fnatic, Anexis top groups

Fnatic and Anexis have topped their groups as expected, and they will be joined in the playoffs tomorrow by iNation and HEADSHOTBG.

The main favorites at this tournament, the Danish-Swedish squad of fnatic, had no trouble at all during their Group B campaign earlier today, topping the group after two easy victories, 16-4 over iNation and 16-3 over TeG in a stage match in front of a lot of local audience.

The other team to come out of Group B turned out to be Serbian squad of iNation, who triumphed in a true marathon decider match over TeG 26-22 on de_inferno.

iNation winning a round in the thriller match vs. TeG 

"It was a really hard match, we had to come back several times. We saved two match points in the overtimes and missed one ourselves at 15-14, but in the end we managed to win with some luck.

I want to congratulate TeG for the great match they played, it felt like a game of chess at times." said team leader of iNation Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović who clutched a 1vs3 situation in the very last round of the match.

Anexis came out on top of Group A after defeating es 16-2 on de_mirage, and then facing a much tougher test against Earthquake in the first place decider. The Romanian team that failed to qualify for the tournament, only getting a spot thanks to an invitation, surprised the Danes at the start of the match and along with some impressive play by Sedan "SeDaN" Ibrahim took a 10-5 lead. Anexis lost the next pistol round as well, which eventually put them behind 5-13, but Danny "BERRY" Krüger's squad rallied back and won 11 rounds in a row to win the match 16-13.

After Earthquake failed to make the most of their chance in the Anexis match, they met with HSBG on de_forge to fight for the 2nd place of the group. The map choice didn't seem to suit them at all, as the Bulgarians strolled to a 16-2 victory and knocked out another local team.

Groups C and D are currently in progress and will conclude tonight, while tomorrow is reserved for the entire playoffs which will be played in best-of-three mode.