have beaten OpTic 2-0 at the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage to book their place in the New Legends Stage (16-6 on Dust2 and 16-14 on Train).

The best-of-three round five match featuring BIG and OpTic started on Dust2 with the CT-sided Germans taking the pistol round thanks to a quad kill from Johannes "nex" Maget. BIG salvaged the second round despite having a 2vs4 disadvantage and won a 3vs5 in the first weapon round to lead 4-0.

Fatih "gob b" Dayik's team then won a 4vs5 and another 3vs5 to extend their lead to 6-0. OpTic got on the scoreboard in the 12th round but couldn't initiate a streak, losing the first half 14-1. The Danes got some hope after winning the first five rounds in the second half but BIG swiftly closed out the map with a 16-6 scoreline.


BIG are through to the next stage in London
Train kicked off with a triple kill and defuse by Tizian "tiziaN" Feldbusch. BIG, who were on the CT-side, got close to stopping OpTic's early buy in the third round but Jakob "JUGi" Hansen had different ideas as he came up with a triple kill in a 2vs4 to grab the round victory.

When the game was tied at 3-3, tiziaN showed up with a triple Deagle kill and BIG won the round with pistols to take the lead. gob b clutched a 1vs3 to extend their lead to 9-3. North gathered some momentum towards the end of the half to secure three more rounds and trailed 9-6 at halftime.


OpTic's Major campaign is over
René "cajunb" Borg's triple kill gave the second pistol win to OpTic who then won two anti-ecos to tie the game at 9-9. tiziaN and nex opened up the first weapon round with their entry kills as BIG reclaimed the lead.

Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz found three entry kills when the score was 12-12 and BIG went on to win the map 16-14, taking the series 2-0 and advancing to the New Legends Stage. Meanwhile, OpTic's run has come to an end.

FACEIT Major 2018 Main Qualifier
Best of 3
OpTic
OpTic
Denmark
Matchpage
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9th September 2018
Germany
BIG
BIG
6
Dust2
16
14
Train
16
OpTic OpTic K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
Denmark Nicklas 'gade' Gade 38 - 33 +5 80.5 1.10
Denmark Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen 36 - 36 0 72.9 1.03
Denmark Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 37 - 41 -4 79.9 1.02
Denmark René 'cajunb' Borg 23 - 34 -11 45.3 0.79
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer 22 - 38 -16 54.3 0.67
BIG BIG K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
Germany Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz 46 - 33 +13 91.7 1.37
Germany Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch 36 - 27 +9 74.3 1.14
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield 37 - 31 +6 74.5 1.14
Germany Johannes 'nex' Maget 35 - 35 0 79.1 1.10
Germany Fatih 'gob b' Dayik 28 - 30 -2 61.0 1.03
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