FURIA defeat fnatic for playoff spot; North eliminate Windigo

The last matches of the day at DreamHack Masters Dallas have been played out, with FURIA upsetting fnatic 2-0 (16-12 Mirage, 16-12 Nuke) and North taking down Windigo with the same scoreline (16-3 Overpass, 25-22 Dust2).

After losing the T pistol on Mirage, their map pick, fnatic won their first buy round by turning around a 3v4 situation with a late A push. However, FURIA displayed a no respect, aggressive playstyle moving forward, which saw them shut down fnatic's map control attempts and go up 9-2.

Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson's AWP entry on B finally unlocked things for the Swedes, who capitalized on it to add their third round on the T side. Quick, direct hits towards the sites followed from Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström and co., and they worked wonderfully, giving the Swedes a respectable 9-6 finish.

FURIA started the second half on-point, winning the pistol round and the following eco, as well as the "bonus round" thanks to Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan finding two headshots with the Mac-10 on a fast Cat approach. The Brazilian side reached a 14-7 lead quickly, but fnatic tightened their defenses to keep their opponents off of map point for some time, but eventually conceded a 5v3 retake of A and lost the map 16-12.

The Brazilian side celebrating making the playoffs of DreamHack Masters Dallas

On Nuke, fnatic's CT cide wasn't able to hold against FURIA's offenses early on, the Swedes finding only two round victories within the first 12 rounds, both of which came from force-buys. Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato was the main issue (20K-6D) for fnatic, who ended the half with just four rounds and slim chances of a comeback as Terrorists.

Xizt and twist combined for the much-needed T pistol and their team shortly narrowed the gap to 12-8, but the following rounds were all going FURIA's way, getting them to map point, 15-8. Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell was the catalyst of fnatic's fight for survival, opening up the following round with a triple, but similarly to the game on Mirage, fnatic couldn't complete the comeback and fell 16-12.

DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019Best of 3 FURIAMatchpage 2 0 30th May 2019 fnatic 16Mirage 12 16Nuke 12

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI	46 - 34	+12	92.2	1.34
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	43 - 31	+12	80.3	1.22
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	40 - 28	+12	66.9	1.15
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	40 - 38	+2	81.5	1.12
Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda JuniorableJ	33 - 38	-5	66.2	0.92

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	48 - 34	+14	100.8	1.37
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	33 - 39	-6	58.7	0.90
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	39 - 47	-8	75.9	0.89
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	27 - 42	-15	51.2	0.77
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	22 - 40	-18	48.1	0.73

In the Group A elimination match, Windigo picked Overpass into North, but the Danes started it with a 5-0 lead, with Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade's quad kill giving them their fifth in the streak. Nothing much changed as the match continued, though, with North denying Windigo even a bomb plant for 10 round straight, outclassing them completely.

Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup and Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen were impeccable in that early run, but the Bulgarian side finally managed to trade out some kills and get on the board, hitting the B site a couple of times to end the half with three. However, gade showed up in the second half pistol with another quad kill, which included the 1v1 clutch, making it simple for his team to close out the map, 16-4.

Kjaerbye showed great form in the lower-bracket match

Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså and co. continued their dominance on the second map as well, taking hold of the flow of the game on the T-side of Dust2. A 5-0 star for North was followed by a couple going Windigo's way thanks to multi-kill rounds by Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev and Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov, but the Bulgarians were limited to sporadic rounds for the rest of the half, finishing it 11-4 down.

poizon kicked into a higher gear after the swap and the game finally started looking interesting as he powered his side to a 6-0 start on the Terrorist half. The game became a brawl after that, Windigo survived a scary anti-eco and eventually reached 15 rounds, but couldn't close it out and overtime followed. It took three sets of added rounds for the victor to be found, with aizy's 1v4 clutch proving essential to North closing the series out 2-0.

DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019Best of 3 NorthMatchpage 2 0 30th May 2019 Windigo 16Overpass 3 25Dust2 22

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	55 - 38	+17	90.5	1.29
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	55 - 44	+11	90.0	1.28
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	48 - 36	+12	72.7	1.23
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	46 - 37	+9	73.6	1.21
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	43 - 37	+6	72.7	1.10

Windigo	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valentin 'poizon' Vasilevpoizon	43 - 46	-3	72.8	1.04
Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovSHiPZ	47 - 50	-3	74.5	0.98
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	38 - 51	-13	66.1	0.84
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR	32 - 51	-19	57.4	0.74
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble	32 - 50	-18	57.1	0.69

Windigo #21 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 787 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 North #13 Philip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1518 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 417 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Nicklas 'gade' Gade Age: 24 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 563 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Age: 27 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1476 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 795 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.61 Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 340 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.56 Simon 'twist' Eliasson Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1168 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Richard 'Xizt' Landström Age: 28 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1527 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior fnatic #7 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev Age: 20 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 598 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1232 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67