ENCE move on to IEM semi-finals over G2 and lock in Major spot

9-10-2021 01:46

ENCE's win guarantees them a spot at the Major and a matchup against Astralis in the IEM semi-finals.

With the quarter-finals now complete, ENCE have moved on to the semi-finals over G2 after trading map picks and closing the series in overtime on Dust2. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's squad will face off with Astralis, while G2 hold on to their hopes of claiming Legends status in the 5th-8th decider bracket.

ENCE comfortably won Mirage and Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha proved to be a problem for G2. Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač kept the series alive on Nuke, but things fell apart for G2 in the second overtime on Dust2.

Following G2's loss, FaZe can still qualify for the Major as long as the team around NiKo finish higher than in 8th place, while Ninjas in Pyjamas are also locked in as the first Legends status team from Europe.

dycha topped the scoreboard versus G2

ENCE put the pressure on G2 early as they took a lead in the first half of Mirage. Snappi and company denied any chance for G2 in the second half, only giving up one round before locking down the map 16-8.

huNter- and NiKo replied on Nuke with a commanding CT half worth 13 rounds to make sure their chances in the series stayed alive. ENCE had no answers and after losing the map 16-7, only Dust2 remained.

The Polish duo dycha and Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz topped the scoreboard on Dust2 as they held off G2, and ENCE took the early lead on at the half with 10 rounds. ENCE held on despite NiKo's best effort to keep the map alive in a double overtime where ENCE managed to take it 22-18 and secure their position in Stockholm.

IEM Fall 2021 EuropeBest of 3

Matchpage

8th October 2021

ENCE

Mirage

Nuke

Dust2

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković nexa	62 - 55	+7	78.2	75.9%	1.12
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač huNter-	65 - 57	+8	77.6	74.7%	1.10
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	58 - 61	-3	84.6	62.1%	1.06
François 'amanek' Delaunay amanek	55 - 57	-2	67.4	70.1%	1.01
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug JACKZ	50 - 60	-10	65.3	66.7%	0.93

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha dycha	69 - 59	+10	82.0	70.1%	1.18
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Spinx	66 - 60	+6	78.1	77.0%	1.13
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Snappi	56 - 57	-1	77.0	64.4%	1.04
Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz hades	50 - 55	-5	63.9	67.8%	0.92
Joonas 'doto' Forss doto	47 - 61	-14	64.0	73.6%	0.89

my name doesn't check out

2021-10-09 01:46

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Ez 4 ENCE

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2021-10-09 01:58

I read this as "IncelsSoBad" lmao

2021-10-09 02:00

thats true too

2021-10-09 09:03

definitely the best game of the tournament so far

2021-10-09 02:03

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2021-10-09 02:09

my name does check out

5 replies

Yes it does

2021-10-09 02:19

Not really

2021-10-09 02:28

Sorry but 0.89

2021-10-09 05:11

2 replies

Still did much more than Spinx 1.13

2021-10-09 06:57

Sorry but lower is better

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2021-10-09 02:15

wtf is that flair tho? D:

2021-10-09 02:45

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2021-10-09 11:24

LETS GOOO

GG #EZ4ENCE

Rip Faze. G2 will choke against Fiend and Movistar Riders

2021-10-09 01:50

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clown

2021-10-09 03:18

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Cry is free

2021-10-09 03:46

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Thats a weak comeback from a 24 year old

2021-10-09 04:57

I just turned 21. 97 is the number of my local basketball team. And I'm not the one that's crying clown just because G2 is shit :P

2021-10-09 05:19

gottem

2021-10-09 06:39

But g2 will choke. They always do

2021-10-09 08:30

People born in 97 are 24 Wtfff nah nah nah they're suppose to be 18 man

2021-10-09 09:15

German people _-_-_

2021-10-09 14:54

Against Fiend yes. Movistar No.

Or Maybe yes against Fiend and yes against Flame....or maybe not againts fiend. They can do what they want. Like Heroic (12) or BIG (10)...

2021-10-09 09:01

LETS GOOOOOO

EZ4ENCE

GJ EZ4ENCE

YEEEEEEEES EZ4ENCE

Lovely

Deserved, NiKo's dumb mistakes and Amanek's trash AWP haunt G2 once again

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Amanek repeaked 3 times on catwalk, dumb decision making

2021-10-09 01:48

NiKo repeeking in a 4x3 advantage at 17-15, dying and giving ENCE the site, also dumb decision And then he sells Jackz on 18-21, couldn't kill doto(who wasn't even looking at him), then playing an awful headshot position in a 1v1 NiKo literally sold

2021-10-09 01:51

the choko is the most selfish player in csgo history, only thinks about his frags but not the team winning rounds. He never baited himself for the team victory. He thinks he is smart but actually a dumb and predictable bot.

2021-10-09 16:25

tell carlos to bring back KENNY to the roster again , jackz is good but he is more inconsistent than kenny . we all know kenny started to sleep during the online era . now since the LANs are back , the real kenny might get up

2021-10-09 04:50

Keep jackz kick amanek

+1!

2021-10-09 09:37

No Kenny isn’t ready for t1

2021-10-09 10:23

G2 is playing garbage csgo, they need to kick bots jackz, nexa and amenak

2021-10-09 16:22

As always EZ4ENCE

Let's GO EZ4ENCE

Fucking faze still going to qualify, looks like there was no other scenario

2021-10-09 01:49

There is a chance they don't qualify , if G2 finish 8th then Faze will be out.

2021-10-09 03:45

solid from ENCE deserved spot

EZ4ENCE LETSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Allu was the problem

G2's T side is so bad, deserved win for Ence.

Dycha just got good day, imo he's not good enough for t1 team

2021-10-09 01:52

wdym he literally played good in every game ence has played this event

2021-10-09 02:01

Only players not good enough on Ence roster for tier1 are Spinx and Hades

2021-10-09 07:00

idk what you smoking but ok, i think every player in ence can be in top 10 team

2021-10-09 08:14

Lol...dycha is a tier 1 already. You should check S1mple opinion on Dycha - i guess S1mple knows a lil bit about the game 😁 ohh and BTW Spinx is a nasty player - best Ence player on this tournament. As team (not individuals) they are strong and have fraging IGL from tier 1. Ence is just a good team, deal with it 😊 About Hades - hmm he is a weird player i am not sure about him...

2021-10-09 08:55

Ok 🙃

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2021-10-09 10:03

Gg deserved. Amazing game. Ence should have finished it in regulation when they broke G2 at 14 up on D2. But showed alot of mental strength to win in double OT

So wholesome that ENCE made it, gotta love an underdog story, EZ4ENCE

2021-10-09 01:55

Congratz g2 on legend status and faze for qualifying.

2021-10-09 01:57

What does g2 need to do for legend status? I thought they had to win this game

2021-10-09 03:06

I think as long as they finish 7th and not 8th they are legends but idk if that's correct

2021-10-09 03:22

It's kinda incorrect, they need at least 7th place and astralis to finish at 4th, if astralis wins against ence, G2 needs 5th place, 6th wont be enough.

2021-10-09 11:53

Oh, okay. Still hoping G2 finishes 8th and FaZe don't progress tho ;D

2021-10-09 11:55

Faze sucks

2021-10-09 04:22

G2 not legends yet and faze hasnt qualified yet

2021-10-09 08:02

Glad this toxic kid Nik0 lost.

2021-10-09 01:59

LETSGOOOOO

GOD dycha ez for Polish CS

2021-10-09 02:05

polish cs is a complete failure

2021-10-09 10:58

deserved for ence they did play so good whole tournament. hope to see them beating astralis too, but could be too much to ask from them in lan yet.

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if they can beat G2 then they can beat astralis 2

2021-10-09 02:10

I hope so! We will see it tomorrow

2021-10-09 02:22

map pool is huge for astralis in their matchup honestly

2021-10-09 02:24

I mean g2 has been on a downtrend while astralis have been consistent and on a slight uptrend. I'd say g2 and astralis at this exact second are on the same level

2021-10-09 02:31

EZ4ENCE BABY

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g322

2021-10-09 03:25

Finland drunk vodka!!!!!!!!!

2021-10-09 03:54

Congrats!

Nice ENCE

2021-10-09 04:23

GG ENCE deserves it.

2021-10-09 05:31

G2 are u kidding me?

2021-10-09 05:36

dycha the polish bear

2021-10-09 05:39

It looks like, NiKo is doing it on purpose. To show FaZe how they are bad without him and not able to reach Major.

2021-10-09 05:51

If he throws the next 2 matches so that faze dont make it to the major, vitality and astralis will get the remaining 2 legend spots

2021-10-09 08:16

Shut up with this, niko is not like that and they are still fighting for legends spot its just they are inconsistent af

2021-10-09 09:31

WTF you talking about? Ence played just slightly better while G2 still needs points for the legend spot.

2021-10-09 09:43

I thought Faze are in just because in the other quarter finals Fiend, Movistar Riders and Copenhagen flames lost. Even one loss from these teams would have ensured Daze going through, according to this post hltv.org/news/32500/iem-fall-europe-six-..

2021-10-09 06:52

In that post it was was written that one of the 4 underdogs have to place 8th .. not 5-8

2021-10-09 08:38

ez4 ence

2021-10-09 06:51

Nothing good with Jacks someone needs to take his place for a while and give him the bench don't recognize the dude anymore he used to clap so bad

2021-10-09 07:50

niko off-game = g2 lose

2021-10-09 08:21

So what are the Excuses from the Ego-Fan-Bois now ??? Egomaniac sure baits alot, especially on the first map … LOL

2021-10-09 08:26

Great stuff from them! Intrested to see how astralis will beat them🤔

2021-10-09 09:27

I think they will. Ence might take a map off of Astralis but they‘re not as inconsistant as G2 are right now.

2021-10-09 09:48

Astralis lost to ENCE in EPL 14 tho. Yes magisk is calling and xyp9x playing instead of glaive.

2021-10-09 12:56

Yeah I know, probably going to be a very nice and close series, might depend on the maps and if the teams can take their mappick. Ence looking real good right now, feels good to see them back at T1!

2021-10-09 13:50

2021-10-09 09:59

AleksiB crying clapping Its your turn, Snappi and boys! EZ4ENCE once more.

2021-10-09 11:07

POLSKA GUROM

the way the spunj machine casted this made me like ence

2021-10-09 11:36

so last 5 teams left for PGL

2021-10-09 11:37

Deserved spot, very well done #EZ4ENCE

2021-10-09 11:57

Congrats Ence

2021-10-09 12:15

Spinx is the first israeli to attend a CSGO MAJOR! LETS GO!

2021-10-09 13:11

G2 13 mirage played , 30% won :) good job G2 keep picking mirage

2021-10-09 13:43

Thats huge for Ence congratz

2021-10-09 14:15

G2 LUL ChoKo retire please.

2021-10-09 14:49

The over confidence of Niko making the whole G2 team suffer in big losses to underdog teams, Period.

2021-10-09 16:26

This ENCE lineup looks just great, honestly I think they have a chance to even win this event with the way they have been playing, I'm really proud of them, and insanely happy that we have Poles at the Major finally. Also 2 Poles in a TOP 10 team, feels great. GGs. G2 is in a real mess, they play so bad, like their decision making team-wise looks total shit, the calling looks shit, they make so many mistakes, run into stacks etc., they are just barely alive atm., if they play like this on Major they're 0-3d, calling it already. Sad but true.

2021-10-09 18:39