fnatic & dignitas to Upper final

With Ninjas in Pyjamas out of contention already after finishing third of their group, behind French duo LDLC.com and Titan, the Swedish community's hopes of seeing the trophy go to a home side now lie on the shoulders of fnatic, who had an opening match as easy as they come.

3DMAX, who started out on the Terrorist side of this de_cache game, hung around the mid section in the pistol round for a few seconds before rushing the A site. The Finnish team managed to plant the bomb but then allowed fnatic to retake the site. After losing the first anti-eco round, 3DMAX bough guns and attacked A, where they took advantage of Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell missing a couple of AWP shots. Jesse "⁠KHRN⁠" Grandell played a key role in getting 3DMAX their first round of the game as he picked up four kills.

The Finnish team eventually levelled the game on two rounds, but at this point fnatic regained control of the match, picking up nine rounds in a row before letting 3DMAX get the final two rounds of the half. In the second half, fnatic picked up where they had left off and quickly seald the deal, winning the frst five rounds to ran out 16-4 winners. 

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3DMAX

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	17 - 7	+10	-	-	1.53
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	19 - 10	+9	-	-	1.46
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	18 - 9	+9	-	-	1.37
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	17 - 10	+7	-	-	1.32
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	15 - 10	+5	-	-	1.24

3DMAX	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX	17 - 17	0	-	-	1.09
Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellKHRN	9 - 16	-7	-	-	0.71
Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaxartE	9 - 17	-8	-	-	0.56
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	7 - 18	-11	-	-	0.37
Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkoladisturbed	4 - 19	-15	-	-	0.21

In the other match of the group, dignitas and Copenhagen Wolves played out a thrilling contest on de_inferno. dignitas got to play the CT side first and they really showed some strong defensive play as they went into the break with an 11-4 lead.

Many certainly thought that the match would be over quickly, but CPH Wolves gave a good account of themselves on the CT side and little by little their closed the gap on their opponents. However, just as they were within touching distance of taking the game to overtime, dignitas won the final round to pick up a 16-14 victory.

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CPH Wolves

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Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	27 - 15	+12	-	-	1.55
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	27 - 17	+10	-	-	1.41
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	25 - 16	+9	-	-	1.27
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	12 - 17	-5	-	-	0.69
Henrik 'FeTiSh' ChristensenFeTiSh	9 - 20	-11	-	-	0.54

CPH Wolves	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	29 - 19	+10	-	-	1.43
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	17 - 19	-2	-	-	0.91
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	16 - 22	-6	-	-	0.76
Nicolaj 'Nico' JensenNico	14 - 20	-6	-	-	0.70
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	9 - 20	-11	-	-	0.52