MAD Lions, forZe round out DreamHack Open November playoffs

Upsets saw MOUZ and ENCE knocked out in the final group stage matches.

MAD Lions and FORZE made it through the final day of group stage play at DreamHack Open November to assure their passage to the playoffs, where they will meat up with BIG and fnatic, while leaving MOUZ and ENCE out in the cold.

MOUZ started out the tournament showing shaky form with a 1-2 loss against MAD Lions in their opener before bouncing back to fend off elimination on the second day of play against GamerLegion.

forZe will face BIG in the tournament's semi-finals

This time around it looked like MOUZ were poised to throw their weight around taking an ample 11-4 lead on the CT side of Dust2 despite losing the pistol round, but MAD Lions didn’t back down with Pere "⁠sausol⁠" Solsona Saumell and Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius leading the way to a 16-13 victory.

Despite dropping the first map, MOUZ now had their map pick of Nuke to look forward to, but the Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk-led squad put up a wall on the CT side, winning 12 rounds by the end of the first half to coast to victory on the attack as Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk topped the scoreboard with a 1.54 rating in the second map to culminate the series sweep.

DreamHack Open November 2021Best of 3 MAD LionsMatchpage 2 0 12th November 2021 MOUZ 16Dust2 13 16Nuke 8

MAD Lions	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Justinas 'jL' LekaviciusjL	45 - 30	+15	81.6	1.32
Volodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukWoro2k	40 - 36	+4	80.8	1.19
Pere 'sausol' Solsona Saumellsausol	38 - 36	+2	84.2	1.15
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borupb0RUP	40 - 29	+11	65.5	1.08
Thomas 'TMB' BundsbækTMB	29 - 34	-5	66.1	0.97

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	42 - 33	+9	82.8	1.18
Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR	36 - 38	-2	79.0	1.02
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	34 - 40	-6	72.8	0.92
Aurimas 'Bymas' PipirasBymas	28 - 38	-10	63.8	0.81
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	25 - 43	-18	54.4	0.74

The second series featured ENCE, who come from finishing in 15-16th place at the PGL Stockholm Major’s and were blindsided by fnatic in the tournament’s Group B winners match, facing off against FORZE for the final spot in the playoffs.

Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and his men didn’t take long to show their pedigree, putting forth a strong CT side on Nuke, winning it 13-2, before going on to cruise to a 16-7 victory with Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi topping the board for the international squad.

FORZE found a groove on the CT side of Nuke to try and bring things back despite it being Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz and company’s map pick, going up 11-4 at the half. The Russian squad secured the all-important second pistol round to clear the path for a third map.

The CT dominance continued on Mirage, where it was Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov and his men who went up 7-0 before ENCE tried to rein things in albeit momentarily as FORZE hit double digits by the half before closing things out on the attack, 16-10.

DreamHack Open November 2021Best of 3 FORZEMatchpage 2 1 12th November 2021 ENCE 7Ancient 16 16Nuke 8 16Mirage 10

FORZE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Evgeny 'Norwi' ErmolinNorwi	61 - 43	+18	79.2	1.20
Aleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinKENSI	48 - 50	-2	80.1	1.04
Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenovshalfey	54 - 47	+7	74.2	1.04
Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovJerry	45 - 53	-8	75.5	0.97
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenkozorte	38 - 47	-9	62.7	0.88

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	52 - 50	+2	89.8	1.15
Lotan 'Spinx' GiladiSpinx	53 - 49	+4	74.5	1.11
Olek 'hades' Miskiewiczhades	44 - 44	0	68.7	1.07
Paweł 'dycha' Dychadycha	50 - 51	-1	80.4	1.06
Joonas 'doto' Forssdoto	41 - 53	-12	58.6	0.81

The playoffs will take place over the weekend, with two best-of-three semi-finals on Saturday followed by the grand final on Sunday. The semi-final pairings are:

16:00 fnatic vs. MAD Lions (BO3)
19:15 BIG vs. FORZE (BO3)

GamerLegion #45 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonMihai 'iM' IvanSean 'eraa' KnutssonIsak 'isak' Fahlén Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Age: 23 Team: FORZE Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1395 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius Age: 22 Team: MAD Lions Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 193 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 MOUZ #13 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi BIG #16 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Age: 21 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 324 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz Age: 21 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 474 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63 Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk Age: 20 Team: MAD Lions Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 193 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 MAD Lions #21 Johannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' BundsbækVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukPere 'sausol' Solsona SaumellJustinas 'jL' Lekavicius FORZE #29 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Age: 31 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 1463 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk Age: 19 Team: MAD Lions Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 578 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 fnatic #32 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Pere 'sausol' Solsona Saumell Age: 21 Team: MAD Lions Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 209 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66