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The group stage of the FACEIT LAN Finals has come to an end, with iBUYPOWER and Virtus.pro joining fnatic and LDLC in the playoffs.

After cutting a frustrating figure the day before, EMS One Katowice champions Virtus.pro came into the match against Cloud9 in a must-win situation, but the first map against the former compLexity team did not go their way. Powered by Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares, Cloud9 turned in a great display on the Terrorist side and went into half-time up 12-3. Virtus.pro gave a better account of themselves in the second half but all they got was eight rounds as Cloud9 ran out 16-11 winners.

FACEIT League Season 2 FinalsBest of 1 Virtus.proMatchpage 11 16 25th October 2014 Cloud9 11Cache 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	28 - 17	+11	-	1.49
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	26 - 17	+9	-	1.39
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	18 - 13	+5	-	1.09
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	18 - 22	-4	-	0.82
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	16 - 21	-5	-	0.78

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	21 - 20	+1	-	1.16
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	20 - 20	0	-	1.07
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	22 - 23	-1	-	1.04
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	17 - 22	-5	-	0.76
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	9 - 22	-13	-	0.45

Next up was Virtus.pro's map, de_inferno, which is traditionally a very strong map for the Polish side. Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's side knew that, in order to go through, they needed to win at least 16-10, and they took a giant step towards reaching that goal after picking up nine rounds on the Terrorist side. As CT, Virtus.pro played a flawless game, which saw them walk away with a comfortable 16-6 win in the end.

FACEIT League Season 2 FinalsBest of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 6 16 25th October 2014 Virtus.pro 6Inferno 16

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	25 - 14	+11	-	1.77
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	19 - 11	+8	-	1.45
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	15 - 13	+2	-	1.11
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	14 - 12	+2	-	1.06
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	14 - 12	+2	-	0.98

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	15 - 16	-1	-	0.98
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	15 - 18	-3	-	0.82
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	15 - 19	-4	-	0.81
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	11 - 16	-5	-	0.72
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	6 - 18	-12	-	0.38

In the other double match-up of the morning, iBUYPOWER breezed past dignitas on both maps as the Danish team continued their run of poor form. On de_dust2, the North American side ran riot in the first half and grabbed a whopping 12-3 lead while playing on the less-favoured CT side. In the second half they quickly sealed the deal by winning the opening four rounds.

FACEIT League Season 2 FinalsBest of 1 DignitasMatchpage 3 16 25th October 2014 iBUYPOWER 3Dust2 16

iBUYPOWER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	30 - 6	+24	-	2.55
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	21 - 9	+12	-	1.66
Keven 'AZK' LariviereAZK	19 - 8	+11	-	1.55
Sam 'DaZeD' MarineDaZeD	11 - 8	+3	-	1.08
Joshua 'steel' Nissansteel	5 - 7	-2	-	0.74

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	9 - 16	-7	-	0.68
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	11 - 18	-7	-	0.59
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	7 - 17	-10	-	0.42
Henrik 'FeTiSh' ChristensenFeTiSh	6 - 17	-11	-	0.35
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	5 - 18	-13	-	0.29

dignitas knew they had a mountain to climb here as they would automatically be thrown out of the tournament in case they conceded more than three rounds in the second match. On de_nuke it was the Danish team who came out the brighter as Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen won a 1-on-4 clutch on the lower site by killing the opponent who was defusing, but then they stunned on the eco. iBUYPOWER would go on to win the following three rounds to seal passage into the semi-finals of the tournament, even though they ended up losing the match in the end.

FACEIT League Season 2 FinalsBest of 1 iBUYPOWERMatchpage 13 16 25th October 2014 Dignitas 13Nuke 16

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	27 - 22	+5	-	1.27
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	20 - 18	+2	-	1.06
Henrik 'FeTiSh' ChristensenFeTiSh	17 - 20	-3	-	0.90
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	18 - 20	-2	-	0.87
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	17 - 20	-3	-	0.82

iBUYPOWER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	27 - 15	+12	-	1.45
Joshua 'steel' Nissansteel	23 - 18	+5	-	1.09
Keven 'AZK' LariviereAZK	20 - 21	-1	-	0.90
Sam 'DaZeD' MarineDaZeD	15 - 22	-7	-	0.69
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	15 - 23	-8	-	0.66

Below you can find the match-ups of the semi-finals, which will use a best-of-three format:

LDLC	vs.	iBUYPOWER
Virtus.pro	vs.	fnatic

Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 471 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 114 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.61 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 21 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 267 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Sean 'seang@res' Gares Age: 26 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 82 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.66