MOUZ and NIP through to IEM Katowice
Entropiq and Movistar Riders send to the rails!
The last two matches of the day and the last two chances to secure a spot at IEM Katowice had MOUZ going up against Entropiq, while NIP took on Movistar Riders.
MOUZ vs. Entropiq 2-0
The Bo3 started on MOUZ’s pick of Vertigo and saw the European squad take an early lead of 3-1 on their T-side. The Russians of Entropiq answered back fast, and soon the score was tied at 4-4. The rest of the half was extremely one-sided as stand-in “JDC”, and IGL “dexter” kept finding opening frags, which resulted in a satisfying 10-5 lead at halftime for MOUZ.
Entropiq torpedoed their way back into the map as soon as they hit the T-side, seven of the first eight rounds after the break, thereby taking back the lead. MOUZ threw a couple of different looks at the Russians, which netted them some early map control and frags, which saw them secure map point at 15-14. Entropiq weren’t able to push the map into overtime, and MOUZ take the map win after thirty rounds.
Down 0-1 in maps, Entropiq got off to a great 3-0 start on their map pick of Ancient. But the CT-side of Ancient can sometimes be very dominant, and that’s what MOUZ started showing after their bad start. It was once again “JDC” and “dexter” leading the way, with solid B-site holds, while “torzsi” also had a great performance on the AWP. This resulted in a ten-round win streak for MOUZ before the Russians were able to stop the streak and take the last two rounds for themselves.
The European squad continued their dominance in the second half and quickly found themselves at map- and match point, with nine rounds to close it out. Entropiq weren’t able to make the miracle comeback, and MOUZ steal the Russians’ map pick at 16-6.
MOUZ thereby secure their spot at IEM Katowice, while Entropiq will have to watch from the sidelines.
Vertigo: 16-14 | dexter – 25/21 K-D | 98.3 ADR | 86.7% KAST | 1.41 Rating
Ancient: 16-6 | torzsi – 26/9 K-D | 118.7 ADR | 77.3% KAST | 1.85 Rating
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NIP vs. Movistar Riders 2-0
On the b-stream, we had NIP playing versus Movistar Riders, and it was the Swedes that came out on top after taking down the Spaniards in two maps.
The action began on Movistar's pick of Vertigo where NIP were able to secure the win at 16-9. The stand-out performer was the always consistent IGL Hampus "hampus" Poser who greatly influenced the game with his impact. The score was dead-even at halftime at 8-7, but as soon as NIP hit the T-side they blew away the competition.
The second map of Overpass was even more lopsided than the first one, as the Swedes were able to win that at 16-6. Movistar Riders did start out best taking the lead 2-0 and 3-1, but after that, it was all downhill for them as the Ninjas mowed them down. Especially Patrick "es3tag" Hansen and Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora had a great game, which facilitated the extremely dominating win for the Swedes.
NIP thereby secured their spot at IEM Katowice, while Movistar Riders had to leave empty-handed.
Vertigo: 16-9 | hampus – 24/16 K-D | 110.6 ADR | 80% KAST | 1.59 Rating
Overpass: 16-6 | es3tag – 22/12 K-D | 97 ADR | 90.9% KAST | 1.65 Rating
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