mousesports dismantle North to book Berlin Major spot

MOUZ took down North to top the Europe Minor and punch their ticket to the Starladder Major.

The upper-bracket final began on Inferno, where David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský opened MOUZ’ account with a swift pistol quad-kill on the defence. The European mixture extended their lead to 5-0 briskly thanks to a nail-biting defuse from Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool following an intense 1v1 clutch against Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye.

North hit back in the next round, but MOUZ shut down the Danes instantly in the ensuing rounds on the back of outstanding individual plays from frozen and Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker. A rare blunder from Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen enabled North to get back into the half with four additional rounds before MOUZ were able to answer back at the end of the half to secure a 10-5 lead.

mousesports return to a Major

Contrary to the slow start in the first half, North locked down the second pistol and the following round to keep themselves in the game at 10-7. However, they were unable to completely capitalise on their successes as MOUZ overwhelmed the Danes with guns in hand to extend their lead to 13-7. Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså and his squad kicked it up a gear in the face of defeat, narrowing the score difference to just two rounds, but MOUZ would not allow the comeback to come to fruition, securing the remaining rounds to close out Inferno 16-11.

The second map headed in the direction of Mirage, MOUZ’ map pick, where it followed the same trend as Inferno, with karrigan and co breezing to a 7-1 start on the Terrorist side. The two teams then traded a round apiece before a Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen AWP triple-kill set North on the right track. With a foothold now in the game, the Danes locked down a further three rounds to close the distance on MOUZ before a 1v2 clutch from frozen in the final round of the half enabled MOUZ to head into halftime with a 9-6 score.

North will take on CR4ZY for the second European spot at the Major

North secured a much-needed pistol victory to begin their comeback, but a MOUZ force buy in the following round yielded positive results for the European mixture as they went on to post more four rounds on the defence to extend their lead to 14-7. North's offence proved ineffective for the remainder of the map as MOUZ shut down the Danes commandingly to take the map 16-7, and the series 2-0, to qualify for the Starladder Major.

Europe Minor - StarLadder Major 2019Best of 3

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North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	31 - 32	-1	71.5	1.00
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	34 - 35	-1	79.0	0.99
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	27 - 36	-9	57.5	0.85
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	26 - 36	-10	65.1	0.83
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	26 - 31	-5	53.4	0.83

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	49 - 23	+26	93.3	1.56
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	33 - 28	+5	67.6	1.12
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	32 - 31	+1	73.3	1.10
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	29 - 30	-1	61.2	1.05
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	27 - 32	-5	65.2	0.92

The New Challengers Stage will run from August 23-26 at the Verti Music Hall, in Berlin. MOUZ are the seventh team confirmed for this stage of the Major, joining Americas Minor champions NRG, and five teams who came from the IEM Katowice Major.

As for North, the Danish team will take on CR4ZY in the Europe Minor's consolidation final on Sunday at 18:00 . The winner of that best-of-three series will advance to the Major, while the loser will fight for survival in the Minor Play-In against the third-placed sides from the other Minors.

The team list for the initial stage of the Major currently looks as follows:

Vitality
Complexity
HellRaisers
MOUZ
Europe Minor #2
Unknown flag cis CIS Minor #1
Unknown flag cis CIS Minor #2
Minor Play-In #2

G2
AVANGAR
NRG
Americas Minor #2
Asia Minor #1
Asia Minor #2
Minor Play-In #1
Minor Play-In #3