M80 and BLUEJAYS face off for single spot at PGL Astana 2025
In a game which will see the winner move on to PGL Astana, M80 will take on BLUEJAYS to secure the chance at all-important VRS points in Kazakhstan.
M80 defeated the new-look Wildcard, which was fielding Jake "Stewie2K" Yip in the semifinal. M80 took the match in a 2-0 sweep behind Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich's absurd 49-25 statline across the two maps. His 1.53 rating was followed by Michael "Swisher" Schimd's 1.16, illustrating how dominant slaxz- was.
As pointed out by Danish "Nohte" Allana of HLTV, this victory will likely see M80 get a Stage 2 invite for the BLAST.tv Austin Major in place of Wildcard.
WildcardM80| Wildcard |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
37 - 36 | +1 | 84.6 | 66.7% | 1.04 |
 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
30 - 35 | -5 | 67.1 | 64.7% | 0.89 |
 Tim 'susp' Ångström |
28 - 36 | -8 | 71.7 | 64.7% | 0.88 |
| Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip |
25 - 39 | -14 | 57.3 | 72.5% | 0.80 |
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz |
22 - 37 | -15 | 45.7 | 60.8% | 0.62 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
49 - 25 | +24 | 98.4 | 74.5% | 1.53 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
38 - 31 | +7 | 77.7 | 72.5% | 1.16 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
31 - 26 | +5 | 79.5 | 80.4% | 1.15 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
33 - 30 | +3 | 64.8 | 76.5% | 1.04 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
31 - 32 | -1 | 68.1 | 68.6% | 0.99 |
In the other semifinal, BLUEJAYS defeated NRG by a score of 2-0. BLUEJAYS took both Dust2 and Train by scores of 13-10. In what was truly a team effort, Wyatt "snav" Phillippi and Gavin "Fruitcupx" Norman led the way for BLUEJAYS to secure their spot in the final.
BLUEJAYSNRG| BLUEJAYS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi |
33 - 29 | +4 | 83.9 | 71.7% | 1.26 |
| Gavin 'Fruitcupx' Norman |
36 - 30 | +6 | 77.9 | 71.7% | 1.20 |
| Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield |
34 - 35 | -1 | 89.3 | 69.6% | 1.13 |
| Adam 'freshie' Paterson |
38 - 31 | +7 | 81.7 | 71.7% | 1.10 |
| Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan |
29 - 23 | +6 | 56.8 | 67.4% | 1.02 |
| NRG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott |
32 - 29 | +3 | 75.9 | 78.3% | 1.16 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
33 - 34 | -1 | 72.8 | 76.1% | 1.06 |
| Jadan 'HexT' Postma |
30 - 36 | -6 | 75.9 | 76.1% | 1.04 |
 Alexander 'br0' Bro |
27 - 39 | -12 | 68.8 | 73.9% | 0.88 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
25 - 32 | -7 | 58.3 | 56.5% | 0.81 |
The aforementioned slaxz- has been M80's strongest player of late; they will look to get him activated, while Kyle "Wolffe" Greenfield has been the in-form man for BLUEJAYS.
The best-of-five final between M80 and BLUEJAYS will be played this Tuesday, 06:00PM.
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