Spirit qualify for FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage over pro100

Spirit have booked their spot in the FACEIT Major's New Challengers Stage after defeating pro100 2-0 (16-3 on Dust2 and 16-6 on Nuke).

The final qualifying match of the event started on Dust2, Spirit's map pick, with Vadim "⁠DavCost⁠" Vasilyev and co. bagging a 3-0 lead after winning their Terrorist pistol. With double-kills from Ivan "⁠AiyvaN⁠" Semenets and Leonard "⁠kenzor⁠" Volodarchuk, pro100 won the first gun round, which propelled them to level the score at 3-3.

However, Spirit would not let the game slip away and went on a massive run, constantly shutting down pro100 to go up 12-3 before switching sides.

Now playing as Counter-Terrorists, Spirit kept denying pro100's executes, first with a successful pistol and then with a 1v2 clutch from DavCost. Spirit closed out the map without losing any more rounds, with Pavel "⁠COLDYY1⁠" Veklenko topping the scoreboard with 21 kills.

DavCost and co. are through to the New Challengers Stage

Next up was pro100's map, Nuke, but it did not seem like it was their pick at all. Spirit won another CT pistol, and followed that up with an anti-eco.

Although pro100 picked up the next round on the back of a quad-kill from AiyvaN, Spirit kept pressing on, losing a single round before securing another commanding half-time lead, 13-2.

pro100 were on the ropes, but found some breathing room after winning the second pistol, in part thanks to a triple-kill from Dima "⁠def⁠" Lemeshchuk. Despite losing the next round, pro100 kept their defence tight and brought the deficit to 6-14, but then Spirit bagged two rounds in a row to seal another comprehensive victory.

CIS Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 pro100Matchpage 0 2 13th July 2018 Spirit 3Dust2 16 6Nuke 16

pro100	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dima 'def' Lemeshchukdef	27 - 33	-6	77.3	0.90
Vadim 'Flarich' KaretinFlarich	26 - 29	-3	74.2	0.86
Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsAiyvaN	22 - 31	-9	59.3	0.72
Leonard 'kenzor' Volodarchukkenzor	16 - 34	-18	51.5	0.61
Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakhsvyat	16 - 31	-15	51.8	0.59

Spirit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy	35 - 20	+15	90.0	1.49
Pavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoCOLDYY1	39 - 21	+18	95.0	1.48
Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDavCost	33 - 18	+15	80.3	1.42
Dmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoS0tF1k	27 - 20	+7	70.6	1.16
Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDimaoneshot	23 - 28	-5	64.0	0.99

With Spirit's qualification, the team list for the FACEIT Major's New Challengers Stage currently looks as follows:

Gambit
Space Soldiers
Astralis
North
Rogue
HellRaisers
EU Minor #1
Asia Minor #1Vega Squadron
BIG
Liquid
Virtus.pro
Complexity
Spirit
EU Minor #2
Asia Minor #2BIG #7 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Spirit #32 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Gambit #15 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Ivan 'AiyvaN' Semenets Age: 22 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 370 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Dima 'def' Lemeshchuk Age: 23 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 377 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.69 Vega Squadron #57 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Rogue #29 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim Space Soldiers #20 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor pro100 #72 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Complexity #31 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Pavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Age: 26 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 726 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Leonard 'kenzor' Volodarchuk Age: 21 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 325 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Virtus.pro #22 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Vadim 'DavCost' Vasilyev Age: 22 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 811 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 HellRaisers #17 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupOscar 'mixwell' CañellasMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså