MANILA, Philippines — Blacklist Ultimate swept Singapore's ALMGHTY, 3-0, to take the Gareen Masters Season 1 crown.
In a rematch of the 2021 CODM World Championship-East, Blacklist wasted no time in dominating the Singaporeans by taking 150-64 in Hardpoint at the Firing Range map and 6-3 in Search and Destroy at the Raid map.
With the Filipinos at matchpoint, ALMGHTY fought well and hard at the Domination game mode in the Standoff map but Blacklist — having learned from their previous matchups with the Singaporeans — kept their momentum and clinched their victory, 150-133.
Blacklist's Gian "Yato" Socao was named MVP of the tournament with an average score of 2125.
The Grand Finals win saw Blacklist complete a perfect tournament, not dropping a single match and only losing three maps during the entire tournament. They walk away with $10,000 (approximately Php500,000) and the first ever Gareena Masters title.