KerchNET, M5 through from group D

The last group of TECHLABS Cup has been finished and it saw the favorites Moscow Five advanced in second place while KerchNET surprised by topping the group over its opponents.

Anexis opened up the group well with a 18-12 victory over Michael "mSx" Cassisi's eSAHARA on de_inferno in the opening round. In the other matchup, KerchNET surprised by scoring eleven rounds as Terrorists on de_train to win 16-4 over Moscow Five, 20-10 overall once all rounds were played out.

TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 KerchNETMatchpage 20 10 14th February 2012 Moscow Five 20Train 10
TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 AnexisMatchpage 18 12 14th February 2012 Electronic Sahara 18Inferno 12
In the second round Moscow Five had a close 8-7 half against eSAHARA on de_inferno and lost the second round pistol round, but Russian deagles granted them a win in round two and they never looked back, winning 21-9. Meanwhile Anexis and KerchNET faced off with the Ukrainians scoring a very close 16-14 win, also on de_inferno.

TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 Moscow FiveMatchpage 21 9 14th February 2012 Electronic Sahara 21Inferno 9
TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 KerchNETMatchpage 16 14 14th February 2012 Anexis 16Inferno 14
The final round saw Moscow Five take on Anexis to decide who would advance as the second seed assuming KerchNET would beat eSAHARA, who had no chance to advance. Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy's troops wasted no time, scoring thirteen rounds as Terrorists on de_nuke to win 16-9 overall and advance as the first seed.

TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 KerchNETMatchpage 18 12 14th February 2012 Electronic Sahara 18Nuke 12
TECHLABS Cup 2012Best of 0 Moscow FiveMatchpage 16 14 14th February 2012 Anexis 16Tuscan 14
It all came down to the last match on de_tuscan, which saw Anexis lose multiple very close rounds as Terrorists and fall down to a 4-11 deficit. The Danes won their Counter-Terrorist pistol round, but Russian deagles struck again, evening the score. Anexis ended up winning nine rounds in a row to bring the score to 14-14, but were unable to win one more round to secure advancement as Moscow Five won 16-14.

Quarter finals will be played over the next two days with Natus Vincere facing Moscow Five tomorrow at 18:00 and fnatic taking on WinFakt three hours later at 21:00 . On the lower side of the bracket, SK Gaming will face Vifort on Thursday at 18:00 and finally ESC Gaming will play against KerchNET at 20:30 .

Semi finals are scheduled to take place on Friday at 18:00 and 20:30 and will be played in a best-of-three format like all of playoffs. The grand final will take place on LAN in MEGA shopping center on March 18 in Moscow, Russia.

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