Mouz finished a KOM-from-Bakom 2-1 victory over Team Spirit with a quadruple overtime victory on the third map to reach the group an upper fast-finle in the Blast Open Spring event on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Team Vitality had a simpler time in the second group a semi-final in the upper body, Truncing Virtus.Pro 2-0.
Two Group A-quarter final in the lower console were also questioned on Friday, with Team Falcons who eliminated Huns Esports 2-0 and Faze Clan sweeping astralis 2-0.
$ 400,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Event begins with the 16 teams divided into two groups for double-elimination. The group winners move into the playoffs semi -finals, the group runners up to the quarter finals when high seeds and third place teams in each group become low seeds in the quarter finals.
All group stake matches are the best of three.
Playoffs with an elimination, which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, starts March 28. All the playoffs are best-of-three until the big final on March 30, which will be best-of-five. The winning team will earn $ 150,000.
On Friday, Team Spirt opened with a 13-3 triumph at Dust II, but Mouz responded with a 16-13 overtime victory at Nuke. The last map, ancient, was transformed into a four-overtime marathon that won by Mouz, 25-22.
Hungary’s Adam “Torzsi” Torzas’s paced Mouz with 66 kills and a plus-12 death difference. Russia’s Danil “Donk” Kryshkovets logged an astonishing 83 kills and a plus-15 kd difference for team spirit.
Team Vitality came by Virtus.Pro 13-6 on Anubis, 13-5 on Inferno. France’s Mathieu “Zywoo” Herbaut registered 36 kills and a plus-18 KD difference for vitality. Russia’s Evgenii “Fl1t” Lebedev ended with 23 kills and a minus-5 kd differential for virtus.Pro.
Team Falcons worked overtime at Inferno for a victory 16-13 before closed Huns-escorts with 13-6 decisions on Anubis. Bosnia’s Nikola “Niko” Kovac collected 46 kills and a plus-18 KD difference for Team Falcons. Yesuntumur “Nin9” Gantulga finished with 37 kills and a level KD differential for the all-Mongolian Hunor.
The Faze clan lowered Astralis 13-7 on the train, 13-6 on Nuke. Latvia Helvij’s “Broky” Saukants produced 38 kills and a plus-21 KD difference for Fazeklan. Martin “Stavn” Lund recorded 28 kills and a minus-1 KD difference for the all-Danish Astralis squad.
Group B resumes Action Saturday with four matches:
-Epper-Bracket Semifinal: G2 Esports vs. Eternal Fire
-Epper-Bracket Semifinal: Natus Vincere vs. The Mongolz
-Linkare-Kvartfinal: Imperial esports vs. Team Liquid
-Linkare-Kvartfinal: Furia vs. M80
Blast Open Spring Price Pol
1. $ 150,000
2. $ 60,000
3-4. $ 40,000
5-6. $ 20,000
7-8. $ 10,000
9-12. 7,500 $
13-16. $ 5,000 – Huns Esports, Astralis, two teams TBD
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