VG to meet fnatic in Mad Catz final

VeryGames defeated Copenhagen Wolves 2-0 (16-10 on de_dust2_se and 16-14 on de_mirage_ce) in the second semi-final of Mad Catz Invitational. They will be meeting fnatic at Gamescom next Tuesday to fight for the 3,500€ first place prize.

The second semi-final of Mad Catz Invitational took place tonight when the top seeded side of the tournament VeryGames met Copenhagen Wolves.

The match was a little delayed due to the CS:GO update being released just before the start time, so the players needed to roll back to the old version.

After everyone sorted that out, the action started on de_dust2_se with Cph Wolves on the attacking side. As it happens more often than not, Terrorists took the pistol round and that spurred the Danes on to a 7-0 lead.

Nathan "NBK" Schmitt stepped up in that moment of need and helped VeryGames get back into the game with 3 FAMAS kills followed by 4 AK47 kills. They made it 5 in a row before Wolves finally replied and the half eventually ended 9-6.

NBK top fragged on the first map with 31-15

After changing sides the French-Belgian team also won their T-side pistol and went on an 8-round winning streak, putting themselves up 14-9. Copenhagen Wolves managed to take their first round at that point, but then Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom scored 7 AK47 kills in the next two rounds to help his team clinch the map 16-10.

Moving on to de_mirage_ce, VeryGames continued their dominance by going up 4-0, before seeing that lead melt down to 4-3. In a game of streaks, both teams won four rounds in a row from that point and the score at the half stood 8-7 in favor of VG.

ScreaM had plenty of great shots throughout the match

By winning the second pistol round, Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans' squad put themselves in a great position (teams that win both pistols win the match 77% of the time), going up 11-7.

However, it didn't turn out to be so easy as Copenhagen Wolves hung on by making the score 11-11 and then 12-12, but never getting into the lead. They even held their own when VG made it 15-12 as the match went into the 30th round, but the French squashed all hopes from the Danes by taking the last round in a flawless manner.

With this match, the online portion of Mad Catz Invitational came to an end as only two teams remain in the tournament – VeryGames and fnatic.

NBK and MODDII will soon meet again in Cologne

They will be flown to Gamescom next week for their match on August 20th which will decide who gets the bigger share of the 5,000€ prize, with 3,500€ going to the winners of the best-of-three clash.