North triumph over Gambit, advance to final

The second semi-final's first map was Gambit's choice, Train, where the Kazakh team started on the Terrorist side. North got the early lead with Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså clutching twice for 4-0, before the next three went the other way.

René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg's triple with an AWP helped the Danes secure three more for 7-3, with the remainder of the half going back and forth for a 10-5 halftime score.

Gambit then picked up a clean pistol round and kept crushing North's attempts to breach into either site until it was 12-10 in their favor. Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's team then got on the board on the back of a 2v2 win on the A site, and after Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke clutched a 1v2 on B, the Danes forced Gambit on low economy.

valde led the way for North on Train

A forcebuy attempt yielded nothing for the CIS-based team, who then had to eco and proceeded to concede a 1v2 to cajunb on the lower bombsite, as North reached map point. Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev & co. were forced to buy up with little money in the bank and made it work, climbing back into the match with three rounds in a row, forcing overtime. It was all for naught, however, as North swept their opponents 4-0 in OT to win the first map 19-15.

North once again got off to a great start on the second map, Cobblestone, going up 5-1 after coming out on top of the early shenanigans full of forcebuys. Gambit then defended the next two attacks to close the gap to 5-4, but the Danes distanced themselves once more with the next three. The remainder of the half went back and forth between the two teams, with North grabbing a 9-6 lead in the end.

Switching over to the defense, North kept piling up rounds with k0nfig at the helm, leaving little room for error for AdreN's side. Gambit tried a few more attacks, but none contested the Danish squad, who ran away with the match at 16-6.

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Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch	41 - 42	-1	76.5	69.6%	0.96
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	37 - 42	-5	75.6	64.3%	0.92
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	35 - 40	-5	62.1	71.4%	0.91
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	30 - 43	-13	73.9	62.5%	0.83
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	29 - 41	-12	64.0	57.1%	0.75

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	45 - 29	+16	86.6	85.7%	1.41
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	45 - 38	+7	90.4	69.6%	1.28
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	47 - 29	+18	69.6	80.4%	1.27
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	37 - 38	-1	77.6	80.4%	1.18
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	33 - 38	-5	74.7	76.8%	1.05

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017Best of 3

Gambit

Matchpage

0

2

3rd September 2017

North

15

Train

19

6

Cobblestone

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Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch	41 - 42	-1	76.5	69.6%	0.96
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	37 - 42	-5	75.6	64.3%	0.92
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	35 - 40	-5	62.1	71.4%	0.91
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	30 - 43	-13	73.9	62.5%	0.83
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	29 - 41	-12	64.0	57.1%	0.75

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	45 - 29	+16	86.6	85.7%	1.41
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	45 - 38	+7	90.4	69.6%	1.28
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	47 - 29	+18	69.6	80.4%	1.27
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	37 - 38	-1	77.6	80.4%	1.18
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	33 - 38	-5	74.7	76.8%	1.05