fnatic kept their tournament hopes alive after taking down the Germans from BIG 2-1 in the Lower semi-finals to secure a spot in the Lower final. Meanwhile, Gambit eliminated FaZe with a 2-1 result to advance to the Lower final where they will be taking upon ALEX’s men for the last chance to claim a spot in the playoffs.
fnatic – BIG (2-1) | IEM Winter Lower semi-final
The action started on fnatic’s pick of Inferno, where ALEX’s men got off to a strong start by taking an early 1-5 lead on the T side. However, the Germans immediately took control of the map after that, as they finished off the first half with a stellar 9-6 CT side lead. tabseN and his troops continued their good form by crushing fnatic on the T side and confidently closed their opponents map pick, 16-7.
On Mirage, fnatic grinded out rounds on the CT side and picked up a dominant 13-2 half, looking to quickly force the third map. But things didn’t go that easy, as the Germans lowered their deficit to only to rounds at 13-15, before ALEX’s men tied up the series 1-1.
fnatic wrapped up the series 2-1 on Nuke after closing out the map in overtime 17-19. KRIMZ played a massive role in the victory and finished on top of the scoreboard with a 1.31 Rating to help his team to survive at the event.
Inferno (7-16) | {cflag:DE} tabseN – 1.41 Rating / 91.2 ADR / 22-14 K/D
Mirage (16-13) | {cflag:GB} ALEX – 1.51 Rating / 111.4 ADR / 29-18 K/D
Nuke (17.19) | {cflag:GB} mezii – 1.18 / 84.3 ADR / 27-26 K/D
MVP: {cflag:SE} KRIMZ – 1.31 Rating / 91.4 ADR / 76-55 K/D
FaZe – Gambit (1-2) | IEM Winter Lower semi-final
Inferno (16-13) | {cflag:CA} Twistzz – 1.25 Rating / 76.4 ADR / 19-15 K/D
Overpass (22-25) | {cflag:RU} Ax1Le – 1.35 Rating / 92.5 ADR / 38-30 K/D
Ancient (10-16) | {cflag:RU} – 1.47 Rating / 96.2 ADR / 25/14 K/D
MVP: {cflag:RU} Ax1Le – 1.24 Rating / 86.0 ADR / 76-64 K/D
