On June 5, Cloud9 won the IEM Dallas grand finals with a 3 – 0 win over ENCE. This match became the most popular at this tournament, attracting more than 400,000 viewers on various online platforms.
In the final, which was played in a best-of-5 format, Vladislav «nafany» Gorshkov's team left their opponents no chance. If on the first two maps (Mirage and Overpass) ENCE still managed to resist, and the map draw ended in favor of Cloud9 with a slight advantage, on Ancient the advantage of the latter became overwhelming (16 – 3).
Commenting on this victory in an interview after the match, Sergey «Ax1Le» Rykhtorov from Cloud9 said that he was happy to contribute to the overall success, especially in matches against strong teams. He also thanked the fans for their support. Abay «HObbit» Hasenov expressed confidence that Cloud9 will have many more victories to come in the near future.
For the current roster, the top prize at IEM Dallas was a particularly important event, as for the roster, which consists of four Russian and one Kazakh player, this is the first such major achievement after they joined the North American cyber sports organization in May this year.