OW Weekly Recap: Dallas Fuel take every OCS North America title

Dallas Fuel won OCS North America Stage 3 on Sunday with a 4-0 final against Team Liquid. They had already won Stage 1 in April and Stage 2 in July, so no other North American team won a stage this season.

The team that beat Dallas

Team Liquid were the only side to beat Dallas Fuel in Stage 3, taking their group match 3-2 on Oct 18.

Dallas answered twice in the playoffs. They beat Liquid in the upper-bracket final on Saturday, and after Liquid came back through the lower bracket by sweeping Spacestation Gaming, Dallas did not drop a map in the final.

Three finals, two opponents

Across the stage, Dallas Fuel won seven of their eight series. Their three stage finals of the season came against just two opponents:

Dallas Fuel's stage finals

OCS North America

Dallas Fuel Spacestation Gaming 4–1. Dallas Fuel Spacestation Gaming 4–2. Dallas Fuel Team Liquid 4–0.

When	Stage	Result
Apr 12	Stage 1 final	Dallas Fuel 4–1Spacestation Gaming Dallas Fuel won
Jul 5	Stage 2 final	Dallas Fuel 4–2Spacestation Gaming Dallas Fuel won
Nov 1	Stage 3 final	Dallas Fuel 4–0Team Liquid Dallas Fuel won

Twisted Minds take the long way in EMEA

Twisted Minds needed the lower bracket to win OCS EMEA Stage 3. Team Peps beat them 3-2 in Saturday’s upper-bracket final.

On Sunday, Twisted Minds first got past 1234 3-1. A few hours later they met Peps again and won the final 4-1, turning Saturday’s result around inside a day.

It is their second EMEA title of the season, after Stage 1 in April, while Virtus.pro won Stage 2.

What’s next for Dallas Fuel

Dallas Fuel play the OWCS World Finals in Guangzhou from Dec 2 to Dec 6, along with the top three teams from every region, including Twisted Minds.