Even with two stand-ins, it's been a successful points harvest for Cloud9

First two rounds of BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen complete; MIBR winless as Cloud9 see some success

The two North American teams have had fairly different outcomes in today's games.

The first day of the BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen event for 2018 concluded earlier, and with two North American-based teams taking part in the form of Cloud9 and MIBR, there was a few games worth keeping an eye on.

As announced earlier in the day, Cloud9's coach Soham "valens" Chowdhury acted as a stand-in for the team due to IGL Maikil "Golden" Selim falling ill. This is only expected to last for the one day, with the Swedish player returning to play tomorrow.

In the first round it was Cloud9 and Natus Vincere who faced off on Mirage, and even with a stand-in Cloud9 were still tough opposition. The American-cored team opened up the map first, taking the first two rounds before Na`Vi put their stamp on the half. It was a battle between Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey for control in the opening rounds, with the Ukranians getting the upper hand with a 9-6 halftime lead.

The second half saw Cloud9 once again open up strong, this time with the first four rounds, before Na`Vi immediately answered back with an even rally. It wasn't long before the Ukrainians hit match point, and although Cloud9 kept them at bay for a short while, a 16-13 win came not too long after.

Natus Vincere
16 - 13
Cloud9
All maps
Natus Vincere K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 35 - 17 +18 106.7 79.3% 1.58
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko 19 - 21 -2 90.0 82.8% 1.19
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov 21 - 19 +2 73.2 69.0% 1.05
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev 17 - 17 +0 60.4 65.5% 0.91
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev 15 - 22 -7 60.9 62.1% 0.79
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey 26 - 18 +8 85.6 86.2% 1.43
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba 24 - 22 +2 96.4 65.5% 1.34
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 22 - 22 +0 80.3 69.0% 1.03
United States Soham 'valens' Chowdhury 16 - 23 -7 71.8 58.6% 0.81
Sweden Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist 8 - 22 -14 33.1 51.7% 0.48

The other North American matchup saw MIBR and Astralis face off in a close match. Inferno started with MIBR taking the first three rounds, before Astralis ramped up their familiar CT-side to effectively close off any wins from Marcelo "coldzera" David and co. The Danes went in hard and fast, seeing two strong dominant spells turn into a 10-5 lead.

The second half started, once again, in MIBR's favor with the first two rounds. It wasn't long before Astralis got their teeth into the T-side, albeit just for three rounds as they attempted to edge closer to map point. MIBR came out with a fiercely strong CT-side of their own, securing seven rounds in a row without reply to reach a 14-13 lead. It wasn't to be a comeback however, with Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth proving himself with a 1.59 rating, helping to pull his team back from the brink and claim a 16-14 win.

MIBR
14 - 16
Astralis
All maps
MIBR K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Marcelo 'coldzera' David 33 - 21 +12 104.7 80.0% 1.50
Brazil Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo 21 - 19 +2 54.8 73.3% 1.09
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 19 - 20 -1 83.4 56.7% 0.98
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik 13 - 21 -8 50.8 66.7% 0.73
Brazil Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga 13 - 22 -9 61.8 56.7% 0.73
Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Denmark Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth 29 - 15 +14 105.2 80.0% 1.59
Denmark Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 20 - 20 +0 68.1 60.0% 1.06
Denmark Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander 19 - 21 -2 77.5 63.3% 0.99
Denmark Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen 18 - 22 -4 66.3 73.3% 0.97
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif 17 - 22 -5 69.5 60.0% 0.79

The other match in the opening round saw NiP and FaZe cancel each other out with a 15-15 draw on Mirage.

The second round saw MIBR and Cloud9 face off on Inferno. The first half opened up in explosive fashion on Cloud9's CT-side, with the Americans taking the first six rounds of the half without an answer. When MIBR finally answered, however, they did it strong and evened out their opponent's fights, with Fernando "fer" Alvarenga and co. seeing themselves only just behind at 8-7.

The second half seemed to continue their fine form from the end of the previous half, taking the first two rounds of the new half, but disaster struck their plans on round three when Cloud9 pushed back. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist struck a different vein of form from the previous match, helping his team along to map point with seven of the next eight rounds. Although MIBR staved off the win and nearly claimed a draw with the next three rounds, Timothy "autimatic" Ta and co. avoided such a possibility with a 16-13 win.

Cloud9
16 - 13
MIBR
All maps
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Sweden Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist 23 - 16 +7 87.5 79.3% 1.37
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey 20 - 16 +4 76.2 69.0% 1.16
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 17 - 12 +5 57.5 75.9% 1.11
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba 20 - 20 +0 76.1 69.0% 1.11
United States Soham 'valens' Chowdhury 16 - 19 -3 67.8 75.9% 1.05
MIBR K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga 23 - 19 +4 104.1 69.0% 1.26
Brazil Marcelo 'coldzera' David 19 - 21 -2 67.9 72.4% 0.95
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik 18 - 19 -1 63.0 82.8% 0.93
Brazil Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo 12 - 17 -5 43.7 69.0% 0.77
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 10 - 21 -11 50.7 48.3% 0.59

The other two matches saw a 16-8 demolition of Natus Vincere by FaZe on Overpass, and a NiP claiming a 16-14 upset against Astralis on Overpass.

After the first two rounds, the current standings of BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen are:

Teams M W T L R/D Pts
FaZe 2 1 1 0 8 4
Sweden NiP 2 1 1 0 2 4
Denmark Astralis 2 1 0 1 0 3
Cloud9 2 1 0 1 0 3
Natus Vincere 2 1 0 1 -5 3
Brazil MIBR 2 0 0 2 -5 0

With three rounds remaining, the schedule for tomorrow's matches at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen, with times in EDT, are:

Saturday, November 3rd
  Round Three  
8:00 AM Na`Vi vs. Denmark Astralis BO1
8:00 AM United States Cloud9 vs.  FaZe BO1
8:00 AM Sweden NiP vs. Brazil MIBR BO1
  Round Four  
9:20 AM FaZe vs. Denmark Astralis BO1
9:20 AM United States Cloud9 vs. Sweden NiP BO1
9:20 AM Na`Vi vs. Brazil MIBR BO1
  Round Five  
10:40 AM United States Cloud9 vs. Denmark Astralis BO1
10:40 AM Na`Vi vs. Sweden NiP BO1
10:40 AM FaZe vs. Brazil MIBR BO1
     
12:00 PM BLAST Stand-off (1v1 tournament)  
     
1:00 PM Grand Final BO3

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November 2, 2018 09:29PM
Joe
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