The two teams faced each other earlier this afternoon in Moscow to decide whether the Intel Challenge Cup trophy would remain with Virtus.pro or go with Team Alternate, last year's third-placed side.

The game, played in a best-of-three mode, began on de_inferno, where Alternate was able to pose a serious threat during the first-half, going into interval with 8-7 on the scoreboard in favour of the local team.

But the second-half brought an even stronger Virtus.pro, who would concede just two more rounds to Alternate before winning the first map 16-9.

The second map, played on de_dust2, was basically an all-Virtus.pro show as the Russians were able to take a total of 14 rounds as Terrorist. Though Alternate managed to briefly respond when the teams switched sides, it was already too late to get anything out of this map and so it ended 16-6.

Virtus.pro will now be rewarded with 135,000 RUB, approximately €3,650, ahead of its debut at Rekrut.ru Championship.

Virtus.pro
Team Alternate
de_inferno: Virtus.pro [16:09] Alternate de_dust2: Virtus.pro [16:06] Alternate
Virtus.pro: LeX, ROMJkE, Kane, Edward, Zeus Alternate: mooN, approx, fleks, paN, Roman R

Source: Gotfrag