mousesports see off Cloud9 in Texas

MOUZ have eliminated Cloud9 after beating the North American side 2-0 at the ECS Season 6 Finals (16-14 on Train and 16-7 on Mirage).

The Group A elimination match featuring MOUZ and Cloud9 kicked off on Train where the CT-sided MOUZ claimed the pistol round with a double kill from Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong & co. lost the following round but hit back in three consecutive rounds to lead 4-1.

Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta found three entry kills with the AWP in the fifth and eighth round as Cloud9 caught up to MOUZ (4-4). Cloud9 led 8-5 at one point in the half but they were unable to increase the deficit, finishing it 8-7 ahead.

MOUZ took the first two rounds in the second half but the game remained close. Cloud9 came back from 12-10 to lead 14-12 but couldn't get to the finish line as MOUZ won four in a row to close out the map with a 16-14 scoreline.

Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist and autimatic opened up Mirage with a 2vs4 clutch to give Cloud9 the pistol round victory on the T-side. MOUZ were trailing 6-1 when they picked up their second round with pistols, which was the turning point of the game.

MOUZ took seven rounds in a row to lead 8-7 at halftime. Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk & Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool won the second half pistol despite a 2vs4 disadvantage and MOUZ went on to secure the map 16-7. With the 2-0 series victory, mouz eliminated Cloud9, becoming Astralis' opponent in the Group B decider match.