SINNERS surge into Cologne Major invite range with BCG Masters trophy

The team ensured their win over G2 did not go to waste by securing their first LAN trophy outside of Czechia since 2020.

SINNERS surge into Cologne Major invite range with BCG Masters trophy

SINNERS have clinched victory at BC.Game Masters Championship Season 1 after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over BIG in the grand final (11-13 Nuke, 13-2 Ancient, 13-11 Overpass).

It is only the second LAN trophy outside of Czechia for SINNERS in the organization's history, with their last coming in 2020 in Switzerland just before the coronavirus pandemic, and comes at a critical time ahead of the April 6 VRS invite cut-off for the IEM Cologne Major.

The team was ranked 32nd on the VRS coming into the event, sitting below the cut-off for a European invite to the IEM Cologne Major, but surged up the ranking by 14 spots following their title win — enough not only to make them eligible for an invite, but to put them on the cusp of a Stage 2 berth on our prediction page .

SINNERS were among the eight high-seeded teams invited directly to the playoffs, and delivered on that status with an opening win over BESTIA . But their biggest win, both for VRS points and notoriety, came in the quarter-finals, where they spoiled Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz 's debut event for G2 with a 2-1 victory.

Another large sum of VRS points came from a 2-0 win over BetBoom , who are playing a trio of LAN events ahead of the cut-off with two stand-ins, and a reverse-sweep over BIG in the grand final.

SINNERS even had a chance to take the title-deciding series in two after nearly coming back from 2-10 down on their Nuke pick, pushing all the way to round 24 before losing a 1v3 to Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann . BIG 's meek offense from Nuke carried into Ancient, where they managed just two rounds, and SINNERS then ran away with a dominant T side on the Overpass decider before eventually putting to bed a comeback effort from the German organization at the eleventh hour.

Despite not coming away with the trophy, the runners-up finish still goes a long way for BIG in their own fight for a Major invite, with the team sitting only one spot below SINNERS on our prediction page.

BC.Game Masters Championship S1 top-eight:

1. SINNERS - $30,000 2. BIG - $10,000 3. BetBoom - $5,000 4. HOTU - $2,000 5-8. G2 - $750 5-8. Gentle Mates - $750 5-8. Tricked - $750 5-8. Monte - $750

The VRS impact of BC.Game Masters Championship S1: