C9, mouz & Na`Vi to CEVO playoffs

The expected names joined Virtus.pro in the playoffs of CEVO Professional Season 7 – mousesports as group A's top team, and Cloud9 and Natus Vincere as second placed teams.

After Virtus.pro defeated Na`Vi to top group B, it was time for group A's winners' match between mousesports and local crowd's favorites Cloud9.

The North American team disappointed their fans on the first map, Cache, as they couldn't find a way to penetrate mouz's defense seeing a 12-3 CT half quickly turninto a 16-5 victory for Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik & co.

gob b led his team to another victory against an NA team

Crowd had more to cheer for on the second map as C9 went up 10-3 as terrorists on Dust2. However, they dropped the last two rounds, as well aand then the following pistol round, opening the door for the German team's comeback.

In the end Cloud9 barely mustered up two CT rounds as they wound up on the losing side of a 16-12 scoreline, succumbing to mousesports 0-2 and putting their playoff spot in jeopardy.

CEVO Professional Season 7 FinalsBest of 3 Cloud9Matchpage 0 2 25th July 2015 MOUZ 5Cache 16 12Dust2 16

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	36 - 31	+5	-	1.14
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	33 - 39	-6	-	0.97
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	28 - 40	-12	-	0.78
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	24 - 44	-20	-	0.61
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	17 - 38	-21	-	0.53

Meanwhile CLG eliminated Liquid with a 2-1 score (16-5 Train, 3-16 Mirage, 16-12 Dust2), which left six teams in the tournament as Luminosity were previously knocked out by Tempo Storm after a 2-1 comeback (19-15 Cache, 13-16 Dust2, 6-16 Cobblestone).

Battle for the second place in group B was next on schedule, pitting Natus Vincere against the newly formed Tempo Storm squad who yesterday showed some teeth against Virtus.pro.

flamie had a solid series against Tempo Storm

The first map already suggested that the North Americans weren't going to roll over and surrender, as they held on to a lead throughout the first half and even managed to stay on even score at 13-13.

Experience prevailed in the end, and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev's 30 kills also helped, as Natus Vincere ran away with the last 3 rounds for a 16-13 victory on Mirage.

Tempo Storm won a triple OT map against Na`Vi

Moving on to Inferno, Tempo Storm once again came out strong and went the distance with the CIS team for the full 30 rounds. It took three overtimes to settle the winner of this one, and it was actually the young North American squad that came out on top 25-22 led by 43 kills from Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta.

However, they didn't have much left in the tank for the third map where Na`Vi stormed through them 16-8 on Cobblestone to secure their spot in the playoffs and a meeting with mousesports.

CEVO Professional Season 7 FinalsBest of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 2 1 25th July 2015 Tempo Storm 16Mirage 13 22Inferno 25 16Cobblestone 8

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	81 - 66	+15	-	1.19
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	73 - 64	+9	-	1.12
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	73 - 67	+6	-	1.09
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	73 - 72	+1	-	1.02
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	68 - 73	-5	-	0.91

Tempo Storm	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	70 - 74	-4	-	0.98
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	72 - 78	-6	-	0.96
Daniel 'roca' Gustaferriroca	70 - 71	-1	-	0.93
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylickiryx	69 - 79	-10	-	0.92
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	60 - 67	-7	-	0.90

The last clash of the day was actually a rematch of yesterday's group A opener between Cloud9 and CLG, who were now battling to stay in the tournament.

Dust2 was the first map, where C9 started out very strong and took a 13-2 T-side lead. But similarly to the day before, CLG never gave up and started another big comeback after the sides changed.

They eventually scored 10 terrorist rounds, but Cloud9 managed to close out the map 16-12.

Cloud9 once again overcame CLG 2-0

Second map was the same as yesterday, Cache, but the teams learned from the previous clash and now CLG scored seven CT rounds. But their opponents also adjusted and played better on the defensive side, in the defeating them 16-9 for another 2-0 score in the series and a spot in the semi-final.

CEVO Professional Season 7 FinalsBest of 3 Cloud9Matchpage 2 0 26th July 2015 CLG 16Dust2 12 16Cache 9

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	43 - 33	+10	-	1.19
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	41 - 31	+10	-	1.13
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	37 - 27	+10	-	1.07
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	29 - 29	0	-	0.95
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	32 - 31	+1	-	0.91

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	44 - 33	+11	-	1.23
Joshua 'sancz' Ballengersancz	29 - 36	-7	-	0.78
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	26 - 36	-10	-	0.78
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	29 - 37	-8	-	0.78
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	23 - 40	-17	-	0.60

"Championship Sunday" will begin at 16:00 with the first semi-final mousesports vs. Natus Vincere, followed by Virtus.pro vs. Cloud9. Those matches will be played in best-of-three mode, while the grand final – which will have $30,000 on the line – will be played in best-of-five mode.

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 28 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 0.82 Maps played: 186 KPR: 0.53 DPR: 0.67 Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 18 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 365 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Timothy 'autimatic' Ta Age: 18 Team: Tempo Storm Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 67 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71