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G2 Esports' Richard "shox" Papillon and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub have won the HTC 2v2 Invitational after defeating North's Philip "aizy" Aistrup & René "cajunb" Borg in the final.

The French duo got off on the wrong foot in Bucharest, losing out to Space Soldiers' Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş and Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın in their opening match, but still finished top two in the group after defeating EnVyUs' Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom and Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer, and Heroic's Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen and Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen. 

A 2-0 victory over FaZe's Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard in the semi-finals then followed, with a 2-1 win against North's Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup and René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg assuring them of a spot in the final.

shox and kennyS win the HTC 2v2 Invitational

Due to coming from the Upper Bracket, Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub required just one best-of-three victory to secure the title. The first series went the North duo's way, but then the G2 pair hit back in the following series to win the match.

HTC 2v2 Invitational final standings:

1. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon & Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub - $20,000
2. Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup &  René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg - $10,000
3. Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş & Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın - $5,000
4. Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač & Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard - $5,000
5-6. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev & Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin  - $2,500
5-6. Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen &  Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen - $2,500
7-8. Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie & Julia "⁠juliano⁠" Kiran - $2,500
7-8. Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer & Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom - $2,500

With this victory, shox has won his second HTC Invitational title, having also come out on top of the 1v1 tournament that PGL hosted last year.

Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 21 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.25 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.70 Julia 'juliano' Kiran Age: 23 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 963 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 25 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 998 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1085 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie Age: 25 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 117 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.67 Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 345 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 921 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 601 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Age: 18 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.69 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 561 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 928 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1042 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 771 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın Age: 18 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 279 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61