Mirage 9 15Nuke 19 | ?Aurora | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladislav 'lattykk' Vydrinlattykk | 55 - 49 | +6 | 69.6 | 1.13 |
| Ivan 'SELLTER' MiroshnikovSELLTER | 61 - 51 | +10 | 79.7 | 1.12 |
| Evgeny 'Norwi' ErmolinNorwi | 65 - 58 | +7 | 81.1 | 1.10 |
 Viktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevLack1 | 42 - 54 | -12 | 59.3 | 0.86 |
| Aleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinKENSI | 43 - 60 | -17 | 67.6 | 0.82 |
| ?Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian 'Buzz' AndersenBuzz | 61 - 53 | +8 | 82.9 | 1.15 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 63 - 54 | +9 | 78.1 | 1.13 |
| Benjamin 'blameF' BremerblameF | 56 - 53 | +3 | 79.9 | 1.08 |
| Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve | 44 - 54 | -10 | 61.0 | 0.88 |
| Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethXyp9x | 44 - 54 | -10 | 65.9 | 0.88 |
CCT North Europe Series 3 bracket stage final standings:
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3-4.Illuminar - $5,000
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5-8.SINNERS - $2,000
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5-8.MOUZ NXT - $2,000
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9-16.Evil Geniuses
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FORZE #32 Vladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovEvgeny 'r3salt' Frolov Artem 'Fierce' Ivanov 
HAVU #41 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoMatias 'Banjo' Kivist? Mikko 'xartE' V?limaa 
SINNERS #55 Tomá? 'oskar' ??astny
Patrik 'Zero' ?údelJind?ich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' Kvapil Tomá? 'Tomkeejs' Tomka 
GamerLegion #29 Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén 
Ashley 'ash' Battye 
Copenhagen Flames #24 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' Bundsb?kThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenIulian 'regali' Harj?u Benjamin 'cube' Stabell 
9z #49 
Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' Garcia
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Santino 'try' RigalNicolás 'buda' Kramer 
Gustavo 'tge' Motta 
500 #26 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovIvan 'Patrick' IvanovAleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov 
Sangal #39 
Robin 'ScrunK' R?pke
Kornél 'kory' SzedlárLove 'phzy' SmidebrantCan 'kyuubii' Ali
Caner 'soulfly' Kesici 
Klesti 'stikle-' Kola 
9INE #33 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Piotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki 
Let us cook #151 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiRaul 'Blytz' GligorAlexandru 's0und' ?tefanSebastian 'fr3nd' Ku?mierzMikkel 'Maze' Sparvath J?drzej 'Bogdan' Rokita 
Bad News Eagles #20 
Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg 
Endpoint #34 Max 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' Man
Guy 'NertZ' IluzMi?osz 'mhL' KnasiakNikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko Allan 'Rejin' Petersen 
GODSENT #80 William 'draken' SundinAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraErik 'ztr' GustafssonJoel 'joel' Holmlund Maikil 'Golden' Selim 
EYEBALLERS #53 Robin 'flusha' R?nnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellAnton 'Sapec' PalmgrenPeppe 'Peppzor' BorakCasper 'SHiNE' Wennerberg Fredrik 'slap' Junbrant 
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev 
Age: 23 Team: Aurora Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 983 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 
Illuminar #48 Piotr 'morelz' TaterkaMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiBartosz 'bnox' NiebiszB?a?ej 'zaNNN' B?czkowskiBartek 'mASKED' Trybu?a Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski 
Age: 29 Team: Let us cook Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 2201 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Aurora #28 Viktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevIvan 'SELLTER' MiroshnikovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' ErmolinVladislav 'lattykk' Vydrin 
Sergey 'starix' Ischuk 
Evil Geniuses #23 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJerric 'wiz' Jiang
Jadan 'HexT' Postma Daniel 'Vorborg' Vorborg Astralis #15 Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerChristian 'Buzz' Andersen Peter 'casle' Ardenskjold 
MOUZ NXT #69 Marcus 'Q-Q' Krolak-HenriksenJimi 'Jimpphat' SaloHenrich 'sl3nd' HevesiBram 'Nexius' CampanaChristoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard Tobias 'TOBIZ' Theo