North send Na`Vi packing in Stockholm

North have defeated Natus Vincere 2-0 to secure their place in the DreamHack Masters Stockholm semi-finals (16-3 on Train and 16-9 on Inferno).

Natus Vincere took on North in the fourth quarter-final at DreamHack Masters Stockholm. The best-of-three series kicked off on Train with the Danes on the CT-side. Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså's double kill brought the pistol round to North who made it 4-0 with the first weapon round victory.

Natus Vincere hit back in the sixth round, winning their first thanks to a 2vs3 victory by Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko (5-1). However, North ran away with the half to take it 12-3. Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup secured the second half pistol round with a quad kill and the Danish side went on to close out the map 16-3.

North are through to the semis

aizy started the action on Inferno with a pistol round triple kill, giving the CT-sided North a 1-0 lead. s1mple got a triple kill in a 2vs4 in the third round to get his team's first and later on Natus Vincere led 6-2 following a six round streak.

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's triple kill with a Deagle in the ninth round ended the streak and his AWP quad kill gave the lead back to North in the 13th round (7-6). The Danes finished the half 8-7 ahead and secured the first three second half rounds to extend their lead to 11-7.

Zeus & co. only managed to get two rounds in the second half and North finished off Inferno 16-9, winning the series 2-0 and advancing to the semi-finals where they will face MOUZ.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018Best of 3 NorthMatchpage 2 0 1st September 2018 Natus Vincere 16Train 3 16Inferno 9

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	43 - 20	+23	100.2	1.64
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	48 - 20	+28	98.7	1.64
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	36 - 19	+17	89.1	1.43
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	37 - 27	+10	89.2	1.38
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	23 - 21	+2	66.7	1.10

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	29 - 36	-7	65.4	0.79
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	26 - 39	-13	58.5	0.71
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	19 - 36	-17	56.8	0.67
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	20 - 39	-19	53.5	0.62
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	12 - 37	-25	45.1	0.51

MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1349 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 1225 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 23 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 611 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.22 Maps played: 858 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.67 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1056 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov