mousesports top EPL Group C; FaZe, OG to play-in

The ESL Pro League Group C has been concluded, with G2 missing out on a second group stage after a loss to MOUZ. Meanwhile, FaZe and OG will fight for a spot in the second group stage through the play-in.

Everything was still up in the air ahead of the final matches in Group C, as any of the four favorites — G2, FaZe, MOUZ, and OG — could've been eliminated depending on the results.

Both key games, FaZe - OG and MOUZ - G2 ended up being one-sided affairs. FaZe trounced OG on both Dust2 and Nuke, while G2 was unable to put up a strong fight on Nuke or Train against MOUZ, which ended up costing the French-Serbian team a spot in the next stage of ESL Pro League S11 Europe.

FaZe were on the edge of elimination, but managed to squeeze into the play-in

OG were sitting on a 3-1 lead on the offensive side of their map pick, Dust2, after they claimed a force-buy on B and the two followups. Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen's men fell flat after that, losing round after round as they looked uninspired on the Terrorist side. Eleven rounds in a row went FaZe's way as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and co. won them all with three or more members alive. After the switch, OG put up some resistance, but FaZe soon closed out the map, 16-7.

Similarly to Dust2, OG started 3-0 on Nuke only to give away the following five rounds, allowing FaZe to gain a foothold on the T-side. NiKo posted 15 frags in the first half as his side ended it with a 9-6 lead. The second half was even more one-sided as the force-buy worked out for FaZe and saw them claim the map after stringing seven rounds together.

ESL Pro League Season 11 EuropeBest of 3

FaZe

Matchpage

2

0

3rd April 2020

OG

16

Dust2

7

16

Nuke

7

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	38 - 22	+16	90.6	78.3%	1.38
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	33 - 23	+10	76.4	82.6%	1.33
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	36 - 27	+9	92.0	67.4%	1.29
Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky	37 - 25	+12	77.2	78.3%	1.28
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	30 - 22	+8	64.3	76.1%	1.13

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewskimantuu	34 - 32	+2	72.9	60.9%	1.00
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	30 - 34	-4	71.8	50.0%	0.92
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	21 - 38	-17	56.5	54.3%	0.64
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	16 - 36	-20	55.4	52.2%	0.63
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	18 - 34	-16	49.2	56.5%	0.61

A force buy win and then six in a row for MOUZ gave Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's squad a lead on Nuke, G2's map pick. The French-Serbian squad managed six before the switch, a respectable scoreline, but Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool continued his strong first half by claiming the pistol for his side and pushing MOUZ towards the win. David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský also stood out on Nuke, and G2 were unable to stop the rifling duo, conceding a 16-9 loss.

Train looked equally convincing from MOUZ as karrigan spearheaded his team to a 10-2 lead on the offensive side with quick A hits round after round. Down 11-4, G2 managed to claim the crucial second pistol to stay alive in the map and series, but an anti-eco blunder hindered their chances of a comeback. Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač put in a strong performance in hopes of pulling the map back, but his 29K-19D weren't enough and MOUZ closed out Train, 16-11.

ESL Pro League Season 11 EuropeBest of 3

MOUZ

Matchpage

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3rd April 2020

G2

16

Nuke

9

16

Train

11

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	48 - 32	+16	94.5	78.8%	1.39
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	43 - 32	+11	79.9	86.5%	1.31
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	36 - 33	+3	79.6	78.8%	1.18
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	31 - 35	-4	71.8	71.2%	0.97
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	27 - 35	-8	58.9	75.0%	0.94

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	49 - 38	+11	103.0	75.0%	1.44
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	29 - 33	-4	62.5	69.2%	0.95
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	31 - 35	-4	65.1	78.8%	0.94
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	29 - 43	-14	67.2	67.3%	0.81
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	29 - 37	-8	66.6	57.7%	0.77

In the final series, which didn't influence how the group played out, Virtus.pro picked up their second Pro League victory by taking down TYLOO 2-0.

The final standings from all three groups are as follows:

Group A

TEAM

M

P

Astralis

5

12

Vitality

5

9

Ninjas in Pyjamas

5

9

GODSENT

5

6

Spirit

5

6

ENCE

5

3

Group B

TEAM

M

P

Natus Vincere

5

9

fnatic

5

9

FORZE

5

9

Complexity

5

6

North

5

6

BIG

5

6

Group C

TEAM

M

P

MOUZ

5

12

FaZe

5

9

OG

5

9

G2

5

9

Virtus.pro

5

6

TYLOO

5

0