North survive GODSENT test

North have booked one of the final spots in the ELEAGUE Major playoffs after defeating GODSENT 19-17 on Overpass.

The first match of the final Swiss round began with a strong start from North, who got out to a fast 5-0 lead on the Terrorist side. But GODSENT fought back after that, winning eight of the next ten rounds to take a narrow lead going into the break, with Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell ending the half on 20 kills.

Now playing on the CT side, North won the first three rounds of the half thanks to key plays from Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke. Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg then gave GODSENT their first round of the half with a triple kill with the UMP, but North hit back right after on a hard eco.

North move on to the quarter-finals 

North kept pressing and brought the scoreline to a 14-10 advantage. GODSENT refused to throw in the towel, however, and forced overtime with a string of late rounds. Spectators could feel the momentum shifting in GODSENT's favour, but North kept their cool and won two rounds in each half to seal a hard-fought 19-17 victory and move on to the playoffs.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 NorthMatchpage 19 17 26th January 2017 GODSENT 19Overpass 17

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	35 - 23	+12	95.6	1.40
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	35 - 27	+8	98.4	1.32
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	27 - 24	+3	81.1	1.18
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	20 - 25	-5	64.5	0.91
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	13 - 30	-17	48.9	0.57

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	34 - 24	+10	101.7	1.41
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	30 - 25	+5	82.2	1.30
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	27 - 25	+2	83.3	1.13
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	28 - 27	+1	83.2	1.04
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	10 - 30	-20	48.8	0.55

Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 494 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg Age: 23 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 738 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 18 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 396 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1007 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68