ELEAGUE Group C recap

Group C in ELEAGUE Season 1 featured Astralis, who had to play their first four matches with Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen as Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen was having visa problems, Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik's NRG, another Danish team SK, and CLG who used their coach Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita as their fifth player.

Astralis faced NRG in their first match and won 16-12 on Cache and 16-14 on Train. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz feasted off of NRG players, averaging a 1.58 rating alongside a 57:30 combined score. gob b's 0.63 rating did not help NRG's case.

device & company had a much easier time against CLG as they beat the North Americans twice, giving up only eight rounds in total. James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb's 0.32 rating on Train was his fifth worst rating on LAN.

The Danish derby between Astralis and SK saw teams splitting maps as SK won 16-6 on Train while Astralis secured Overpass with a 16-7 final score. Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif posted a 1.55 rating and a 25:13 score on the first map but device performed even better on Overpass as he had a 1.93 rating and a 27:12 score.

SK performed another exchange of maps, this time against CLG. Despite winning Nuke after a 12-3 T-side, the Danes lost 14-16 on Overpass. Magisk kept putting up monstrous numbers and had a rating of 1.94 on Nuke. hazed was the most influential player in CLG's map win with a 29:17 score.

NRG was dominated by SK on both matches as they bent the knee to Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh's 2.00 rating performance on Cobblestone. gob b's team picked up their only win against CLG with whom they traded victories.

Astralis struggled against NRG in the semi-finals, just like in their group matches, but came out ahead once again. (16-13 on Overpass and 19-16 on Cache). NRG's new transfer Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz was the only player that had positive numbers but his 1.19 rating showing was not enough. device was the man of the match with a 54:42 score and a 1.25 rating.

The second semi-final was between CLG and SK. Despite Magisk's efforts, CLG secured the 2-1 win after losing the first map. The last map, Overpass, which finished 16-14 in favor of CLG almost saw CLG choke but they managed to retain their 12-3 halftime lead.

The first map in the grand final (Mirage) went as expected with Astralis winning it 16-7 owing to the fact that all their players had more than a 1.16 rating. Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye was on the frontlines on Dust2 but CLG managed to secure it in overtime (16-19). With Kjaerbye's 1.53 rating performance on Overpass, Astralis won the map (16-11), the series and the group.

Group C MVP: Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz

As his team won the group, the Danish superstar averaged a 1.33 rating. He had the second most kills per round (0.89) and had more than a kill in 54.5% of the rounds. He had success with opening kills as he won 67.1% of his opening duels and won five clutches. With his superstar performance, Astralis won't be easy to stop.

Final standings of Group C:

1. – Astralis: 11 points (5p GS + 2p SF + 4p GF) + A spot in the ELEAGUE playoffs
2. – CLG: 4 points (2p GS + 2p SF) + A spot at the Last Chance Qualifier
3. – SK: 4 points (4p GS)
4. – NRG: 1 point (1p GS)

*GS: group stage – SF: semi-finals – GF: grand finals

NRG is done for the first season of ELEAGUE while SK has a good chance of making it to the Last Chance Qualifier as the two third-placed teams with the most points will earn a spot.

ELEAGUE will continue next Tuesday with Group D and you can visit our tournament page for more information.