{"id":37623,"date":"2024-08-13T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=37623"},"modified":"2024-08-13T00:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:01:27","slug":"vitality-mouz-advance-to-iem-cologne-2024-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/vitality-mouz-advance-to-iem-cologne-2024-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitality & MOUZ advance to IEM Cologne 2024 playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third day of the IEM Cologne 2024<\/a> group stage featured six matches, with four more teams eliminated and another two advancing to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Team Vitality and MOUZ locked in their playoff spots for the Counter-Strike 2<\/a> tournament with wins over FaZe Clan and Complexity in their respective upper bracket semi-finals in Group B.<\/p>\n

Vitality and FaZe played out a hard-fought three-map series, with the former taking the series 2-1 (8-13, 16-12, 13-9), even though their star player, Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, had little influence on the clash.<\/p>\n

FaZe picked Inferno for the first map, and with strong performances from key players like Robin “ropz” Kool and H\u00e5vard “rain” Nygaard, they took an early lead in the series with a 13-8 victory.<\/p>\n

Although Vitality was forced into overtime on their map pick of Dust2, Shahar “flameZ” Shushan stepped up and carried the world number four to a 16-12 win, forcing a decider on Anubis.<\/p>\n

The squads couldn’t be separated at halftime, locked at 6-6, before heading into the final half of the match.<\/p>\n

However, Vitality, led by flameZ again, would win seven of the final 10 rounds on their terrorist side to close out the map and series, 13-9.<\/p>\n

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It's a reverse sweep from @TeamVitality<\/a> to best @FaZeClan<\/a> and secure themselves a spot in the #IEM<\/a> Cologne Playoffs<\/p>\n

8-13 Inferno
16-12 Dust 2
13-9 Anubis pic.twitter.com\/ZveNmSxktV<\/a><\/p>\n

— Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n