Astralis beat Nemiga to win first LAN title since 2019

Astralis beat Nemiga to win first LAN title since 2019

Astralis 3:1 Nemiga

Astralis won Stake Ranked Episode 4 after defeating Nemiga 3–1 in the grand final, completing a lower-bracket run to claim the organization's first proper LAN trophy since 2019.

Astralis lost their opening match of the tournament 1–2 to Alliance before defeating FaZe, BIG , Fnatic and Luminosity to reach the final.

They then beat Nemiga across four maps: Mirage 13–6, Ancient 10–13, Nuke 13–5 and Cache 13–7.

Staehr leads championship run

Victor "Staehr" Staehr recorded a series-high 1.41 rating in the final and finished the tournament with a 1.27 rating, the highest at the event.

Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard starred on Mirage with a 2.30 rating.

Nemiga answered on Ancient, but Astralis regained control behind a 2.02-rated Nuke from Staehr before he produced an ace clutch on Cache.

The victory was Astralis ' first LAN tournament title since the BLAST Pro Series Global Final in Bahrain in 2019. Their 2024 Copenhagen Gaming Week win was classified as a showmatch event.

The Barcelona run also moved Astralis back into the world's top 10.