Vega Squadron emerged victorious from China Top, which took place over the last three days in Kunshan, China, earlier today with a 2-0 win over ViCi in the grand final.

Four teams, Vega Squadron, ViCi, BOOT-d[S], and GoldenMix gathered in Kunshan, China, on September 29 to fight for a share of the ~$100,000 prize pot on offer.

The tournament was played in a double elimination, best-of-three bracket, where ViCi and Vega Squadron grabbed 2-0 wins early on and fought in the upper final. There, the Chinese prevailed after another two-mapper, with the veterans BingYuan "⁠tb⁠" Li and Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu each topping the scoreboard on one map.

Vega Squadron grabbed $46,000 in prizemoney at China Top

In the lower bracket final, BOOT-d[S] swept GoldenMix without much trouble, before the Singaporean side fell to Vega Squadron in the consolidation final.

The rematch between the Russian side and Savage's squad saw Dmitriy "⁠jR⁠" Chervak & co. take their revenge, edging ViCi on Overpass after overtime (19-16) and closing the deal with a 16-11 victory on Train.

China Top 2017 KunshanBest of 3 ViCiMatchpage 0 2 1st October 2017 Vega Squadron 16Overpass 19 11Train 16

ViCi	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	61 - 44	+17	96.6	1.46
WingHei 'Freeman' CheungFreeman	38 - 39	-1	71.3	1.00
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	36 - 45	-9	60.6	0.83
ZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuaumaN	34 - 49	-15	70.6	0.83
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	29 - 45	-16	63.0	0.78

Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji	53 - 40	+13	90.5	1.25
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	52 - 36	+16	84.0	1.21
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	42 - 39	+3	79.7	1.11
Dmitriy 'jR' ChervakjR	38 - 41	-3	63.8	0.95
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr	37 - 44	-7	68.9	0.87

The final standings and prize distribution of China Top 2017 are the following:

1. Vega Squadron - $46,000

2. ViCi - $31,000

3. BOOT-d[S] - $15,000

4. GoldenMix - $8,000

Dmitriy 'jR' Chervak Age: 23 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 268 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 Bin 'Savage' Liu Age: 28 Team: ViCi Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 481 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 BOOT-d[S] #84 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani BingYuan 'tb' Li Age: 26 Team: ViCi Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 411 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Vega Squadron #29 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov ViCi #61 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung GoldenMix Ta-Wei 'lele' HuangGuan-Xian 'SweetCamper' Su