PGL Major Antwerp 2022FaZe defeat Copenhagen Flames and punch ticket to playoffs
The Danish squad will go into the last day of the Swiss stage with a 2-2 record.
FaZe secured their spot in the playoffs of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 after defeating Copenhagen Flames 2-1. The match saw the Danish squad bring Finn "karrigan" Andersen's men all the way to Nuke after two close affairs on Inferno (13-16) and Ancient (16-13), but it was not enough. The international squad extinguished the Flames on Nuke after a dominant 16-6 game.
Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen's squad now has one more chance to reach the knockout stage of the Major, having started off with a 2-0 record with wins over Bad News Eagles and ENCE before being sent to the 2-1 pool by Spirit on Sunday.
The qualification match started off on FaZe's pick of Inferno, with the International squad taking the opening pistol and the early advantage. Copenhagen Flames took a few rounds to warm up, but seemed almost unbeatable once they got the ball rolling with Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard and HooXi locking down the B bombsite. The last push on the A site from karrigan closed the half, salvaging a 5-10 scoreline.
FaZe again came out triumphant in the second pistol, and eventually shaved the deficit to only 9-11 before the Flames began to find their rhythm on the offense, securing a 15-9 scoreline. It was at this point when Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken really came alive, keeping his team afloat with multi-kills and impact frags, but it would not be enough. The Danish squad eventually took FaZe's pick 16-13 with a post-plant defense on B.
The Danish squad had the opportunity to secure the sweep on their pick of Ancient, but the weather was not in their favor as Håvard "rain" Nygaard dominated FaZe's CT side. The Norwegian veteran was a nightmare to deal with from the cave position, single-handled keeping Copenhagen Flames away from the A bombsite during a dominant 12-3 half for the international squad.
Despite claiming their fourth consecutive pistol round and a 14-3 lead, it took quite a while for FaZe to close the map as they struggled to crack the Danish defenses. Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjidi played a fantastic second half and proved to be a real thorn in the offense's side with his AWP. Robin "ropz" Kool and Helvijs "broky" Saukants eventually converted a 3v3 on the B site to edge the map 16-13.
After two relatively quiet maps, ropz came into Nuke with something to prove, taking over the server in during FaZe's offense. The Estonian superstar would push his squad to a dominant half 13-2 half, going into the break with a 17-7 K-D. Switching sides would not change the Flames' fortunes despite Rasmus "Zyphon" Nordfoss's heroics, and Copenhagen Flames were sent to the 2-2 pool after a 6-16 defeat on the decider.
 Copenhagen Flames |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 - 52 | +13 | 74.4 | 70.0% | 1.11 | |
| 53 - 60 | -7 | 76.9 | 66.2% | 0.96 | |
| 45 - 54 | -9 | 66.9 | 63.7% | 0.90 | |
| 47 - 57 | -10 | 64.9 | 56.2% | 0.81 | |
| 33 - 59 | -26 | 50.4 | 58.8% | 0.69 |
 FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 - 54 | +14 | 88.0 | 72.5% | 1.30 | |
| 66 - 45 | +21 | 82.8 | 72.5% | 1.24 | |
| 53 - 43 | +10 | 70.5 | 63.7% | 1.09 | |
| 48 - 56 | -8 | 82.5 | 73.8% | 1.05 | |
| 47 - 46 | +1 | 56.6 | 66.2% | 0.94 |
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