Another international tournament and another title for Natus Vincere in 2010. The Ukrainians continued to reign as the best team in the world as they dispatched Mousesports in two straight maps to win Arbalet Cup Dallas.

Natus Vincere 19:15 Mousesports (dust2 10:5, 5:10, OT - 3:0, 1:0)
Natus Vincere 16:12 Mousesports (inferno 7:8, 9:4)

The first, dust2, was a close affair as mouz got back into the game and Na`Vi had to fight to take it to overtime. In overtime it was all Na`Vi and mouz looked bewildered as the Ukrainians rushed to a clean 4:0 and map victory. starix once again came up with some huge plays with the AWP to keep his time winning rounds at times it seemed like they shouldn't have.

The second map, inferno, was Na`Vi's early on at 6:1 but mouz called a timeout and discussed something which clearly worked as they turned the game around and got out of the half with the victory 8:7. Na`Vi were in control the whole time as CT though and reached map point with 4 rounds remaining in the game. mouz won one more to make it 15:12 but then the Arbalet-sponsored team got the round they needed to pick up a nice big pile of Arbalet's money once again.

Another tournament filled with great memories of the Ukrainian side who seems to always find a way to get the win. From their epic overtime games against mTw to returning from a solid thrashing from EG in map 1 of the semis to destroying the Americans in two straight to reach the final. The final itself saw mouz occasionally show promise but were once more mainly a showcase for different Na`Vi players showing off their incredible skills, communication and teamplay.


Arbalet Cup Dallas standings:
1st Natus Vincere $25,000
2nd Mousesports $15,000
3rd Evil Geniuses $10,000
4th H2k Gaming $7,000
5th-6th SK Gaming $3,500
5th-6th mTw $3,500

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