North secured two straight-forward map wins over Vega Squadron (16-5 on Mirage, 16-2 on Inferno), to move on to the upper bracket semi-final against SK.

North, in their LAN debut with Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye and Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz, started off beautifully on the CT side of Vega Squadron's map pick, Mirage. The Danes got an 8-0 lead before Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov's 3K on A earned the CIS team their first round of the game.

In the following round Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså stepped up to the task on B and secured three kills, forcing Vega Squadron to eco (9-1). With the economic advantage, Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen and co. cruised through the rest of the half, finishing it with a 14-1 lead.

Sergey "⁠keshandr⁠" Nikishin opened up and closed out the second pistol round, securing a total of three kills and earning his side a foothold in the game. However, after Vega Squadron made the score 14-5, mertz clutched a 1v1 on B in an eco round and North used that momentum to close out the map shortly, making the score 16-5.

valde was on point throughout the series

Inferno started with a hectic pistol round, as Vega Squadron went extremely aggressive despite being on the CT side. In the end, the round came down to a 1v1 situation on B, that valde resolved in his team's favor.

In the first pistol round, North went for a B split, isolating Dmitriy "⁠jR⁠" Chervak on the site. The AWPer managed one kill, but it wasn't enough to allow a successful retake in the end. Vega Squadron's first round came as they shut down the Danes approach towards A, but similarly to Mirage, they were instantly reset and put in a tough situation on the defensive side of the map.

As the score was 10-1 for North, keshandr went for a seemingly desperate mid push, which was easily punished by Kjaerbye. After getting the entry, the round wasn't a straight-forward one for North, and their new player had to to win it single-handedly by clutching out a near-impossible situation, resolving a 1v2 with just 12 HP.

North switched to the CT side with a 13-2 lead, and got into a great situation in the pistol fairly quickly. jR did his best by turning a 1v4 in a 1v1, but valde showed up in the clutch again and shut him down. North easily brought the game to an end, finishing it 16-2.

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North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	47 - 17	+30	124.1	1.95
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	42 - 20	+22	105.1	1.60
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	29 - 16	+13	86.8	1.43
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	29 - 22	+7	81.5	1.32
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	25 - 22	+3	57.4	1.03

Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr	30 - 35	-5	78.4	0.87
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	22 - 34	-12	59.8	0.68
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	16 - 35	-19	57.6	0.58
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji	12 - 34	-22	45.5	0.53
Dmitriy 'jR' ChervakjR	16 - 34	-18	48.0	0.52

Dmitriy 'jR' Chervak Age: 24 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 338 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishin Age: 23 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 305 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.70 Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1186 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov Age: 22 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 326 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 North #16 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 448 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Daniel 'mertz' Mertz Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 334 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 Vega Squadron #14 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 908 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65