Liquid take down NiP, MIBR get off the mark against mousesports; Third round Major draw
The first game played in this pairing was NiP against Liquid on Mirage. The North American team started the first half off strong, taking the first five rounds of the half before NiP came into the game and controlled the remainder of the half to go in at the break 8-7 ahead. The second half was under Liquid's control, losing just two rounds as they galloped to a 16-10 win to go 2-0.
Ninjas in PyjamasLiquid| Ninjas in Pyjamas |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg |
20 - 20 | +0 | 86.2 | 61.5% | 1.06 |
| Dennis 'dennis' Edman |
16 - 20 | -4 | 73.4 | 69.2% | 0.91 |
| Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner |
16 - 15 | +1 | 59.0 | 61.5% | 0.89 |
| Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund |
13 - 18 | -5 | 64.6 | 61.5% | 0.78 |
| Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson |
11 - 20 | -9 | 54.9 | 61.5% | 0.71 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
21 - 10 | +11 | 77.3 | 76.9% | 1.44 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
22 - 16 | +6 | 95.3 | 73.1% | 1.37 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
20 - 16 | +4 | 79.0 | 92.3% | 1.29 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
14 - 14 | +0 | 63.5 | 76.9% | 0.96 |
 Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
16 - 20 | -4 | 65.8 | 65.4% | 0.91 |
The final game at the Major saw mousesports face MIBR, with both teams looking for their first win at the tournament as they faced on Dust2. The map looked to start off well for mousesports, taking the pistol and following two rounds on their CT-side, but only being able to get two more gun rounds in that first half proved to be at their detriment with MIBR going in as 10-5 leaders. The second half was worse for the Europeans, only taking one round as MIBR took the game 16-6.
MOUZMIBR| MOUZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi |
16 - 14 | +2 | 88.5 | 68.2% | 1.18 |
 Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný |
12 - 15 | -3 | 51.1 | 54.5% | 0.78 |
 Robin 'ropz' Kool |
10 - 13 | -3 | 41.4 | 81.8% | 0.78 |
 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong |
8 - 15 | -7 | 40.8 | 54.5% | 0.60 |
 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski |
9 - 17 | -8 | 57.3 | 45.5% | 0.51 |
| MIBR |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
20 - 8 | +12 | 96.0 | 86.4% | 1.69 |
| Tarik 'tarik' Celik |
21 - 11 | +10 | 106.1 | 77.3% | 1.66 |
| Marcelo 'coldzera' David |
19 - 11 | +8 | 94.8 | 72.7% | 1.51 |
| Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga |
6 - 12 | -6 | 42.4 | 63.6% | 0.74 |
| Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip |
8 - 13 | -5 | 30.2 | 63.6% | 0.66 |
After the MIBR game concluded, the third round draw took place. In the 2-0 bracket, compLexity are set to face BIG, guaranteeing a UK player on the UK stage, and Liquid are set to face long-time rivals Astralis. In the 1-1 bracket, MIBR were drawn against G2 and the 0-2 last chance saloon saw Cloud9 line up Winstrike. The full third round draw is as follows:
| 2-0 pool |
 compLexity vs.  BIG |
 Astralis vs. Liquid |
| 1-1 pool |
 Natus Vincere vs. NiP |
 Vega Squadron vs. fnatic |
 G2 vs. MIBR |
 HellRaisers vs.  TYLOO |
| 0-2 pool |
 FaZe vs. mousesports |
| Cloud9 vs. Winstrike |
The first game of round three at the Major will take place at 5 AM EDT, with the first game featuring a North American team set to take place at 8 AM EDT, between Winstrike and Cloud9 in their 0-2 match.
