FlipSid3 secure last Major spot over Liquid

FlipSid3 have booked the last spot at the PGL Major Krakow after defeating Liquid 25-23 on Mirage.

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's men started out the match with the right foot as they picked up an early 4-0 lead as Terrorists. Despite facing off against pistols, FlipSid3 could not stop Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken from finding four kills, helping his team assure their first round of the game.

It was from that moment onward that the North Americans began overcoming their initial difficulties and eventually reached an 8-5 lead. However, FlipSid3's men still managed to reduce the gap to 7-8.

FlipSid3 are ready to play yet another Major

In the second half, it were once again the CIS men who won the pistol round, setting FlipSid3 to grab the lead for the second time. As Liquid could not pick up neither of the following gun rounds, Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov and co. got off to a comfortable 13-8 lead.

Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's team then managed to break their adversaries' seven-round streak and kept winning well-fought rounds to reach a 14-14 stalemate. Nevertheless, both teams traded rounds to take the game to overtime.

When it came to extra-time, Liquid got the first lead before switching sides. However, the match ended up being a triple-overtime and saw FlipSid3 prevail as they closed it out, 25-23, with Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov boasting 48 kills to secure the last available spot at the Major in Krakow.

PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main QualifierBest of 1 LiquidMatchpage 23 25 2nd July 2017 FlipSid3 23Mirage 25

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	38 - 31	+7	84.8	1.31
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	37 - 31	+6	79.5	1.23
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	31 - 34	-3	67.2	0.91
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	27 - 38	-11	75.0	0.89
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	25 - 33	-8	61.1	0.88

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	48 - 32	+16	115.6	1.51
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	36 - 31	+5	79.4	1.17
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	33 - 35	-2	64.3	0.96
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	26 - 33	-7	67.4	0.89
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	23 - 27	-4	50.0	0.81

Here is how the Swiss stage looks after the end of the Main Qualifier:

Qualified
MOUZ	G2
PENTA	Cloud9
BIG	Immortals
Vega Squadron	FlipSid3
Eliminated
Tengri	OpTic
TYLOO	Renegades
GODSENT	HellRaisers
Dignitas	Liquid

HellRaisers #14 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Tengri #37 Anuar 'sonic' AbuBakir 'pachanga' KurbanalievAleksandr 'SNk' SemkinBektiyar 'fitch' BahytovRamazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' Bashizov BIG #18 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Immortals #13 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FlipSid3 #39 Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyYegor 'markeloff' MarkelovGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Dignitas #26 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen TYLOO #31 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu OpTic #11 William 'RUSH' WierzbaJames 'hazed' CobbOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 29 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1009 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Cloud9 #6 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Liquid #9 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #15 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranDenis 'denis' HowellRobin 'ropz' Kool Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 18 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 315 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Age: 30 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 779 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.73 Vega Squadron #34 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 17 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 311 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 GODSENT #27 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 486 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 PENTA #19 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendKevin 'HS' Tarn Renegades #23 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' FrancisNemanja 'nexa' Isaković