Kinguin and Imperial to DreamHack Montreal playoffs; eUnited eliminated
The second day of DreamHack Montreal as concluded, with the North American stars eUnited falling short in their group, while the European stars move on to the event's playoffs stage.
The day kicked off with the North American represenatives eUnited taking on Kinguin. The series began with Overpass, which was eUnited's map pick and their strongest map. Their pick worked out for them, with eUnited dominating the Polish squad 16-7, albeit with Kinguin still managing to pull their own weight.
Nuke proved to be a struggle for the American squad, who began on the T-side of the map. Put at a servere disadvantage, Kinguin crushed eUnited 14-1 in the first half, with Jacek "MINISE" Jeziak leading his team to a strong first half. eUnited attempted to pull it back in the second half with a valiant effort, but Kinguin's round advantage from the first half made a comeback nearly impossible. Ultimately, Kinguin closed out the map 16-9, tying the series 1-1.
On Cache, Kinguin secured themselves a lead in the first half, but eUnited tightened the gap, with the scoreline reaching 9-6 at halftime. Will "dazzLe" Loafman and co. tied up the score 9-9 immediately in the second half, but Kinguin ultimately pulled through, taking the third map 16-13 and closing the series 2-1, eliminating eUnited and moving Kinguin on to the decider match.
eUnitedKinguin| eUnited |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kaleb 'moose' Jayne |
57 - 54 | +3 | 74.9 | 67.5% | 1.04 |
 Brandon 'Ace' Winn |
56 - 56 | +0 | 72.2 | 59.7% | 1.04 |
| Will 'dazzLe' Loafman |
54 - 58 | -4 | 76.6 | 67.5% | 1.00 |
| Michael 'dapr' Gulino |
41 - 54 | -13 | 67.6 | 62.3% | 0.86 |
| Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver |
41 - 61 | -20 | 67.1 | 66.2% | 0.85 |
| Kinguin |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas |
65 - 49 | +16 | 84.0 | 80.5% | 1.24 |
| Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak |
58 - 49 | +9 | 82.8 | 67.5% | 1.18 |
| Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski |
55 - 47 | +8 | 75.0 | 72.7% | 1.12 |
| Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz |
53 - 56 | -3 | 90.4 | 66.2% | 1.07 |
| Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak |
51 - 49 | +2 | 63.8 | 79.2% | 1.00 |
Transitioning to Group B, the elimination match saw Imperial taking on Heroic. Heroic kicked off Mirage, Imperial's map pick, with a decent lead in the first half, going 10-5. Imperial rebounded in the second half, taking eleven rounds and losing only three to take back the map 16-13.
Rolling off their momentum from the end of the first map, Imperial continued to roll Heroic on Train, ignoring losses in the first two rounds of the map. After a 12-3 half, Nemanja "nexa" Isaković continued to lead his team in the second half, this time undefeated, to take the map 16-3, eliminating Heroic 2-0 and moving them on to the decider match.
ImperialHEROIC| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković |
47 - 32 | +15 | 109.7 | 87.5% | 1.56 |
 Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas |
43 - 34 | +9 | 100.2 | 83.3% | 1.41 |
 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss |
41 - 25 | +16 | 86.0 | 81.2% | 1.35 |
| Eimantas 'pounh' Lazickas |
35 - 28 | +7 | 73.6 | 79.2% | 1.15 |
| Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas |
30 - 29 | +1 | 63.8 | 75.0% | 0.99 |
| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daniel 'mertz' Mertz |
41 - 39 | +2 | 87.3 | 68.8% | 1.19 |
| Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen |
37 - 40 | -3 | 86.7 | 70.8% | 1.13 |
 Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh |
27 - 35 | -8 | 60.9 | 60.4% | 0.82 |
| Adam 'friberg' Friberg |
22 - 42 | -20 | 56.6 | 50.0% | 0.62 |
| Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen |
21 - 41 | -20 | 45.5 | 50.0% | 0.54 |
With both elimination matches out of the way, both groups moved onto the decider matches, which will determine the two other teams that will join ENCE and AGO in the playoffs bracket. The Group A decider match started with Red Reserve and Kinguin playing on Dust2. Paweł "reatz" Jańczak led his team in the first half, with the first half going strongly in Kinguin's way 11-4. Red Reserve were unable to come back in the second half, with the Polish squad clearing the first map 16-9.
Red Reserve were finally able to take a lead against Kinguin on Overpass, with the first half going strongly in the Swedish squad's favor 11-4. MINISE and Kinguin initiated a comeback in the second half, winning twelve rounds in the half and losing only one, giving Kinguin their second map in the series and eliminating Red Reserve 2-0.
Red ReserveKinguin| Red Reserve |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun |
30 - 37 | -7 | 75.8 | 62.3% | 0.94 |
| Simon 'twist' Eliasson |
31 - 36 | -5 | 67.3 | 60.4% | 0.93 |
| Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson |
28 - 41 | -13 | 59.2 | 69.8% | 0.80 |
| Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin |
30 - 41 | -11 | 58.7 | 58.5% | 0.77 |
| Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö |
27 - 35 | -8 | 63.6 | 56.6% | 0.76 |
| Kinguin |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak |
43 - 26 | +17 | 82.8 | 83.0% | 1.41 |
| Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz |
42 - 27 | +15 | 92.5 | 73.6% | 1.39 |
| Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak |
48 - 29 | +19 | 83.3 | 75.5% | 1.33 |
| Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas |
34 - 36 | -2 | 69.9 | 73.6% | 1.06 |
| Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski |
22 - 28 | -6 | 58.3 | 77.4% | 0.99 |
The last American team—in the most literal sense—was Luminosity who, after falling to AGO in the winners match, took on Imperial for the last spot in the playoffs. The first map, Cache, saw Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles lead Luminosity to a small lead in the first half 9-6. Imperial retaliated in the second half with six straight rounds, giving them the upper hand 12-9. Luminosity took back the scoreline in response, nearly putting themselves at match point 14-12. Imperial ultimately came out on top, forcing their way through four straight rounds to close the map 16-14.
Imperial continued to crush Luminosity on Overpass, with Rokas "EspiranTo" Milasauskas' team taking a clean first half 12-3 with a hefty lead. While Luminosity took the first three rounds of the second half, it seemed to be but a mirage as Imperial easily took the last four rounds of the map to take Overpass 16-6, knocking out Luminosity and allowing Imperial to proceed to the playoffs.
LuminosityImperial| Luminosity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Henrique 'HEN1' Teles |
39 - 32 | +7 | 82.9 | 75.0% | 1.17 |
| Lucas 'steel' Lopes |
37 - 39 | -2 | 81.7 | 67.3% | 1.08 |
| Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato |
35 - 38 | -3 | 72.6 | 69.2% | 0.98 |
| Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles |
34 - 40 | -6 | 75.3 | 61.5% | 0.92 |
| Gustavo 'yel' Knittel |
30 - 39 | -9 | 64.3 | 61.5% | 0.88 |
| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas |
51 - 37 | +14 | 88.2 | 69.2% | 1.35 |
| Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković |
46 - 34 | +12 | 99.5 | 75.0% | 1.33 |
| Eimantas 'pounh' Lazickas |
36 - 35 | +1 | 77.9 | 75.0% | 1.10 |
| Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss |
32 - 35 | -3 | 73.0 | 73.1% | 1.04 |
| Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas |
22 - 34 | -12 | 49.9 | 61.5% | 0.76 |
With the four playoffs teams decided, the schedule for tomorrow will appear as such:
| Sunday, September 9th | |
| 10:00 AM | AGO vs. Kinguin |
| 1:00 PM |  ENCE vs.  Imperial |
| 5:00 PM | Grand Final |
