fnatic PLAY reaches semi-finals

18-5-2011 03:15

The fnatic PLAY tournament has reached the semi-finals, with just four teams remaining from the field of 32 teams. fnatic and Virtus.pro will meet from the top half and DTS and TCM-Gaming from the bottom end of the bracket will play off for the other spot in the final.

fnatic had a good run through the bracket, with victories over Veritas and Online Kingdom in the first two rounds. In the third round they came up against dakarma, who had just knocked out the Nexen champions Millenium, but the Danish were no match for the hosts, going down two maps to nil.

Virtus.pro reached the semi-finals after making short work of yeswecan and Living Fire. In their quarter-final, they were matched up with Russian compatriot's Moscow Five. This match would prove to be an epic thriller with Virtus.pro coming out ahead, in three close maps.

DTS started off with the ideal start, knocking over Stokrotka Team in straight maps. In their round of 16 match, they had a lengthy encounter with Underdog$, in which they prevailed in three tight maps. Their day was far from over, in what would be the last match of the day, DTS would take on a2g in a match that eclipsed three hours, finishing at 03:00CET. DTS winners, two maps to one.

The final team to make it through to the semi-finals is TCM-Gaming. TCM-Gaming managed to breeze past XYSMA, KaoS and USSR without dropping a map to secure their spot in the final four.

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The semi-finals are scheduled to start at 19:00CET tomorrow. With the final and third place play-off to follow at 21:00CET.

Be sure to follow the fnatic PLAY tournament right here on HLTV.org, where we will be your coverage hub for the conclusion of the event.

go vp :D

2011-05-18 03:17

Here's to Virtus reaching the finals, Swansea City getting promoted, and Blackpool not getting relegated. ...and oh yeah, Braga winning the Europa League. :D

2011-05-18 03:19

5 replies

Swansea aren't promoted yet, have to beat Reading!

2011-05-18 03:26

Braga will do it xD

2011-05-18 03:40

1 reply

You wish!

2011-05-18 10:37

ya dont wanna see blackpool relegated.. they have been so entertaining..

2011-05-18 06:39

BRAAAAAAAAAGAAA ! <3

2011-05-18 16:07

go fnatic

2011-05-18 03:18

fnatic 2 VP 0 DTS 1 TCM 2 final ----> fnatic 2 TCM 0 :D

2011-05-18 03:20

6 replies

agree, but i think TCM might 2-0 DTS, depends on the maps imo.

2011-05-18 03:33

lol, remember mi words, DTS will beat TCM and DTS will beat Fnatic =)

2011-05-18 03:59

3 replies

lol. idk about that....

2011-05-18 05:48

dts beat fnatic? thats kinda unreal=))

2011-05-18 08:40

no, fnatic is too solid on a high level while DTS can only reach a high level of play once in a while. DTS beating fnatic is a huge longshot.

2011-05-18 08:50

where is all this confidence coming from? Last time these two met (ICSC 7) DTS came out on top..

2011-05-18 04:04

fx and m5 fail :( sad

2011-05-18 03:25

m5 has problems vs russian and ukrainian teams like mtw vs danish teams

2011-05-18 03:28

4 replies

not really, that match was plagued with lagouts and connection problems. They have pretty much displayed their dominance in Russia multiple times. They are for sure the #1 russian team. I would say atm its 1. M5 2. USSR 3. Virtus

2011-05-18 05:49

I couldn't agree more with your top3. I totally agree M5 is by far the best team in Russia. They are the only team who can perform well internationally. And so is mTw, what I'm trying to say is that the Russian elite is playing with each other so often so they know each other very well. The same situation with the Danish elite. mTw always has problems against other top teams from Denmark. M5 losing to Virtus.pro and KerchNET on the internet says nothing.

2011-05-18 07:23

All RU/UA/BY teams has problems with RU/UA/BY teams. :D It's just slavonian CS-scene, all about unpredictability and online of course.

2011-05-18 11:57

ahahahaha

2011-05-18 12:48

a2g inet stars. hahahah

2011-05-18 03:30

the final : fnatic vs TCM-Gaming

2011-05-18 03:35

1. DTS 2. Fnatic

2011-05-18 03:54

fnatic win !

2011-05-18 03:56

1. fnatic 2. TCM-Gaming 3. Virtus.Pro

2011-05-18 05:04

+1 gj tcm gj Virtus.pro

why the time change @_@

2011-05-18 05:41

Fnatic, TCM and Fnatic over TCM

2011-05-18 05:47

I'd love to see one of the teams other than fnatic win :p But it's a long shot :(

2011-05-18 06:38

lol why all say that tcm would win against dts? I'm sure dts will win them without any problems! so: 1. fnatic 2. DTS 3. Virtus.pro

2011-05-18 07:05

2 replies

if DTS manages a win vs. TCM (which would be cool imo) there is no chance Virtus will win vs. TCM. I have great admiration of some of the players on Virtus, but i really think they are playing an outdated style of CS, and i think they will pay for it.

2011-05-18 08:53

I thought so too, but now, after they won M5, I think they can give fight and win vs. TMC :)

2011-05-18 12:15

DTS go!

2011-05-18 08:27

fnatic DTS 100%

2011-05-18 08:58

fnatic win this

2011-05-18 08:59

OMFG virtus pro beated M5?? they wiil be crashed in semifinal by fnatic (

2011-05-18 09:05

M5 too

2011-05-18 12:52

final - fnatic vs. TCM, and fnatic are gonna win :))

2011-05-18 09:34

Go Barbley!

2011-05-18 11:47

fnatic vs dts grand final, and dts will win. craft1k awesome player, he need to replace ceh9 at Na`Vi. (imo)

2011-05-18 12:29

probably fnatic versus unfortunately TCM

2011-05-18 13:08

I wasn't that active last few days, what happened to FX? Lost 2-0?? Did they get Disqualified or something or did they actually lose 2-0?

2011-05-18 14:29

They lost 2-0 vs a2g..

2011-05-18 15:38

I know I saw that in the brackets of the event thing, I just meant did they PLAY and they lost 2-0 or did they get disqualified? Which ends up as a Default win 2-0. Also did they play bad or did a2g play well?

2011-05-18 19:57

Nope, both teams played.. I didnt saw the match but i heard that a2g played REALLY well.. They won 16-9 (around that) at inferno i think and 16-2/3 in train..

2011-05-18 20:30