Denial, FURIA, and Bad News Bears finish ECS S7 Pinnacle Cup at 3-1
Day three of the ECS Pinnacle Cup has concluded, and after four rounds of play Denial, FURIA, and Bad New Bears have secured their seed into the regular season, right behind Singularity and INTZ.
Starting with the round four high matches, FURIA made quick work of The Quest starting off by besting them on Overpass 16-6. On map two, The Quest would attempt to mount a comeback, however a strong performance by Yuri "yuurih" Santos helped FURIA to claim victory over the American Advanced team 2-0.
FURIAThe Quest| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
53 - 27 | +26 | 117.5 | 87.8% | 1.78 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
41 - 19 | +22 | 69.2 | 91.8% | 1.33 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
39 - 31 | +8 | 84.6 | 77.6% | 1.25 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
38 - 32 | +6 | 82.5 | 67.3% | 1.23 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
25 - 37 | -12 | 60.4 | 69.4% | 0.78 |
| The Quest |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman |
36 - 40 | -4 | 84.7 | 65.3% | 1.04 |
| Logan 'Voltage' Long |
31 - 37 | -6 | 75.6 | 69.4% | 0.93 |
| Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle |
31 - 38 | -7 | 69.0 | 69.4% | 0.86 |
 Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
27 - 40 | -13 | 68.5 | 63.3% | 0.76 |
| Matthew 'mCe' Elmore |
21 - 41 | -20 | 49.6 | 53.1% | 0.60 |
The next match of the day saw Denial and oNe trade maps, with Denial initially gaining the advantage after overrunning oNe on their map pick of Train 16-3. However, oNe was not ready to capitulate as they proceeded to take Denial's map pick of Dust2 16-8 after a strong performance by Alencar "trk" Rossato that netted the player a 1.44 rating.
oNe seemed to run out of momentum after trading maps, as Denial absolutely shattered the Brazilians on Overpass with a 16-2 win. During that map, Aran” Sonic" Groesbeek put up a 3.83 K/D ratio, dying only six times.
DenialTeamOne| Denial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
60 - 37 | +23 | 93.2 | 75.4% | 1.44 |
| Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
47 - 36 | +11 | 89.7 | 77.0% | 1.30 |
| Dominic 'Domsterr' Sampaio |
44 - 28 | +16 | 77.5 | 78.7% | 1.21 |
| Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'Occo |
41 - 38 | +3 | 66.1 | 72.1% | 1.05 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
38 - 36 | +2 | 72.6 | 72.1% | 1.03 |
| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
39 - 46 | -7 | 71.2 | 67.2% | 0.98 |
| Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
39 - 52 | -13 | 71.3 | 59.0% | 0.88 |
| Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
37 - 46 | -9 | 66.6 | 60.7% | 0.88 |
| João 'horvy' Horvath |
36 - 43 | -7 | 56.5 | 57.4% | 0.82 |
| Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima |
24 - 45 | -21 | 55.4 | 55.7% | 0.73 |
The series between organization-less MDL squads Bad News Bears and Party Astronauts was hotly contested until the very end, with the teams each winning their opponents' map pick 16-14 to start the series. On the deciding map of Cache, Tyson "TenZ" Ngo and recent re-addition Jeff "RZU" Ngo helped power the Bears over the Astronauts.
Bad News BearsParty Astronauts| Bad News Bears |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo |
86 - 52 | +34 | 111.2 | 82.9% | 1.59 |
| Jeff 'RZU' Ngo |
73 - 50 | +23 | 81.6 | 68.3% | 1.25 |
| Peter 'ptr' Gurney |
55 - 49 | +6 | 69.7 | 78.0% | 1.16 |
| Mitch 'mitch' Semago |
51 - 53 | -2 | 75.9 | 78.0% | 1.09 |
| Josh 'shinobi' Abastado |
38 - 54 | -16 | 61.0 | 70.7% | 0.89 |
| Party Astronauts |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
61 - 55 | +6 | 72.0 | 63.4% | 1.08 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
60 - 58 | +2 | 73.2 | 72.0% | 1.04 |
| Nick 'zeptic' Kaoud |
48 - 65 | -17 | 69.4 | 64.6% | 0.88 |
| Casey 'SideStep' Hartzler |
45 - 57 | -12 | 66.4 | 72.0% | 0.88 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
44 - 69 | -25 | 66.7 | 61.0% | 0.77 |
The round four low matches played out with a few surprises, as Mythic and Infamous were sent home after losses to Final Feature and MASSIVEimpact, respectively. Additionally, iNTACT were eliminated after a close 2-1 series against Zone.
| 1-2 Round | |
| Mythic 0-2 Final Feature |
HLTV |
| Zone 2-1 iNTACT |
HLTV |
| Infamous 0-2 MASSIVEimpact |
HLTV |
The final matches of the Pinnacle Cup are set to be played today and on Sunday, deciding the third grouping of teams that will claim the sixth through eighth seeds:
| 2-2 Round |
| oNe -vs- Zone |
| Party Astronauts -vs- Final Feature |
| The Quest -vs- MASSIVEimpact |
