MOUZ lock in Dallas quarter-final spot over OG

1-6-2023 00:08

MOUZ return to the playoffs stage after early bowouts from the Paris Major and IEM Rio.

MOUZ have advanced to the IEM Dallas quarter-finals following a straightforward 2-0 victory over OG in Group A's lower bracket final.

In the playoffs, which will take place in front of a crowd at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center from Friday, Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong and company will face off against the loser of the ENCE-Astralis matchup set to take place later on Wednesday.

frozen led the way with a 1.60 rating in the series

OG have been eliminated from the tournament with a respectable top-eight finish. The squad around Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen played the event with Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău standing in for Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov and with their future unclear, as Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan' contract is set to expire and he is exploring other options.

For MOUZ, it is a welcome return to the playoffs stage following their last-place exits at IEM Rio and the BLAST.tv Paris Major Challengers Stage.

In Dallas, the dexter-led side were unable to deal with tournament favorites HEROIC in their first attempt to qualify but then came back with 2-0 wins over FURIA and OG to lock in their spot in the quarter-finals.

MOUZ were very much in control in both series they won. In the latest against OG, Mirage was more closely contested to start, but a key 1v2 from Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro and a win with just pistols helped them get off to a lead in the series, before they secured a straightforward win on Inferno with a superb offense.

IEM Dallas 2023Best of 3

MOUZ

Matchpage

31st May 2023

Mirage

Inferno

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
David 'frozen' Čerňanský frozen	44 - 18	+26	96.1	85.7%	1.60
Christopher 'dexter' Nong dexter	36 - 29	+7	79.5	77.6%	1.22
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman xertioN	36 - 37	-1	90.9	75.5%	1.21
Jon 'JDC' de Castro JDC	35 - 29	+6	70.3	75.5%	1.18
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás torzsi	30 - 26	+4	55.9	77.6%	1.05

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Iulian 'regali' Harjău regali	40 - 34	+6	77.9	71.4%	1.11
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas F1KU	35 - 33	+2	79.3	65.3%	1.04
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan flameZ	25 - 38	-13	67.9	67.3%	0.88
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen niko	23 - 37	-14	54.5	69.4%	0.70
Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar NEOFRAG	15 - 39	-24	41.0	55.1%	0.45

ez4frozen

2023-06-01 00:08

GGWP frozen masterclass

2023-06-01 00:11

I LOVE YOU FROZEN

2023-06-01 00:13

frozen bestest rifler

2023-06-01 00:14

ne0.45frag

2023-06-01 00:15

Your best player is your stand-in which is only his second LAN of his career ... the previous been 2 years ago . GG OG , maybe you need to kick bots and add some decent players

2023-06-01 00:18

2 replies

good for regali though he's getting a lot of attention

2023-06-01 01:36

1 reply

2023-06-01 01:52

Slovakia top fragging, Czechia bottom fragging EZ4FROZEN

2023-06-01 00:19

no slovak could drop less than 20 frags in b03

2023-06-01 08:30

-24 star rifler btw

2023-06-01 00:21

OG played sooooooooooo bad My eyes hurt

2023-06-01 00:24

frozen wants it BAD

2023-06-01 00:37

DEXTER SO GOOD!

2023-06-01 00:47

frozen is 20 i swear i watched him for like 5years does he get younger or something

2023-06-01 00:48

He was 14-15 when he started to play as a pro, that's why. Crazy kid from extatus :)

2023-06-01 06:15

At least regali had a decent event too bad og is shit

meh

2023-06-01 01:53

I dont understand why they would choose to keep Neofrag and then decide to bench degster. Who's they going to blame now for his mistakes?

2023-06-01 02:11

He wasn't benched, he had visa issues for obvious reasons

2023-06-01 04:20

Give Dexter A Hot Awper

2023-06-01 02:44

Give him mantuu

2023-06-01 04:19

Where tf is nexa. Btw good game from mouz, congrats.

you can't expect to go far with a player like niko lmao

2023-06-01 04:56

undeserved

2023-06-01 07:31

Save regali

2023-06-01 07:55

Congrats MOUZ! Maybe regali is worth a try to fill the last spot, I won't hold my breath though since the change was clearly required after the last major.

2023-06-01 09:10