{"id":41644,"date":"2025-03-16T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T00:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=41644"},"modified":"2025-03-16T20:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T00:33:29","slug":"team-vitality-claim-esl-pro-league-season-21-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-vitality-claim-esl-pro-league-season-21-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Vitality claim ESL Pro League Season 21 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Vitality have cemented their status as the best <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike 2 betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> team in the world with a dominant 3-0 victory over MOUZ in the ESL Pro League Season 21 grand final.<\/p>\n<p>The European squad made short work of their opponents, sweeping them aside on Dust2 (13-9), Nuke (13-4), and Inferno (13-5) to claim their second &#8216;Big Event&#8217; title of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This triumph puts Vitality just one tournament victory away from securing the Intel Grand Slam and the coveted US$1,000,000 prize, having already won IEM Cologne 2024 and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-vitality-lift-maiden-iem-katowice-trophy\/\" title=\"IEM Katowice review\">IEM Katowice 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s another trophy for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitalityCS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamVitalityCS<\/a> in 2025 secured! \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FIPRwdAJOQ\">pic.twitter.com\/FIPRwdAJOQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1901365660610867656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With five events left to seal the deal, their first opportunity comes at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-spring\/\" title=\"IEM Melbourne betting guide\">IEM Melbourne<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p>The series started on Dust2, where Vitality\u2019s game plan of exploiting the B site paid off handsomely.<\/p>\n<p>Early aggression against Jimi &#8220;Jimpphat&#8221; Salo saw them storm to a 9-3 lead, with the Finnish rifler struggling to make an impact.<\/p>\n<p>MOUZ fought back in the second half, but the deficit was too much to overturn, and Vitality closed out the map 13-9.<\/p>\n<p>On Nuke, Vitality kept their foot on the gas, dominating the early duels and converting key clutch rounds to establish a commanding 9-3 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>A swift second-half pistol win all but sealed the deal, with the map ending 13-4.<\/p>\n<p>Inferno was even more lopsided, as MOUZ\u2019s questionable counter-terrorist side decisions allowed Vitality to take a six-round lead by halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The gap proved insurmountable, and a flawless second half from the Dan &#8220;apEX&#8221; Madesclaire-led squad resulted in a crushing 13-5 victory, ending MOUZ\u2019s previously unblemished record in <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/esl-pro-league\/\" title=\"ESL Pro League betting guide\">ESL Pro League<\/a> finals.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike previous events, where Vitality heavily leant on Mathieu &#8220;ZywOo&#8221; Herbaut and Shahar &#8220;flameZ&#8221; Shushan for firepower, this was a complete team performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ROBIN &quot;EPL&quot; KOOL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ropz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ropz<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> S21 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProTour<\/a> DHL MVP&#39;s best moments from the tournament!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeutschePostDHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeutschePostDHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsmTl78009\">pic.twitter.com\/VsmTl78009<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1901373616366752040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Robin &#8220;ropz&#8221; Kool, their newest addition, shone brightly and was named the tournament MVP, proving his worth as a game-changing signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great team to play with. I\u2019m happy to have these four guys to extend my career a bit longer,\u201d Vitality\u2019s in-game leader Dan &#8220;apEX&#8221; Madesclaire said post-match, reflecting on their meteoric rise.<\/p>\n<p>For MOUZ, this was a harsh reality check.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an impressive run to the final, they struggled to match Vitality\u2019s intensity.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Dennis &#8220;sycrone&#8221; Nielsen admitted their shortcomings: \u201cIt felt like we lost every anti-force buy. That was a bit of a shame. But we can\u2019t take anything away from the last three months. We\u2019re clearly not all the way there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With back-to-back grand final appearances, MOUZ remain a serious contender in the tier-one scene.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll have a chance to bounce back at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-series\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier Series betting guide\">BLAST Open Lisbon<\/a>, which begins on Wednesday, March 19.<\/p>\n<p>For Vitality, the path to glory continues.<\/p>\n<p>The Intel Grand Slam is within touching distance, and if their current form is anything to go by, it feels more like a question of \u2018when\u2019 rather than \u2018if\u2019 they will complete the feat.<\/p>\n<p>Their next test awaits at IEM Melbourne, where they\u2019ll look to further solidify their legacy in Counter-Strike history.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Vitality have cemented their status as the world&#8217;s best Counter-Strike 2 team with a 3-0 victory over MOUZ in the ESL Pro League Season 21 grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3111,430,1815,3465,215],"class_list":["post-41644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-esl-pro-league","tag-mouz","tag-robin-ropz-kool","tag-team-vitality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41644"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41646,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41644\/revisions\/41646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}