The Russian-Ukrainian side are through to the upper bracket following a clean 2-0 victory over YEKINDAR and company. NAVI are set to face off against FURIA in the upper semi-finals, while Virtus.pro will have to battle themselves out of the lower bracket against the Swedish Ninjas from NiP.
Dust2: 16-11 | Boombl4 – 1.41 Rating | 97.6 ADR | 26-18 K/D
Train: 16-9 | s1mple – 1.47 Rating | 93.1 ADR | 27-15 K/D
NAVI drew the first blood to the series by taking VP’s map pick of Dust2, even though it was YEKINDAR and company who were off to a flying start on T-side, finishing the first half with a 4-11 lead. flamie’s troops started to find their footing as they switched to T-side and grabbed 12 rounds in a row to close out the map 16-11, without letting VP add a single round to the scoreline.
On Train, NAVI was once again off to a slow start as VP stormed to a 2-7 lead on CT-side before s1mple and company took the last 6 rounds of the half. NAVI kept their lead in the second half and stormed through VP’s defense to close out the map 16-9, and wrap up the series with a quick victory.
MVP:
The Ukrainian beast wrapped up the series as the highest-rated player with 26 AWP kills.
Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – 1.43 Rating | 88.0 ADR | 50-27 K/D
Highlight of the series:
Boombl4 stepping up for his team in a crucial moment.
