fnatic knock out Grayhound to join 1-2 pool
fnatic have defeated Grayhound 2-0 at IEM Katowice's New Challengers Stage to avoid elimination (16-9 on Inferno and 16-11 on Overpass).
Grayhound and fnatic squared off in a best-of-three series with their tournament lives on the line. Grayhound kicked off Inferno by winning the first two rounds on the CT-side but fnatic responded in the first weapon round after Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin got a double kill. Richard "Xizt" Landström picked up a triple kill in a 2vs3 in the fourth round to make it 2-2.
Xizt's impact in late-round situations persisted as the Swede picked up double kills in a 2vs2 and a 1vs2 in consecutive rounds (5-2). The first half ended 13-2 in favor of fnatic who went on an incredible run on the T-side after losing the first two rounds.

Ollie "DickStacy" Tierney stopped fnatic's streak with a 1vs1 victory in the second pistol and Grayhound picked up two more rounds to trail 13-5. Simon "twist" Eliasson got an AUG triple kill to give fnatic their 14th round but Grayhound hit back with four round wins (14-9).
fnatic earned six map points thanks to an AWP triple kill by twist in the 24th round. The Swedish team finished it off swiftly, coming out on top of a 2vs2 post-plant situation in the following round thanks to twist's double kill (16-9).

The series continued on Overpass where the T-sided Grayhound secured the pistol round with DickStacy's triple kill. fnatic successfully stopped Grayhound's A-site push in the third round to get on the scoreboard. Two rounds later, DickStacy and Christopher "dexter" Nong found opening kills to reclaim the lead (3-2).
Erdenetsogt "erkaSt" Gantulga and Euan "sterling" Moore won a 2vs5, extending their lead to 4-2. fnatic won seven of the last eight rounds in the first half to finish it 9-6 ahead. twist opened up the second pistol round with three kills and Jesper "JW" Wecksell closed it out with a double in a 2vs2, making it 10-6.
Grayhound's force buy in the second round of the half was a success but the Australian side were unable to tie the game as they lost a 5vs3 in the 20th round (11-9). fnatic managed to win the map 16-10 to take the 2-0 series victory, eliminating Grayhound.
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 - 27 | +16 | 92.5 | 76.9% | 1.39 | |
| 47 - 34 | +13 | 94.3 | 76.9% | 1.38 | |
| 38 - 27 | +11 | 80.1 | 76.9% | 1.22 | |
| 38 - 35 | +3 | 74.0 | 69.2% | 1.13 | |
| 28 - 34 | -6 | 66.5 | 65.4% | 0.91 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 - 36 | +1 | 72.0 | 65.4% | 1.02 | |
| 37 - 38 | -1 | 73.8 | 71.2% | 1.00 | |
| 33 - 38 | -5 | 72.5 | 59.6% | 0.92 | |
| 28 - 42 | -14 | 62.8 | 51.9% | 0.76 | |
| 22 - 40 | -18 | 56.2 | 57.7% | 0.66 |
IEM Katowice 2019 Challengers Stage












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