North send G2 packing

North eliminated G2 at the ELEAGUE Major after defeating them 16-9 on Overpass.

The fourth day at the ELEAGUE Major kicked off with an elimination match between G2 and North. The map was Overpass and the Danish team started on the T-side.

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke secured the pistol round with two entry kills and North had a 3-0 lead after the anti-eco rounds. The first weapon round saw Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif pick up two opening kills on the A-site, which secured it for North (4-0).

North are a win away from the playoffs

G2 got their first round after Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux killed two opponents with an AWP and North ran out of time. The Danes reset their opponent's economy as René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg won a 1vs1 clutch in the following round.

Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel and cajunb saved their team by winning a 2vs5 against the eco of G2. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's triple kill made the score 2-8. cajunb won an incredible AWP 1vs2 clutch to extend his team's lead to 9-3 and the Danes won the half 11-4.

G2 rushed B in the second half pistol round and trailed 7-11 after winning the anti-ecos. G2 decided to keep three MAC-10s in the first weapon round and lost it because of k0nfig's quad kill. North went on to win the match 16-9, improving their record to 2-2 and eliminating G2.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 NorthMatchpage 16 9 25th January 2017 G2 16Overpass 9

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	17 - 15	+2	90.2	1.38
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	22 - 17	+5	98.8	1.31
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	17 - 13	+4	61.0	1.19
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	19 - 14	+5	65.2	1.18
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	13 - 17	-4	67.0	0.87

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	21 - 17	+4	87.3	1.28
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	21 - 19	+2	89.8	1.05
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	15 - 16	-1	70.8	1.02
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	11 - 19	-8	50.5	0.72
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	8 - 17	-9	44.1	0.59

Current standings:

2W-1L	1W-2L
fnatic	MOUZ
Envy	GODSENT
Gambit	Liquid
Astralis	OpTic
SK
FaZe
2W-2L	1W-3L
North	G2
3W-0L	0W-3L
Virtus.pro	HellRaisers
Natus Vincere	FlipSid3

Next up at the ELEAGUE Major, Envy and fnatic will fight for a playoff spot.

Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 28 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1065 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #12 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 888 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 18 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 395 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1011 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 609 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 493 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun