SK head to ESL One Belo Horizonte semifinals
SK secured a 2-0 win over Space Soldiers to head to the playoffs of ESL One Belo Horizonte, at a very noisy Mineirinho Arena in the Brazilian city.
The decider match of Group A was the first in the stadium, starting off on Cache where it was SK who took the best start. A strong T-side saw Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo and co. keep Space Soldiers at bay for an 11-4 lead. But the Turkish side weren't out of it, with Buğra "Calyx" Arkın pushing his team ahead to keep it close. With Space Soldiers managing to bring it back to 15-14, close to forcing overtime, the Brazilians ensured the game ended there for a 16-14 win.
Dust2 was second, and it was a much more one sided match. With Marcelo "coldzera" David and Jake "Stewie2K" Yip being the stronger performers on the map, with the former hitting a 1.77 rating, SK bounced back from a pistol round loss to take an eight round lead at the half for a 10-5 lead. The second half continued the domination, only dropping one round on their CT-side, for a 16-6 win.
SKSpace Soldiers| SK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip |
45 - 32 | +13 | 94.6 | 75.0% | 1.42 |
 Marcelo 'coldzera' David |
46 - 29 | +17 | 93.7 | 73.1% | 1.37 |
| Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga |
39 - 35 | +4 | 81.6 | 63.5% | 1.20 |
| Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
33 - 31 | +2 | 69.7 | 82.7% | 1.12 |
| Ricardo 'boltz' Prass |
27 - 35 | -8 | 53.1 | 65.4% | 0.82 |
| Space Soldiers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
41 - 42 | -1 | 97.9 | 65.4% | 1.15 |
| Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca |
41 - 40 | +1 | 81.1 | 67.3% | 1.03 |
| Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın |
31 - 32 | -1 | 56.6 | 59.6% | 0.88 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
27 - 38 | -11 | 61.0 | 57.7% | 0.78 |
| Engin 'ngiN' Kor |
21 - 38 | -17 | 52.1 | 65.4% | 0.66 |
This result sends SK to face mousesports in the semifinals tomorrow at 1:50pm EDT. The next match in Belo Horizonte will be BIG taking on Liquid, before the semifinals and final take place tomorrow.
