Liquid pass AVANGAR for playoff spot, final round matches drawn

The final match of day three was to be Liquid vs AVANGAR in the 2-1 pool of the Swiss group. The winner would advance to the playoffs and the loser would move to the 2-2 pool set to take place tomorrow.

The first map Mirage was AVANGAR's pick, and the Kazakh's got off to a strong start, going 8-0 and leading 10-5 at halftime. Despite the efforts of Nick "nitr0" Cannella, AVANGAR managed to grind out the Terrorist side and close out the map 16-11.

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Dust II was much more in Liquid's territory, and the North Americans also gained a strong lead early on, racking up an 11-4 scoreline by the half from the T side. Star player Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski stood out on this map, putting up 30 kills and helping his team to take Dust II 16-5.

The decider match of Cache was a bit closer initially than the other two, with Liquid edging out the first half 10-5. EliGE once again put on a masterful performance and helped the North Americans to lock down their Counter-Terrorist side and win Cache 16-10 and the series 2-1.

StarSeries i-League Season 5

Bo3

AVANGAR

1 - 2

Liquid

StatisticsOverview

All maps

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali	57 - 44	+13	77.6	73.0%	1.17
Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko	45 - 49	-4	68.3	70.3%	0.97
Aleksei 'Qikert' Golubev	43 - 55	-12	64.8	70.3%	0.86
Timur 'buster' Tulepov	37 - 53	-16	63.9	66.2%	0.82
Aidyn 'KrizzeN' Turlybekov	39 - 58	-19	65.8	64.9%	0.82

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski	71 - 51	+20	99.8	71.6%	1.48
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella	48 - 37	+11	69.3	73.0%	1.13
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken	46 - 42	+4	76.2	74.3%	1.13
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo	52 - 46	+6	61.9	74.3%	1.03
Keith 'NAF' Markovic	42 - 45	-3	77.0	68.9%	0.99

Maps

16

Mirage

11

5

Dust2

16

10

Cache

16

nitr026 kills

Most kills

nitr01.37 rating

Best rating

nitr01.52 rating

Best t-side

buster1.76 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

EliGE30 kills

Most kills

EliGE2.19 rating

Best rating

EliGE2.08 rating

Best t-side

EliGE2.45 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

EliGE25 kills

Most kills

EliGE1.61 rating

Best rating

EliGE1.88 rating

Best t-side

dimasick1.29 rating

Best ct-side

Cache Rounds

Liquid have advanced to the playoffs and will play in the quarterfinals on Saturday the 2nd. AVANGAR have moved to the 2-2 pool along with GODSENT, Natus Vincere, North, NRG, and Renegades which will determine the three final teams to advance.

Here are the final matches for tomorrow June 1st:

	2-2
AVANGAR	vs	Natus Vincere
GODSENT	vs	North
NRG	vs	Renegades

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