fnatic qualify for ECS S3 over North

fnatic defeated North 3-1 (16-9 Overpass, 17-19 Cache, 16-11 Cobblestone, 19-16 Inferno) to keep their spot in ECS.

Due to losing their spot in the league after switching from dignitas to North, Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's squad needed to qualify for ECS through the Development League and by winning the promotional match.

The Danes took the first place in the Development league, leaving teams such as Gambit and Kinguin behind them, and booked a BO5 match with fnatic to earn the promotion into ECS Season 3.


olofmeister had 20+ kills in all four maps

The series started with Overpass and a comfortable 16-9 win for fnatic, with Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer showing good form right from the start. The map North isn't that well known for, Cache, went in their favor as they took an overtime win, but they couldn't get it going on the CT side of Cobblestone and lost the third map 11-16.

With fnatic a map away from winning the match, the series moved on to Inferno where both teams had strong CT sides. North got the lead at the end, but 15-14 up, they weren't able to close out the map against a force buy—as their A-site defense failed once again.

In overtime, fnatic was able to take two Terrorist side rounds and seal the deal with a 19-16 scoreline.

Matchpage
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26th March 2017
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Overpass
16
19
Cache
17
11
Cobblestone
16
16
Inferno
19

 North K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
89 - 82 +7 77.1 69.1% 1.07
83 - 86 -3 65.8 65.9% 0.97
78 - 92 -14 77.7 56.9% 0.97
80 - 86 -6 76.9 68.3% 0.97
70 - 82 -12 65.6 68.3% 0.91
 fnatic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
109 - 79 +30 90.6 70.7% 1.29
89 - 75 +14 75.3 68.3% 1.13
80 - 80 0 80.8 70.7% 1.10
73 - 75 -2 65.2 73.2% 1.00
77 - 93 -16 73.3 65.9% 0.96

The following teams will compete in the European division of ECS in the upcoming season:

Denmark Astralis Europe Dignitas
France Envy Europe FaZe
France G2 Sweden GODSENT
Europe MOUZ Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
Sweden fnatic Europe EU promotion #2

The second EU promotion match will be played tomorrow at 18:00 , with Virtus.pro and Space Soldiers playing for the final spot in the league.

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

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Denmark Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
1041
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.72
Sweden Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
814
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.65
#1
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Ecuador Bimbynous
good to see them there
2017-03-26 22:43
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#19
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Denmark chrkloster
Olof played like a god.
2017-03-26 22:43
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#33
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Germany AdiZen
Pls let it be the start of the fnatic era just pls
2017-03-26 22:45
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but ofc
2017-03-26 22:45
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lol
2017-03-26 22:56
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would be awesome if fnatic comes back and dominates the scene again :)
2017-03-27 18:01
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#49
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World AlabornTrooper
interesting that flusha and dennis, the ones who had to put in a lot of work when olof was in his slope, are now lagging behind.. Its a shame. Olof and JW are in great shape and then the rest start sloping! if only all 5 could be on point, they would be deadly :)
2017-03-26 22:53
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They should keep the roster and change roles, making Dennis IGL and Flusha to become more of a star player instead of a support. I think that flusha could be top fragging with olof and jw if he weren't IGL.
2017-03-26 23:03
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#62
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Germany AdiZen
But Dennis IGL sucks
2017-03-26 23:16
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4 replies
rush b every round
2017-03-26 23:20
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#77
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United Kingdom trtr098
when dennis was igl in G2/faze they made it to the major semi. when he left G2 became shit. I remember someone in faze saying they miss dennis's igl.
2017-03-27 00:27
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#79
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
he doesn't like being an igl and he tweeted that he'll never be an igl again
2017-03-27 01:37
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#80
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United Kingdom trtr098
well this is a shame. If he isn't igl then the performance he had today was unsatisfactory
2017-03-27 01:52
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#69
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Bulgaria FrostNixon
You can't have 5 stars shining, not enough enemy players for everyone. As long as they have 2 guys shining, 2 guys doing fine, i'd say they are fine, no team currently has more than 2 players going hard online every map anyways.
2017-03-26 23:26
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#75
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Sweden werkaster
Dennis just got a baby, so not enough testosterone and sleep to perform much better. He will be back to form when the baby gets a little older and his body adjusts to the right hormonal levels again. Flusha's game didn't really take a hit, I think, he still has those mad maps when he drops 28+ like he did on cbble today. Maybe he's a little weaker overall in the fragging department, but after focusing on fragging in Godsent he's back as the IGL in fnatic, so it could take some time getting used to calling again. All in all, everything looks good going forward and fnatic are slowly warming up to dominating the scene once again, 6 straight tournament wins etc.
2017-03-27 00:14
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swedes have no testosterone to begin with, so no change there
2017-03-27 21:33
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Bulgaria kr9ptonn
ez
2017-03-26 22:44
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Too ez for ma boi olle
2017-03-26 22:44
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nice
2017-03-26 22:43
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2017-03-26 22:43
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Poland Austinn
Nice fnatic
2017-03-26 22:43
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never see that coming.
2017-03-26 22:43
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
gg
2017-03-26 22:43
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gg
2017-03-26 22:43
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Europe swag_minister
gj olof
2017-03-26 22:43
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I love you I wat t to play with you in csgo
2017-03-27 11:31
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#17
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Europe Sartinno
ez 4 fnatic best team in the world
2017-03-26 22:43
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ez 4 G2
2017-03-26 22:43
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#20
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Portugal martim114
LOVE U FNATIC U WILL WIN
2017-03-26 22:43
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#21
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France t3r4byt3
ez for King Kajbjer
2017-03-26 22:43
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olof is back... FeelsGoodMan
2017-03-26 22:43
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Finland Matlir
vintage olof
2017-03-26 22:43
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nice one, fnatic
2017-03-26 22:43
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France StickyRice
EZ for dignitas xD eZaF 4 FaZe
2017-03-26 22:43
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#26
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Brazil LuTzzSS
ez 100 bomb for olof
2017-03-26 22:43
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sweden taking over the scene,again.
2017-03-26 22:44
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#31
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Brazil Jack3D_br
not a good day for magisk, that guy is insane!
2017-03-26 22:44
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Nice olof and JW!
2017-03-26 22:47
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#40
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Palestine ndr[o]
deserved... fnatic #1 from now on all powet to them
2017-03-26 22:47
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#42
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Moldova OptimusBlyad
E Z for fnatic
2017-03-26 22:48
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jesus, 3 swedish teams.
2017-03-26 22:48
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Ez for fnatic. We loyal we friendly we from Swedistan
2017-03-26 22:49
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fnatic era reborn
2017-03-26 22:50
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Poland Marcines
fnatic back? :O
2017-03-26 22:52
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#50
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North America [unknown]
fnatic looked like the old fnatic
2017-03-26 22:53
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#61
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Sweden wyv0
they will never be the old fnatic, life doesn't work this way
2017-03-26 23:08
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1 reply
#84
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Germany xM4RS
Finally someome who isn't retarded
2017-03-27 06:33
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#51
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Ukraine FaZe_UW0TM8
OLOF IS BACK
2017-03-26 22:53
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20k dollar/month cant even qual for leagues
2017-03-26 22:54
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#54
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North America ItzTiKi
Both teams deserved a spot, unfortunate for North the way some companies deal with orgs...
2017-03-26 23:02
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Which are the teams for the EU promotion #2?
2017-03-26 23:04
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2 replies
Virtus.Pro vs Space Soldiers
2017-03-26 23:05
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1 reply
ty fam
2017-03-26 23:06
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#60
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Norway KRIMZMEISTER!
Three EU mixteams and three Swedish teams. Times are changing.
2017-03-26 23:08
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#66
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Portugal dracø
Olof's performance was simply insane. Fnatic keeps relying on explosive yolo plays that won't work when their aim fails them. Can't see them consistently winning this kind of games. North is still learning how to play without rubino, and they'll have an hard time no matter how much time passes.
2017-03-26 23:21
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#88
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United Kingdom bannedfor10years
Agreed. North still need time to develop, and I doubt fnatic could pull what they did to this new version of North to an Astralis, FaZe etc. interested to see how they'd do on LAN though
2017-03-27 08:07
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A nice game to watch from time to time
2017-03-26 23:22
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VP are always relegated and last places in leagues lmaooo
2017-03-26 23:32
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#71
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olof ARE back
2017-03-26 23:46
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oloffffff
2017-03-27 00:03
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#73
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Egypt avaChamber
aizu clueless as usual , his is aim is good but makes so many crucial mistakes
2017-03-27 00:10
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olof is back bitches <3
2017-03-27 00:12
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#76
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GeT_RiGhT | 
Russia ssdfwerwe113
<3 JW
2017-03-27 00:17
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#78
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f0rest | 
Brazil flytwNiP
no navi again ?
2017-03-27 00:52
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NaVi are divas, they think they should get invited to the league and not have to qualify like everyone else. And since they don't they are not in it.
2017-03-27 10:38
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ez 4 no1 player of 2015
2017-03-27 02:05
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India ScRyPt123
Professeur this was such a good match but still u wrote such a small article when you could have easily elaborated it...
2017-03-27 05:02
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#87
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France Nogara
Lul @ dignitas retaining their spot even with loosing 4 players. Spots should belong to roster cores and nothing else.
2017-03-27 07:43
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Denmark slacking
fnatic completly destroyed north. it was only a close match result wise due to fnatic losing almost all pistols and Konfig/MSL getting random smoke kills when fnatic economy was weak. Looking good boys keep pushing it! top3 soon
2017-03-27 11:22
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It was good match. fnatic is back!
2017-03-27 14:23
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This shit league makes no sence. How come Botsent and NIP noobs qualify, but North leading the rankings didn't. Dignitas shit team taht haven't played a game qualify, lol what a joke. 2 french tier 2 bot teams also
2017-03-27 14:53
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It's a league, bottom team/teams last season have to play to keep their spot (Fnatic and VP) the rest keeps their spot from last season. Organizations owns the spots so that is why Dignitas has one. North and SS won the development league and got to play to advance but failed. Before last season Godsent did the same but won their qualifier so they got in and they didn't end up bottom 2 so they just keep their spot, same with NIP and same with both French noob teams. Edit, not sure how mousesports doesn't bother you, they are surely the worst team in the league (not knowing how dig will perform) Edit2: north leading the rankings? You know this is ECS right? It has nothing to do with ESL!
2017-03-28 11:34
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Sweden CSGODEMOSTV
ez 4 fnatic
2017-03-27 20:11
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#102
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Bulgaria _Jonathan_e
ez 4 ss
2017-03-27 20:25
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