The French squad was in control of the series throughout Dust2 and Inferno, securing at worst a top-3 finish in the Regional Major Ranking event.
The match between the fourth and seventh-best teams in the world did not provide as much excitement as was expected thanks to strong performances from all five Vitality members, with the Frenchmen securing a confident 2-0 win over BIG.
Vitality continued their winning streak on Dust2, now reaching five consecutive map wins, and shrugged off BIG on Inferno after a near-perfect start to the offensive side to claim the series. BIG will have a chance to redeem themselves in the lower bracket of DreamHack Open Fall, where they will face the winner of HEROIC - Sprout, while Vitality go on to face Astralis for a grand final spot on Friday, and could prove to be a difficult challenge for the team currently ranked #1.
With both teams having strong records on Dust2, 82% win rate for BIG and 73% for Vitality, the initial map was a toss-up on paper. After picking it, the German side did start 3-0 up on it as Terrorists, but Cédric "RpK" Guipouy set up his team for a good CT half with an opening double in the first rifle round. Vitality brought out the double AWP on Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut and Richard "shox" Papillon, and went up 7-4 before Nils "k1to" Gruhne's 4K with the Deagle allowed BIG to recover.
From an 8-7 half, Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz's team equalized things with a pistol win, but lost the following force to Vitality's B push. The French team then took the reins of the match, reaching 14 rounds after RpK's eco ace, and closed out the map 16-11.
ZywOo's pistol quad-kill foreshadowed a great map from the wunderkind on Inferno, as he was sitting on a 16K-1D scoreline with Vitality 9-2 ahead as Terrorists. BIG stopped the bleeding there, locking down an A play to start their comeback to a 9-6 half scoreline.
That good work was canceled out by Vitality in the second half, as Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's men looked comfortable marching towards match point, but were stopped at a bit earlier, at 14, thanks to BIG's eco victory and a 3v5 turnaround (14-9). The Germans managed to reach 11 rounds before Vitality tied it all up, with a shox - RpK B lockdown and ZywOo's double kill that made it 16-11.
DreamHack Open Fall 2020Best of 3
BIG
Matchpage 0 2 22nd October 2020 
Vitality 11Dust2 16 11Inferno 16 | BIG | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN | 33 - 34 | -1 | 58.8 | 0.97 |
| Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to | 33 - 41 | -8 | 67.6 | 0.87 |
| Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN | 27 - 37 | -10 | 64.7 | 0.83 |
 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES | 30 - 38 | -8 | 63.1 | 0.81 |
| Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN | 25 - 42 | -17 | 69.1 | 0.71 |
| Vitality | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo | 40 - 25 | +15 | 78.9 | 1.42 |
| Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK | 42 - 31 | +11 | 83.2 | 1.31 |
| Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX | 37 - 34 | +3 | 83.1 | 1.21 |
| Richard 'shox' Papillonshox | 37 - 28 | +9 | 64.6 | 1.12 |
| Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa | 36 - 30 | +6 | 67.4 | 1.12 |
Sprout #20 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell
Michał 'snatchie' RudzkiJosef 'faveN' BaumannPaweł 'dycha' Dycha BIG #7 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy 
Age: 31 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1411 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz 
Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1541 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Vitality #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut 
Age: 19 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.29 Maps played: 713 KPR: 0.86 DPR: 0.62 
HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 28 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1745 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 
Astralis #1 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 27 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1700 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Nils 'k1to' Gruhne 
Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 855 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 (责任编辑：cs cases free)