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fnatic Rising have been crowned victors of WePlay Academy League Season 5 after taking down Spirit Academy in the grand final. The European side had initially finished on top of Group A with an 8-4 record before cruising through the playoffs, dropping just one map to Astralis Talent in the quarter-finals en route to their first-place finish.
The European roster's victory in the event ushers in a new era for the league, with the past four seasons all being won by different iterations of MOUZ NXT. This time, however, that squad would fail to make it out of groups, finishing 5th in Group A with a 6-6 record.
WePlay Academy League Season 5 marked the debuts of both Filip "?DEPRESHN?" Jarki? and coach Mikael "?sheddaN?" Mellstr?m who joined the team as replacements for Iulian "?regali?" Harj?u and Benjamin "?cube?" Stabell, respectively. Despite losing the outgoing duo to Copenhagen Flames, fnatic Rising have rebounded with their new-look roster, winning this event outright after finishing in just fourth place last season.
The Mikkel "?Maze?" Sparvath-led lineup hit the ground running to kick off their group stage campaign, posting a 6-1 record with their first defeat coming at the hands of Astralis Talent with a 16-10 scoreline. Despite another loss to Astralis Talent, along with being overpowered by PROSPECTS and their eventual grand final opponents in Spirit Academy, fnatic Rising still managed to top Group A with an 8-4 record to secure themselves an upper bracket berth.
The European combine's run through the playoffs was near-flawless, completing the reverse sweep versus Astralis Talent, brushing aside BIG Academy with a 2-0 scoreline, before besting Spirit Academy in a grand final that started off with a hard-fought opening map before giving way to a walkover to close.
fnatic Rising performed strongly team-wide across the event, with every member of the lineup sitting firmly in the green. Regardless, it was Peppe "?Peppzor?" Borak and Maze who enjoyed the most success, putting up 1.20 and 1.18 ratings respectively across the 19 maps played.
The final standings for WePlay Academy League Season 5 are:
1.
fnatic Rising - $45,000
2.Spirit Academy - $20,000
3.BIG Academy - $15,000
4.Astralis Talent - $8,000
5-6.Young Ninjas - $4,000
5-6.NAVI Junior - $4,000
7-8.
7-8.FURIA Academy - $1,500
9-10.ENCE Academy - $500
9-10.MOUZ NXT - $500
11-12.Apeks Rebels
11-12.
13-14.Eternal Fire Academy
13-14.
Mikkel 'Maze' Sparvath 
Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rising Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 101 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 
Young Ninjas #65 Erik 'ztr' GustafssonSean 'eraa' KnutssonAdam 'adamb' ?ngstr?mMax 'maxster' Jansson 
MOUZ NXT #40 Kamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekMi?osz 'mhL' KnasiakHubert 'szejn' ?wiat?yJimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman 
Spirit Academy #76 Mykhailo 'OWNER' LymarMyroslav 'zont1x' PlakhotiaDanil 'donk' KryshkovetsArtem 'ArtFr0st' KharitonovVladislav 'H4SAN4TOR' Tuchin 
Young Gods John 'lineko' LineckJo?o 'snow' ViniciusCarlos 'venomzera' EduardoLeonardo 'n9xtz' SantosBruno 'brn$' de Araújo 
Filip 'DEPRESHN' Jarki? 
Age: 19 Team: fnatic Rising Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 92 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Peppe 'Peppzor' Borak 
Age: 20 Team: fnatic Rising Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 243 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 
Astralis Talent #72 Alexander 'Altekz' GivskovFrederik 'Fessor' S?rensenVictor 'vigg0' BisgaardBenjamin 'brzer' JensenMikkel 'MistR' Thomsen 
NAVI Junior #94 Daniil 'headtr1ck' ValitovDmytro 'dem0n' MyroshnychenkoAdam 'froz1k' NahornyiMark 'UNBR0KEN' VarakutaAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi 
BIG Academy #46 David 'prosus' HesseElias 's1n' SteinTom 'skyye' HagedornNico 'Aqua' KembitzkyMarcel 'hyped' K?hn 
Eternal Fire Academy #157 Can 'Cizzx' ParsAhmet 'cyber' Akp?narFurkan 'zeK' GüleryüzEmrecan 'EMSTAR' ?al??kanSamet 'jottAAA' K?klü 
FURIA Academy #57 Leonardo 'zmb' ToledoKaue 'kauez' KaschukLucas 'decenty' BacelarBruno 'Bruninho' RodriguesJo?o 'koala' Pfeffer fnatic Rising #58 Peppe 'Peppzor' BorakFilip 'DEPRESHN' Jarki?Mikkel 'Maze' Sparvath
Sebastian 'volt' Malo?Matias 'Banjo' Kivist? 
PROSPECTS #100 Alexander 'AlekS' AnderssonGustav 'FRANSSON' FranssonOlle 'spooke' Grundstr?mJohan 'hype' EngblomJonatan 'bobeksde' Persson 
OG Academy #82 
Blagoi 'oxygeN' Dimitrov
Arbnor 'Dementor' PacolliAlexandru 's0und' ?tefan
Max 'Marix' KugenerKaloyan 'shaiK' Borisov 
Copenhagen Flames Iulian 'regali' Harj?uRasmus 'raalz' SteensborgJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' Bundsb?kThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen Iulian 'regali' Harj?u 
Age: 19 Team: Copenhagen Flames Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 
Apeks Rebels #155 ?dne 'sense' FredriksenViktor 'vhw' WadmanTobias 'berzerk' BertelsenPatrik 'Brave' KarlsenSindre 'Tapewaare' Ellefsen 
ENCE Academy #132 Veeti 'S1rva' SirvaHenri 'HENU' YlilehtoYoussef 'juissi' AdamVille 'myltsi' VilkmanPaavo 'podi' Heiskanen Benjamin 'cube' Stabell 
Age: 27 Team: Copenhagen FlamesC Mikael 'sheddaN' Mellstr?m 
Age: 21 Team: fnatic RisingC