100 Thieves defeat TeamOne; to face FURIA in IEM New York North America grand final

100 Thieves won a two map series against TeamOne in the IEM New York North America semi-finals to set up a grand final match against FURIA.

100 Thieves secured a spot in the IEM New York North America grand final in their last hurrah under the North American organization’s banner with a victory over TeamOne in a two map series on Train (16-12) and Dust2 (19-17).

Following this win, Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage and company will face FURIA in a best-of-five final that will be a rematch of the ESL Pro League Season 12 North America grand final, which the Brazilian team took with a swift 3-0 sweep in the series.

100 Thieves got off to a flying start on Train, TeamOne’s map pick, winning the CT-side pistol round and taking an early 3-0 lead. The Brazilians won a 3vs3 afterplant situation on B, but the Thieves then chained another three rounds in a row. Bruno "⁠b4rtiN⁠" Câmara then clutched a 1vs3 afterplant on the A site to get another on the board before 100 Thieves took an 8-2 lead late into the half. The two teams went back-and-forth, ending 10-5 at the switch.

Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward and company didn’t skip a beat with a rush down the B site lower ramp, overwhelming the CTs to increase their lead. 100 Thieves made it to 13-5, but struggled to close it as TeamOne brought it back to 9-13. Another B rush that gave 100 Thieves their 14th round, but the Brazilians kept closing in, 12-14, until a 1vs2 clutch by jks put his team on match point, after which he aced the following round to close it out 16-12.

Four kills by Matheus "⁠pesadelo⁠" Panisset on the CT side of Dust2 set TeamOne up with the lead early on. Up 3-0, Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa stuck a defuse to keep charging ahead, but three kills on long by Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad the following round got 100 Thieves on the board. TeamOne struck back with desert eagles the following round to make it 5-1, but 100 Thieves brought it back to 6-7 despite the slow start before losing the last two rounds of the half.

Doubles by jks and Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai made it 7-9 after the second pistol round of Dust2, as 100 Thieves went on to tie it up 9-9. Full of confidence, the Thieves took the lead and started to run away with their map pick, 15-12, but were unable to seal the deal as TeamOne pushed it into overtime.

100 Thieves laid down the law in extra time, as a 2-1 partial in the first half was followed by a 1vs2 clutch by jks to hit match point. TeamOne brought it back to within one in the last round, but were unable to take it to a second overtime as 100 Thieves took it to secure a spot in the IEM New York grand final.