North to playoffs over FaZe

North have advanced to the playoffs of the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 Finals after defeating FaZe 16-13 on Cache.

North started as Counter-Terrorists on Cache and although Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke opened the match with a USP-S kill, it was Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup who secured the round with a 1v2 clutch, completing a triple-kill. The Danish team continued to take rounds, including the first buy round, and jumped out to a 5-0 lead.

k0nfig was one of the key figures for North

FaZe were then able to win the second buy round as they executed A, but in the following one Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and aizy secured a flawless A defense for the 6-1 lead. Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli's team had to save but, as they bought weapons, the Finnish player did a triple-kill to help his team secure their second round.

One more round went North's way until Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač picked his Deagle and did the opening kill in the eleventh round, which ended with a triple-kill by the Bosnian player. k0nfig and aizy then had a triple and a double-kill, respectively, before Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's squad won one more to finish the first half 6-9.

In the second half, North executed A to win the pistol round and the subsequent two. Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard & co. easily won the first buy round, but the following ones were more keenly-contested, with FaZe cutting the gap to 10-12.

After losing four rounds in a row, the Danish team finally won one but their opponents continued to win rounds to tie the score at 13-13. In the following round, a quad-kill by Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen – which included an amazing 1v2 clutch – brought North back into the game, and they went on to win the next three rounds to close out the match 16-13.

PotM: Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke is our Player of the Match because he had the most kills (33), ADR (105.1) and rating (1.8) of the game. He also had impact in both sides and did six opening kills across the map, which helped his team control FaZe's economy and prevail at the end.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 FaZeMatchpage 13 16 7th April 2017 North 13Cache 16

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	27 - 22	+5	100.0	1.35
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	23 - 20	+3	80.2	1.06
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	21 - 21	0	79.2	1.04
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	15 - 21	-6	59.4	0.73
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	12 - 23	-11	57.7	0.71

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	33 - 18	+15	105.1	1.58
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	25 - 20	+5	88.8	1.30
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	17 - 21	-4	78.0	1.05
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	16 - 21	-5	67.6	0.95
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	16 - 18	-2	67.8	0.95

Here's how the Swiss stage looks four matches into the fourth day:

3W-0L	3W-1L	2W-1L	2W-2L	Eliminated
Natus Vincere	North	HellRaisers	Immortals	TYLOO
G2		Ninjas in Pyjamas	CLG	UYA
		SK	fnatic	MVP Project
		Astralis	FaZe	Gambit
				Virtus.pro

HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 453 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 930 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1047 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 551 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 568 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 24 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 871 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 543 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.70 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 754 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68