Astralis in 2 straight maps to kick off Friday’s matches. The Danish side were using two substitutes due to one of their current lineup being ineligible and another admitted to hospital. The Polish of VP took advantage and booked a spot in the semi-finals.The second match of the day featured the popular Brazilians of SK Gaming, fresh from finding out they’d been disqualified from E-League. The Ukrainian’s always had an uphill battle against one the current major champions and despite taking the game to overtime on the second map, their impressive underdog run was ended in 2-0 fashion.
A three map thriller resulted in North America’s Team Liquid reaching another major semi-final over the
team of NAVI. Perhaps too busy worrying about their mascot, the American’s took advantage by winning Nuke 16-12 and Cobblestone 16-6 after originally losing 11-16 on train. It’s back to back semi-finals for S1mple and Hiko who will look to make it to their first major grand final.
