Cloud9 send Astralis home

Following the first match of the day which saw Ninjas in Pyjamas get eliminated by G2, Astralis faced Cloud9 in Group B's elimination match. In their previous matches in London, the Danes lost to TSM while the North Americans were beaten by fnatic.

Dust2 was the opening map and Cloud9 started on the CT-side. Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham got two kills to open the pistol round and the North Americans cleaned it up to make it 1-0. Astralis had an early weapon purchase in the third round and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's entry kill brought the round to the Danes but Cloud9 responded immediately (3-1).

Astralis returned the favor and reset Cloud9's economy as they trailed 2-3. Alec "⁠Slemmy⁠" White clutched a 1vs2 in the following round and Cloud9 made it 4-2 although they didn't have armor. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz & co. secured their third round near the end of the half and trailed 4-11 at halftime.

Cloud9 grabbed the pistol round and the anti-ecos of the second half (14-4). Astralis got on board in the second half's first weapon round to start a five round streak but Cloud9 closed out the map 16-9.

Overpass opened up with Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's 1vs2 pistol round clutch on the T-side and although the North Americans won the ecos and had a 5vs2 advantage in the first weapon round, dupreeh clutched a 1vs3 to win the weapon round.

Cloud9 picked up two rounds after Astralis tied the game at 3-3, extending their lead to 5-3. Cloud9 were in front at halftime as they led 9-6.

Cloud9 took the pistol round and stopped the early third round by of Astralis as Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert & co. led 12-6. The Danish team replied two rounds later but Cloud9 were too far ahead and won the map 16-8 and the series 2-0.

ECS Season 1 FinalsBest of 3

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Overpass

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	46 - 28	+18	97.4	83.7%	1.51
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	41 - 27	+14	95.8	81.6%	1.48
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	44 - 29	+15	99.0	79.6%	1.48
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	32 - 24	+8	62.0	81.6%	1.11
Alec 'Slemmy' WhiteSlemmy	23 - 27	-4	50.1	73.5%	0.87

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	35 - 35	0	77.4	65.3%	1.06
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	30 - 39	-9	58.6	57.1%	0.78
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	25 - 37	-12	61.1	57.1%	0.77
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	24 - 40	-16	67.1	61.2%	0.72
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	21 - 35	-14	56.2	61.2%	0.65

The next match will be between a best-of-three series between G2 and Liquid whose winner will advance to the semi-finals. If you want to catch the action, go to our match page to find the streams.

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