Jordan Woodruff
Group Spirit pulled off a 2-1 victory over MOUZ within the upper-bracket remaining of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 occasion on Friday in Serbia.
With the win, Group Spirit advance to the grand remaining on Sunday. Within the lower-bracket quarterfinals on Friday, Everlasting Fireplace topped FURIA Esports 2-1 and paiN Gaming defeated Virtus.professional by the identical rating.
Everlasting Fireplace and paIN Gaming will face off within the lower-bracket semifinal on Saturday, with the winner of that match advancing to face MOUZ within the lower-bracket remaining later Saturday.
Twelve groups started play within the $500,000 Counter-Strike: International Offensive match final week. The highest eight in group play moved on to the double-elimination playoffs. All playoff matches are best-of-three till the grand remaining on Sunday, which can be best-of-five.
The successful crew will earn $250,000, whereas the runner-up will obtain $125,000.
On Friday, Group Spirit opened with a 13-9 win on Nuke, however MOUZ rallied for a 16-14 extra time victory on Mirage. Within the decisive third recreation, Group Spirit prevailed 13-11 on Historic. Danil “donk” Kryshkovets of Russia posted 66 kills and a plus-9 kill-death differential, whereas countryman Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov totaled 59 kills and a plus-10 Ok-D differential.
Everlasting Fireplace rolled to a 13-6 win on Vertigo earlier than FURIA Esports bounced again 13-5 on Nuke. Everlasting Fireplace put the match away on Mirage, securing a 13-9 win. Ozgur “woxic” Eker led an all-Turkish squad with 49 kills and a plus-17 Ok-D differential.
Virtus.professional jumped out to the lead with a 13-10 win on Mirage, however paiN Gaming received the following two, 13-10 on Vertigo and 13-11 on Mud II, to maneuver on to the lower-bracket semifinal. Kaue “kauez” Kaschuk completed with 51 kills and a plus-14 Ok-D differential for the all-Brazilian paiN.
Two matches are scheduled for Saturday:
–Decrease-bracket semifinal: Everlasting Fireplace vs. paiN Gaming
–Decrease-bracket remaining: MOUZ vs. Everlasting Fireplace/paiN Gaming winner
BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 prize pool:
1. $250,000
2. $125,000
3. $50,000
4. $25,000
5-6. $10,000 — FURIA Esports, Virtus.professional
7-8. $5,000 — HEROIC, Group Falcons
9-10. No cash — 9z Group, 9Pandas
11-12. No cash — BetBoom Group, Aurora Gaming
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