Sonic's Denial have secured one of the 3-1 spots for the regular season

Denial, FURIA, and Bad News Bears finish ECS S7 Pinnacle Cup at 3-1

The trio of teams will have second crack at the regular season after Singularity and INTZ.

Day three of the ECS Pinnacle Cup has concluded, and after four rounds of play Denial, FURIA, and Bad New Bears have secured their seed into the regular season, right behind Singularity and INTZ.

Starting with the round four high matches, FURIA made quick work of The Quest starting off by besting them on Overpass 16-6. On map two, The Quest would attempt to mount a comeback, however a strong performance by Yuri "yuurih" Santos helped FURIA to claim victory over the American Advanced team 2-0.

FURIA
2 - 0
The Quest
All maps
FURIA K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Yuri 'yuurih' Santos 53 - 27 +26 117.5 87.8% 1.78
Brazil Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato 41 - 19 +22 69.2 91.8% 1.33
Brazil Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo 39 - 31 +8 84.6 77.6% 1.25
Brazil Andrei 'arT' Piovezan 38 - 32 +6 82.5 67.3% 1.23
Brazil Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior 25 - 37 -12 60.4 69.4% 0.78
The Quest K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman 36 - 40 -4 84.7 65.3% 1.04
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 31 - 37 -6 75.6 69.4% 0.93
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 31 - 38 -7 69.0 69.4% 0.86
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 27 - 40 -13 68.5 63.3% 0.76
United States Matthew 'mCe' Elmore 21 - 41 -20 49.6 53.1% 0.60

The next match of the day saw Denial and oNe trade maps, with Denial initially gaining the advantage after overrunning oNe on their map pick of Train 16-3. However, oNe was not ready to capitulate as they proceeded to take Denial's map pick of Dust2 16-8 after a strong performance by Alencar "trk" Rossato that netted the player a 1.44 rating.

oNe seemed to run out of momentum after trading maps, as Denial absolutely shattered the Brazilians on Overpass with a 16-2 win. During that map, Aran” Sonic" Groesbeek put up a 3.83 K/D ratio, dying only six times.

Denial
2 - 1
TeamOne
All maps
Denial K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong 60 - 37 +23 93.2 75.4% 1.44
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 47 - 36 +11 89.7 77.0% 1.30
Dominic 'Domsterr' Sampaio 44 - 28 +16 77.5 78.7% 1.21
Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'Occo 41 - 38 +3 66.1 72.1% 1.05
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 38 - 36 +2 72.6 72.1% 1.03
TeamOne K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Alencar 'trk' Rossato 39 - 46 -7 71.2 67.2% 0.98
Brazil Victor 'iDk' Torraca 39 - 52 -13 71.3 59.0% 0.88
Brazil Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos 37 - 46 -9 66.6 60.7% 0.88
Brazil João 'horvy' Horvath 36 - 43 -7 56.5 57.4% 0.82
Brazil Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima 24 - 45 -21 55.4 55.7% 0.73

The series between organization-less MDL squads Bad News Bears and Party Astronauts was hotly contested until the very end, with the teams each winning their opponents' map pick 16-14 to start the series. On the deciding map of Cache, Tyson "TenZ" Ngo and recent re-addition Jeff "RZU" Ngo helped power the Bears over the Astronauts.

Bad News Bears
2 - 1
Party Astronauts
All maps
Bad News Bears K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo 86 - 52 +34 111.2 82.9% 1.59
United States Jeff 'RZU' Ngo 73 - 50 +23 81.6 68.3% 1.25
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 55 - 49 +6 69.7 78.0% 1.16
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 51 - 53 -2 75.9 78.0% 1.09
United States Josh 'shinobi' Abastado 38 - 54 -16 61.0 70.7% 0.89
Party Astronauts K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 61 - 55 +6 72.0 63.4% 1.08
United States Brenden 'stellar' McGrath 60 - 58 +2 73.2 72.0% 1.04
United States Nick 'zeptic' Kaoud 48 - 65 -17 69.4 64.6% 0.88
United States Casey 'SideStep' Hartzler 45 - 57 -12 66.4 72.0% 0.88
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 44 - 69 -25 66.7 61.0% 0.77

The round four low matches played out with a few surprises, as Mythic and Infamous were sent home after losses to Final Feature and MASSIVEimpact, respectively. Additionally, iNTACT were eliminated after a close 2-1 series against Zone.

1-2 Round  
United States Mythic 0-2 United States Final Feature HLTV
United States Zone 2-1 United States iNTACT HLTV
United States Infamous 0-2 United States MASSIVEimpact HLTV

The final matches of the Pinnacle Cup are set to be played today and on Sunday, deciding the third grouping of teams that will claim the sixth through eighth seeds:

2-2 Round
Brazil oNe -vs- United States Zone
United States Party Astronauts -vs- United States Final Feature
United States The Quest -vs- United States MASSIVEimpact

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