NRG will play HellRaisers in the semifinals

NRG to SuperNova Malta playoffs over Virtus.pro

The group stage has finished, with both NA teams advancing to the playoffs.

The group stage of SuperNova Malta 2018 has finished, with NRG and BIG securing the final two playoff spots after defeating Virtus.pro and TYLOO in their respective decider matches.

NRG's match against the Poles went to Inferno, Cache, and Nuke, with the first map being NRG's pick. Virtus.pro held the lead early on in the map, but ended up trailing 6-9 at the half. Ethan "nahtE" Arnold was the key player for NRG this map, with the NA side putting up a strong Terrorist side to close out Inferno 16-11.

VP was not able to get any CT side rolling on Cache, only able to put up 5 to NRG's 10. The scoreboard leader this time was Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte, whose consistency led to 102 ADR in the map's 23 rounds. The straightforward map ended up as a 16-7 victory, leading to a 2-0 NRG win.

NRG
2 - 0
Virtus.pro
All maps
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold 44 - 28 +16 97.2 72.0% 1.46
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 41 - 28 +13 94.0 78.0% 1.39
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 42 - 25 +17 83.0 72.0% 1.31
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 30 - 29 +1 67.2 74.0% 1.02
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele 28 - 33 -5 62.9 74.0% 0.88
Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki 34 - 35 -1 76.5 70.0% 1.07
Michał 'MICHU' Müller 32 - 39 -7 66.4 66.0% 0.92
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski 29 - 38 -9 62.3 52.0% 0.80
Filip 'NEO' Kubski 26 - 35 -9 61.1 54.0% 0.74
Piotr 'morelz' Taterka 22 - 38 -16 58.0 60.0% 0.70

The other group saw BIG absolutely smash TYLOO on two maps, with the Asian team only picking up three rounds over two maps.

The playoffs, which are set to begin tomorrow, will pit NRG against HellRaisers at 10:30 AM EST and Liquid against BIG at 2:00 PM EST. The winners will move on to the grand final, while the losers will play in a third place decider.

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