Windigo Gaming have won the first edition of the Esport Balkan League after defeating Valiance 2-0 in the title decider.

Held in Belgrade, the event featured the top four teams of the regular season, who competed in a single-elimination bracket for the top prize of €10,000 (approximately $11,570).

The first round of the tournament featuring an exciting all-Bulgarian clash between Windigo and MK, with the former coming out on top on two maps with a strong individual display from Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov, who averaged a 1.40 Rating. In the other match, home side Valiance breezed past Romanian team Nexus, who did not reach double digits on either map.

SPELLAN & co. win regional event

The grand final began on Cache, where Windigo got off to a flying start, cruising to a 12-3 lead as Terrorists. After switching sides, Valiance gave a much better account of themselves, winning nine of the first ten rounds, but then the Bulgarian side tightened up their defence and locked down the map, 16-13. On Train, the Serbian side came out much livelier and took a 9-6 half-time lead, but a near-flawless T side saw Windigo complete the turnaround in convincing fashion.

Esports Balkan League Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 WindigoMatchpage 2 0 16th December 2017 Valiance 16Cache 13 16Train 11

Windigo	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovSHiPZ	45 - 35	+10	84.0	1.30
Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninpNshr	41 - 35	+6	86.3	1.26
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble	38 - 30	+8	72.1	1.19
Teodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovSPELLAN	42 - 31	+11	75.1	1.16
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR	37 - 36	+1	79.8	1.09

Valiance	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Anel 'NENO' CekovićNENO	43 - 38	+5	71.4	1.05
Nestor 'LETN1' TanićLETN1	41 - 42	-1	73.5	1.04
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	31 - 43	-12	74.4	0.91
Luka 'emi' Vukovićemi	24 - 42	-18	66.3	0.81
Đorđe 'DJOXiC' NiciforovićDJOXiC	28 - 38	-10	47.9	0.80

Esport Balkan League Season 1 Finals standings:

1. Windigo - €10,000 ($11,570)
2. Valiance - €5,000 ($5,780)
3. Nexus - €2,000 ($2,315)
4. MK - €600 ($695)