fnatic eliminate G2 from the Major

6-7-2016 21:39

fnatic have eliminated G2 from ESL One Cologne 2016 after winning 16-13 on Train, thus removing the second best team in the world early on from the ninth CS:GO Major.

The 'Group of Death' elimination match was a match that could have possible been fit for a grand final of the Major and was instead nestled into a best-of-one corner of Group D as G2 and fnatic fought a desperate war of attrition to determine who would leave ESL One Cologne 2016 in 13-16th place.

The Swedes won the first pistolround on Train via a T-side take that saw Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell pick up two kills for his team. After the anti-ecos, G2 began to deploy a solid defense as Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux picked up double AWP kills each to win the first gunround for the French-Belgian team.

An AK47 triple kill from Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom on the fifth round shut down a fnatic take and G2 continued to dominate fnatic for a few more rounds, such as on the eigth round when Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy won a one-versus-three clutch.

With G2 on a 6-3 lead, fnatic called a tactical timeout and resorted to the tried and tested "Rush B with Tec-9s" tactic, which actually worked out. With fnatic on the comeback, the eleventh round saw a highlight worthy shot as Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist won a one-versus-two in an afterplant situation on the B site with a double kill collateral AWP shot.

fnatic barely survived their elimination match scrape with G2

G2 claimed the fourteenth round but fnatic eventually closed out the half with a 8-7 lead. The second pistolround saw G2 opt for an A-site take but flusha shut that down with three USP kills and Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson cleaned up the round with the final two as fnatic advanced to 9-7.

fnatic moved ahead to a 11-7 lead but G2 then managed to successfully take the first gunround, partially as a result of double kill from ScreaM in an afterplant situation. G2 picked up the next three rounds to equalise the score at 11-11.

Strong defending from fnatic, including multikills from JW helped the Swedish team seal the next three rounds and put the score at 14-11. The 26th round looked as if G2 had won it despite a pistolbuy, with the bomb planted on A and shox picking up three, but a defuse by Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer was successful due to passive play from G2.

G2 won two more rounds by the skin of their teeth to bring the score to 15-13, and then fnatic pulled a quintessential "fnatic round" out of the bag and closed the map out 16-13, thereby eliminating G2 early on in the tournament.

ESL One Cologne 2016Best of 1

Matchpage

6th July 2016

fnatic

Train

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	22 - 19	+3	81.2	79.3%	1.22
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	22 - 17	+5	85.7	62.1%	1.19
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	24 - 24	0	88.1	69.0%	1.10
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	19 - 22	-3	74.8	58.6%	0.91
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	15 - 23	-8	50.9	62.1%	0.71

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	27 - 19	+8	107.8	69.0%	1.46
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	22 - 21	+1	76.7	72.4%	1.15
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	22 - 21	+1	64.4	72.4%	1.04
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	20 - 21	-1	72.6	75.9%	0.98
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	14 - 21	-7	73.1	75.9%	0.90

Day three of ESL One Cologne 2016 will feature four best-of-three decider matches, as teams will fight for the four remaining Legends and playoffs spots at the Major.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

FR CS LUL

2016-07-06 21:40

27 replies

g2 should -smithzz +kennyS so they can be better

16 replies

That's Shox's boyfriend though. Nothing will tear them apart :'(

2016-07-06 21:41

5 replies

i.imgur.com/45aA5y8.png

2016-07-06 21:44

thats not true.

2016-07-06 22:43

1 reply

EZ 4 ENCE

2016-07-06 22:44

yeah, but I somehow see a lot of potential in smithzz, no idea why

2016-07-06 23:31

He's good on dust...that's about it.

2016-07-06 23:32

jkaem: "I expect us and G2 in semis"

euheuheuehu

2016-07-06 21:43

neither make it out of groups BrokeBack

3 replies

Very unlucky Faze ended on cobble and not train, I think they could've won that one

2016-07-06 21:48

Beat SK on train? Please...

2016-07-06 21:54

jkaem is cursing whoever he think is gonna win, so tommorow FNTC>faze

2016-07-06 21:49

-smithz -rpk +kennys +*good rifler*

2 replies

btw, goodrifle is a chinese player he use to be a very good awp back in cs 1.6

2016-07-07 04:07

-rpk?? You are crazy...why do people underrate him so much??

2016-07-07 07:09

kennyS isn't what he used to be imo. I would like to see bodyy get traded with NBK. There we have a fine line up =)

2016-07-06 21:58

Sad day. When G2 finally break into the top5, they get dropped into the group of Death and the curse continues...

8 replies

so easy rip baguettes

6 replies

It's just sad that this kind of awesome matches between top teams have to be played in bo1 group stage matches :(

2016-07-06 21:42

Yeah bo1 elimination matches are a joke :P

4 replies

it is really retarded i agree but still G2 never wouldve won an important match like that

2016-07-06 21:46

Well they came pretty damn close, losing to a full eco though ROFL >.<

2016-07-06 21:47

Oh and what about when they win BO3's vs Fnatic and SK?! G2 are a BO3 team

2016-07-07 15:51

what are you even talking about?? no one gives a shit about previous performances. its all about how you can hold up at the major's and clearly G2 is still part of the french failure

2016-07-08 01:33

And I thought C9 had it bad in the minor with whom they got matched up against. Going against SK (LG) and fnatic in B01 in their first 2 matches... that's just not right. Yet Gambit is already in the playoffs...

2016-07-07 14:10

CANADA CS LUL

2016-07-07 15:49

rip france

7 replies

olof -8 xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD almost out in the last place of a major coldzera ruined his dreams of being the best player in the game lol he most be really depressed now

2016-07-06 21:45

You know that he still have problems with his arm? Carn said that in a interview. Not saying he is #1. To me it's either Fallen or Olof, if olofs arm was 100 % he would probably be #1. Of what i heard SK lives for the game, Fnatic does not put the same time into the game, guess they want to have normal lives to. I think they will become #1 before this year is over, to some degree it depends on Olofs arm getting 100% again and how much time they are willing to practice. Time will tell...

2016-07-06 22:07

Keep telling yourself that.

2016-07-06 22:36

This is a retarded excuse. If you are a pro player , it's your job and you should invest a lot of time into the game

2016-07-06 22:45

You are a student/worker and you spend your time on hltv instead of trying to be better at your profession or studying. It's the same situation. Still, it doesn't matter, because results show who's better and the IFs and WHYs don't count.

2016-07-06 23:02

Fucking. True.

2016-07-07 02:15

Yeah, logic fail by me, you're right about that.

2016-07-07 14:58

the titan curse continues

#4 :D

NOT LIKE THIS

FAK not even close D: nt "Green wall"

but theyll lose to FaZe no chance, my friends

It's a BO3 man, sad for FaZe

2016-07-06 21:56

one day dreams can come true im happy for FaZe cuz they at least won against fnatic in BO1, but im sad for G2, its undeserved defeat 'G2 vs fnatic' should be in finals, not in elimination match :(

2016-07-06 22:54

Well it would have been undeserved for any ot those 3 teams (SK, Fnatic & G2) to be eliminated in the groups but that's how it is, we can't do much about it.

2016-07-06 23:03

g2 lost two maps. Sure, the group is rough, but they lost fair and square.

i mean that they have the same place as clg and that isnt fair g2 lost to two top five(may be even top three) teams while clg had been destroyed by dignitas 16-1

2016-07-07 09:24

sick

yes

anele

Ex6TenZ EleGiggle WAS EleGiggle THE EleGiggle PROBLEM EleGiggle

bodyy LUL was LUL the LUL solution LUL

At least they can win shit without ex6tenz

/cry

NT cyka blyat

easy

Typical Fnatic.... They lose the first match and are at the brink of being eliminated. Then they end up winning the tournament. (I hope that's not the case for this major)

12 replies

fnatic sucks, they got so lucky

9 replies

true

Lol wtf? I don't know if you noticed that fnatic are in a group with g2, sk and faze 420 no-scopers? Twat

2016-07-06 22:28

Reported for the low quality b8

2016-07-06 23:04

no bait... Delusional fnatic-fan

2016-07-07 00:01

We are not in 2013/14 anymore you retarded Fiffy fangay wake up please.

2016-07-07 01:20

Fifflaren has nothing to do about this conversation? Why are you even bringing him up?

2016-07-07 01:40

Are you his boyfriend or what fuccboi?

2016-07-07 01:43

2016-07-07 02:47

You are very stupid

2016-07-07 17:49

and its always after a pause

2016-07-06 22:16

They have incredible composure to be fair. Even when you watch them play and they're losing, none of them ever seem to rage or be noticeably stressed. I would love them to get deep into the tournament. An SK vs fnatic final would be great and it would pit two very old rival orgs against one another.

2016-07-06 23:12

OMG

de_miracle

gg fnatic

1st

Epic throw

Fnatic not deserved

Explain to me why not deserved? You dumb pale sauna-faggot. They beat the second best team in the world? Of course its deserved then?

rip

This is retarded

OWNED FROG EATERS

G2 top2, rly? Hahaha

They lost 2 close bo1s to top1 and top3 lol?

More like Tier 2. Never got out of groups in a single major, inconsistent af, never won a single important tournament.

2016-07-07 14:00

ESC?

2016-07-07 15:54

"Important"

2016-08-21 22:42

how u just gonna reply to this nigga a month and a half after he replied to you

2016-08-21 22:46

HLTV isn't clear on what I already clicked on and what not. e.e

2016-08-22 00:04

good

now theres only one french left in the major EleGiggle KIO EleGiggle WAS EleGiggle THE EleGiggle PROBLEM EleGiggle.

Envy are still in the major.. ?

Are you retarded?

2016-07-06 21:52

Sadly yes.

2016-07-06 22:33

Great game by Boddy. Great pick up by fnatic.

another 2 pistol rounds lost from G2 but this time not enough time to close out the game. also tilting at the end. still deserved by fnatic. it's G2's owns fault they end up in this group in the first place.

Inb4 g2 drops 10 places on ranking

fu group D

And you want to know why G2 loose ? CAUSE FNATIC HAD 3 FUCKING BANS. THE ONLY REASON.

i dont know m8, but when G2 would ban train then there will be left only cache... so, im sad too, but next major is G2 :D

Titan or G2 same thing.

no, they lost cause they left that AK for flusha to pick up

not only did fnatic get 3 bans, but g2 lost both pistols, and body played like shit

rip g2

what im excited about is that scream was fantastic. gz to fnatic, hopefully g2 will keep playing the way they do. legit top5 team

Сейчас бы эко просрать, да g2? А то ведь так и выйграть можно

Just Vuck FALVO. I don't feel like 2 close BO1s vs fnatic&SK is bad performance)

Stupid ass groups esl fuck you

G2 so many mistakes... it would have been fun seeing fnatic out in groups GG

what a shame g2 on group A easy win

Fuck that system. To fight nr1 and nr2-3 team in group stage. PS. I didn't bet.

botyy

Now losed eco, yes G2? Else win maybe

Noobmeister

G2 overrated.

As I thought close BO1 were Fnatic won. gg

Few things triggers me: Fucking sad that G2 lost to an hard eco, Bo1 for elemination matches, still a joke, Valve beast seeding system, Great event otherwise.......

+42

2016-07-06 21:50

winning both pistols and losing 16-13 must hurt like you know you could do better but lost the spot. i think they wouldve got it to overtime and won if they did beat that eco too . they simply played 2 finals in a group lol thats retarded

g2 lost both pistols

2016-07-06 21:51

sry typo

2016-07-06 21:55

i think they lost both pistols

i writed the reply but then gone afk, when returned - "post"; hampel u cheeky mathfucker LUL

2016-07-06 21:57

yes thats me

2016-07-07 06:38

The most luckiest win of the major and the most undeserved. Pistol rounds won the game for fnatic otherwise they wouldnt get 10 rounds.

lmao they even can't win against pistol so they didn't deserve to win agree that

Pistol rounds are 50/50. Then in equal-terms rounds G2 completly smash fnatic.

Like the last round.

2016-07-06 23:16

having to play sk and fnatic in BO1 ... jesus

boddy just so bad.. plz remove him

feel bad for g2 really felt like they deserved to make playoffs with this lineup but that last round losing to what was basically a full eco minus a few p250's .. u just can't let that happen. and the system for this major is fucking terrible.

And now G2 fans? What you say?

they lost 2 maps to sk and fnatic... there's nothing to say and it's not a bad performance

u r stupid as shit. typical luck by fnatic on bo1 shit. They will suck in bo3 to any normal team as g2\navi\astralis\liquid. su

what we should say? 2 close bo1.matches that could gone either way. last time exlg couldnt do shit in bo3 format at ecs1. your team didnt lose, they got literally destroyed by g2. see you at eleague my friend. Oh wait ;-)

2016-07-07 07:05

fnatic isn't in sick mode yet, IT will come soon enough when they crush every team like before.

I have to congratulate FNATIC for so many lucky rounds they won. Flusha 2 for 1, the defuse, krimz's clutch, the eco round and Dennis almost killing 4 guys with a pistol GJ! Also 2-0 in Pistol and totally 0-4 pistols for G2 on their mid maps cobble and train. Which obviously had to be chosen instead of Dust 2 and or Cache. Ain't rigged BTW. Also lots respect to ESL FOR BO1 elimination Match and obviously for this Group. Shox obviously had to drop in the Major but tbh Cobble and Train are his weaker Maps. BTW Fnatic please destroy FaZe cuz you're with NaVi and VP the only team who can stop this favelas. WITH G2 but [*]

+234234, nothing to add. Feeling so bat for G2 boyz.

Thank you. Their last Group was C9, VP and NaVi this team they went to play two best of 1 vs Fnatic and SK! Ofc Their first match wasn't against the "weakest" team of their group (FaZe)

2016-07-06 22:01

I'm curious if Valve will do something with it or keep the dumb system. They better do...

2016-07-06 22:13

they have to. Sorry this is bad, I mean FNATIC, SK and the "hottest Team in this Scene the last 3 months" in the same group in BO1! Sorry that really took me the fun away of this Major.

2016-07-06 22:19

Ex6tenz was the problem

RIP G2!

2016-07-06 21:53

rip baguettes. Honestly really bad luck to get group D

BO1 system is horrible, PLS VOLVO CHANGE IT!

G2 out of major. SK out of Eleague. Bad day for people who actually want to see high level CS.

But good for those who don't want to see SK, and there's many of them.

+1 Every absence of favela monkeys is a good day.

2016-07-06 22:04

That is true but I just want to see the best teams playing each other.

2016-07-06 22:25

G2 out of major is like the best thing possible Hoping for fnatic-SK grand final now

2016-07-06 22:02

I feel really bad for G2. No fan but the group was fucked up. We will miss a lot of good counter-strike because of this. This match was the best so far, imagine it being a BO3 in a semi or final. But there will be more great matches, the grand final is not necessarily the best match in the tournament many times. I want to see SK vs Fnatic in the final if they play like they did today, they play their best under pressure, SK doesn't tough. Is SK out of Eleague.? Didn't know that.

I'm not a G2 fan either but I agree with you.

2016-07-06 22:24

SK were DQ for changing org mid way through Eleague. Ex-SK were also DQ.

2016-07-06 22:27

bODYY is such a piece of shit... People be like body is the best look at G2 results, the only reason G2 results are better after -ex6 is because there's no more conflicts between shox and ex6. body has nothing to do with G2 succces. EVery important game he's fucking bottomfragging with less than 10 kills.

yes like he did vs LG in the Finals. Seriously he rarely getd eco frags! His kills are always impact! Stats doesn't say anything

2016-07-06 21:59

ex6 was the problem

G2 fanboy´s tears are already flooding the servers kkkkkkkkk lolz

Leave bodyy alone. He had very solid T half as an entry frager. The only reason why he had bad CT half was because he was ALWAYS left on the B site alone, which you cant hold alone vs full gun rounds and T's coming from two entrances.

cant blame body cuz he was better than olof just a gg

Olof didn't lose them 3 CT rounds single handedly, he just didn't get many frags..

2016-07-06 22:00

VOLVO plz............................. Gaben, u stupid fat cunt

legend says that dennis still defusing the bomb

fuck yeah! <3 fnatic KRIMZ #1

2016-07-06 22:03

I lold at France. Last teams to qualify for the major. First teams to get bumped out.

why is fnatic flag russian?

nice train pic, its so hard to change i think... need coder 99 lvl static.hltv.org//images/maps/35.png

2016-07-06 22:12

if u look correclty at those brackets ( imgur.com/euWgT4Z ) u see that every combination has been made. coincidence i think not. illuminati confirmed

2016-07-06 22:15

I don't know why Brazilian community take so much pride when somethong regarding SK comes up. Alright you support them but stop pretending as if you own them. Coldzera said he doesn't owe anything to trash Brazilian community

Fnatic: rifles are too mainstream, no challenge for us. We just go with pistol to close out G2. No biggie... Gg fnatic... Quite a troll move.. But all love

2016-07-06 22:49

expected

2016-07-06 22:50

Its heartbreaking G2 go out like that.Shox one of the greatest players in csgo, never won a major and Scream too finally seemed to come true to his potential. But it was group of death, so it was supposed to happen.

2016-07-06 22:51

He won 1 major: wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/DreamH..

2016-07-06 23:28

He won with LDLC tho^^

2016-07-06 23:35

ESL anti cheat seems to be working No shoxgod G2 didnt rape fnatic pretty obvious

2016-07-06 23:01

Maybe the got that ESEA Anticheat, who knows. But what about GOD Flusha still hitting hard? Flusha is not cheating or what? God Robin

2016-07-06 23:09

g2 top 2 nice joke

I got a better one: G2 will win the major. Ex6TenZ was the problem 4Head

2016-07-06 23:10

I got a much better one: You aren't funny Ex6TenZ was the problem

2016-07-06 23:34

Mad cuz bad or what?

2016-07-06 23:39

Pure luck.

2016-07-06 23:27

Define luck poorlack, losing to full save?

2016-07-07 04:19

Tier 2 G2 can't win against a FNatic on pistols

2016-07-07 14:01

G2 > WORLD G2 > SK ... TOP 2... Kappa

2016-07-07 00:10

This would have been an amazing bo3

2016-07-07 00:17

When shox goes negative you know G2 is over. Yet, they got lots of rounds.

2016-07-07 00:58

Shox had a bad major suddenly😓....:-(

2016-07-07 01:21

Where was the Shox we all know of lol? The Shox that seemed to know where everybody was like a god and killed all like a one man army lol? Funny how he played like this after the aimlock accusation. If he were legit, his performance should've not be affected. In fact, he would've performed even better because you get pumped up when people think you cheat and you don't actually cheat lol.

2016-07-07 02:09