MOUZ send BIG home and secure Legends Stage spot

There is one last Legends Stage team to be decided today.

MOUZ have qualified for the next stage of the PGL Stockholm Major after taking down BIG 2-1 in an exciting series. This was the last chance for both teams coming from the 2-2 pool to qualify for the next stage with MOUZ counting victories over Sharks and Renegades.

Analysts had given the edge to BIG before the series started and an early 16-10 victory on Dust2 seemed to confirm predictions, but two great maps from Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand on Inferno and Nuke turned the balance in favor of the international squad.

acoR turned his recent form around for this series

MOUZ kickstarted their elimination match against BIG positively by converting a second-round force buy thanks to some exceptional Deagle shots from Aurimas "⁠Bymas⁠" Pipiras, opening the doors to a 6-1 advantage. Despite the deficit, the Germans settled their T side and chipped away at the MOUZ lead, trailing 6-9 at halftime. BIG brought over their building equipment to the CT side, erecting a brick wall on Dust2 and denying all but one round to the offense on their way to a 16-10 victory.

Once again the Germans found themselves on the back foot on Inferno, staring at a 1-9 MOUZ lead with an in-from acoR winning rounds by himself. BIG began a series of perfect bombsite stacks that completely shut down MOUZ's aggression to recover the half 6-9 but this time Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's boys were unable to complete the comeback due to Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool and David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský stealing the show in the second half. MOUZ eventually took the map 16-12.

The first half of Nuke saw no team able to string together significant winning streaks. frozen and Bymas really turned up to play on the CT side, giving MOUZ the early momentum but an incredible round 15 from Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische was crucial in limiting the Germans' halftime deficit to 7-8. BIG played a truly shaky CT side, unable to adapt to the T aggression, especially as acoR began finding decisive impact on the offense before a quick rush down ramp secured Nuke 16-12 for the international mix and with it, the series 2-1.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers StageBest of 3 BIGMatchpage 1 2 29th October 2021 MOUZ 16Dust2 10 12Inferno 16 12Nuke 16

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	58 - 54	+4	85.8	1.20
Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN	54 - 48	+6	68.1	1.12
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	47 - 46	+1	62.6	0.99
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	41 - 53	-12	53.4	0.88
Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to	34 - 51	-17	49.1	0.74

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR	62 - 43	+19	77.5	1.24
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	52 - 44	+8	71.3	1.11
Aurimas 'Bymas' PipirasBymas	47 - 48	-1	67.3	1.05
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	46 - 50	-4	68.3	0.98
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	43 - 52	-9	57.4	0.90

The group now looks as follows:

Group Challengers Stage 3W - 0L Copenhagen Flames FaZe 3W - 1L Entropiq ENCE Virtus.pro 3W - 2L MOUZ HEROIC 2W - 2L Astralis Spirit 2W - 3L BIG Movistar Riders 1W - 3L paiN TYLOO Renegades 0W - 3L Sharks GODSENT Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1588 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1806 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Renegades #40 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Sharks #58 Jhonatan 'jnt' SilvaFillipe 'pancc' MartinsAntonio 'realz1n' OliveiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 279 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.63 David 'frozen' Čerňanský Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1093 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Robin 'ropz' Kool Age: 21 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1014 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 MOUZ #16 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Age: 24 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1038 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 BIG #13 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne