New pro-scene record for number of rounds played in one match set

In the final of the Polish Esports League 2023 Split 2 online tournament, ThunderFlash and PGE Turow set a new record of the professional stage for the number of rounds played. In a BO5 match, the opponents played 173 rounds.

PGE Turow secured the victory with a scoreline of 3:2 – 16:19 on Vertigo, 16:14 on Ancient, 14:16 on Inferno, 22:20 on Anubis and 19:17 on Mirage. Notably, at the end of the match, nine out of ten players overcame the threshold of 100 kills.

The previous record for the number of rounds played in one game was set in 2015 at the Acer Predator Masters LAN tournament in a match between MOUZ and HellRaisers. Then the teams played 164 rounds.

Top 10 professional matches with most rounds played are:

1.  PGE Turow –  ThunderFlash (Polish Esports League 2023 Split 2, 173 rounds)
2.  MOUZ –  HellRaisers (Acer Predator Masters 2015, 164 rounds)
3.  TYLOO –  Heroic (Toyota Master Bangkok 2018, 161 rounds)
4.  Gambit –  Heroic (ESL Pro League Season 13, 157 rounds)
5.  Liquid –  Vitality (ESL Pro League Season 16, 155 rounds)
6.  0to100 –  4glory (Kuvo OneTap Winter 2022,154 rounds)
7.  BIG Academy –  ECLOT (Y-Games Pro Series 2022, 154 rounds)
8.  Extra Salt –  GODSENT (DreamHack Open September 2021, 154 rounds)
9.  Vitality –  Heroic (DreamHack Open Fall 2020, 154 rounds)
10.  SK –  Virtus.pro (EPICENTER, 2017, 151 rounds)

Origin: www.hltv.org