Gambit, NiP, Cloud9 fall in Snow Sweet Snow 2 quarter

The quarter-finals day of the tournament's second edition was full of upsets as every directly invited team has been eliminated.

The Snow Sweet Snow 2 quarter-finals have come to a close as the underdogs prevailed in their respective series, which saw HAVU, AGO, Winstrike, and Copenhagen Flames advance to the tournament's semi-finals. Sprout, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Cloud9, and Gambit have been eliminated from the event.

The day began with a series between Sprout and HAVU, in which former ENCE duo Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila and Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen ensured a 2-1 win for the Finnish side, who had only recently entered the top 30 and now hold a 13-series winning streak.

IEM Katowice champions Gambit were eliminated by Copenhagen Flames

AGO then sent home the struggling Ninjas in Pyjamas side on the back of a massive performance from their AWPer, Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki, who averaged 101.4 ADR and a 1.53 rating over three close maps to secure his team a spot in the semi-finals.

Cloud9 haven't been able to get out of their rut, either, with a loss to Winstrike seeing the Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin-led side add another disappointing finish to their resumé following the unsuccessful campaign in the DreamHack Masters Spring closed qualifier last weekend.

The quarter-finals ended with a bout between Gambit and Copenhagen Flames, in which the Danes stunned the IEM Katowice champions as they came back from a narrow opening loss on Vertigo to win Train and Overpass.

The semi-finals and the grand final will take place on Wednesday, with the matchups and schedule looking as follows:

Wednesday, March 10
12:00 Copenhagen Flames vs. AGO
15:00 HAVU vs. Winstrike
18:00 Grand final

Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Fredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraErik 'ztr' Gustafsson Time is adjusted to your selected timezone HAVU #27 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJemi 'jemi' Mäkinen Cloud9 #20 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinPatrick 'es3tag' HansenRicky 'floppy' KemeryErick 'Xeppaa' BachWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Sprout #21 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki Age: 23 Team: AGO Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1167 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 ENCE #39 Aleksi 'allu' JalliMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Age: 27 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 710 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen Age: 26 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1042 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 Gambit #4 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov AGO #32 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Winstrike #22 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin Age: 25 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1013 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 Copenhagen Flames #30 Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenMagnus 'Nodios' OlsenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiMarcus 'maNkz' KjeldsenJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard