{"id":7294,"date":"2019-05-13T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:02:02","slug":"furia-defeat-ghost-gaming-to-qualify-for-esl-one-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/furia-defeat-ghost-gaming-to-qualify-for-esl-one-cologne\/","title":{"rendered":"FURIA defeat Ghost Gaming to qualify for ESL ONE Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"

FURIA have won the North American ESL One Cologne 2019 qualifiers after a close final match against Ghost Gaming.<\/p>\n

Eight NA teams battled it out from May 9 till May 11 for an invitation to the main event in Germany, which is set to take place at the start of July.<\/p>\n

The qualifiers featured names such as Complexity Gaming, Team Envy, Ghost Gaming, Lazarus Esports, ATK, Bad News Bear, INTZ eSports and FURIA Esports. <\/p>\n

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Teams were divided into four groups of two and were put directly into quarter-finals. The matches were played in a double-elimination Bo3 format.<\/p>\n

The ties started on May 9, when we saw which four teams earned themselves a promotion into the semi-finals, and which four were pushed into a lower bracket, where they got another chance to reach the grand finals and ultimately earn themselves a ticket for ESL One Cologne.<\/p>\n

Ghost Gaming managed to advance into the finals straight through the upper bracket, while FURIA had to claw through the lower bracket.<\/p>\n

Ghost managed to defeat ATK (2-1) in the quarters and Team Envy (2-0) in the semis, to which they added a convincing win against Lazarus Esports in the upper bracket finals (2-0) to book a spot in the decider.<\/p>\n\n\n