Team Falcons win DreamLeague Season 24 grand final

Team Falcons emerged from the lower bracket to defeat BetBoom Team in the grand final and take first place at the DreamLeague Season 24 event on Sunday.

Falcons opened the day with a 2-0 sweep of Team Spirit in the lower-bracket final, then brushed off BetBoom 3-1 in the grand final. They won $300,000 and 3,300 ESL Pro Tour points for placing first.

BetBoom, which won Saturday's upper-bracket final to punch their ticket to the grand final, settled for the second prize of $175,000.

Team Falcons only finished fourth in Group Stage 2 of the event, but they breezed past PARIVISION and Team Spirit to move through the lower bracket of the playoff stage.

On Sunday, they beat Spirit in 43 minutes on green and 33 minutes on red. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf of Jordan averaged 10.5 kills, 1.0 death and 13.5 assists per map for Team Falcons in the lower-bracket semis.

BetBoom were waiting for them in the grand final, but Falcons struck first with a 37-minute win on green. BetBoom answered in 42 minutes on green, but Falcons then won in 32 minutes on green and 33 minutes on red to seal the deal.

ATF posted an 11-2-18 kills-deaths-assists ratio on the decisive fourth map, and Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen of Denmark added a 9-3-26 for Falcons.

DreamLeague Season 24 prize pool (earnings, ESL Pro Tour points):

1. $300,000, 3,300 points -- Team Falcons

2. $175,000, 2,800 points -- BetBoom Team

3. $120,000, 2,000 points -- Team Spirit

4. $85,000, 1,900 points- PARIVISION

5. $52,500, 1,275 points -- Tundra Esports

6. $47,500, 1,150 points -- Team Liquid

7. $42,500, 675 points -- Xtreme Gaming

8. $37,500, 550 points -- Team Waska

9-10. $25,000, 250 points-- Gaimin Gladiators, Talon Esports

11-12. $20,000, 125 points -- AVULUS, Azure Ray

13-14. $15,000, 70 points -- Nigma Galaxy, HEROIC

15-16. $10,000, 30 points -- Nouns Esports, Palianytsia

--Field Level Media