G2 and FaZe continue with wins

G2 outplayed HellRaisers on Dust2 (16-8) and FaZe knocked out FlipSid3 on Cobblestone (16-5) to continue both teams' advance at the ESL One Cologne Main Qualifier in Katowice, Poland

The next match at the ESL One Cologne Main Qualifier in Katowice, Poland was on Dust2 between HellRaisers and G2, with the former team having beaten Splyce and the latter TYLOO in the first round of matches in the tournament's Swiss-system.

Despite the setback of the their loss in the ELEAGUE Group B final the week before, G2 immediately continued their rise as of recent weeks as a team with a dominant first half on the map, as the French-Belgian team secured the first pistolround and the first gunround and moved up to 5-0 before finally letting up a round.

ScreaM's recent uptick continues

With Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux having a classic VG-era performance with his AWP on the CT-side of the map, and with Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom hitting a wide portfolio of insane shots, that setback on the sixth round did not amount to much and G2 closed out the first half with a dominant 13-2 score.

A quad kill from HellRaisers captain Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow gave HellRaisers a much needed second pistolround but it was a Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon entry and SmithZz cleanup on the first gunround that moved G2 up to a 14-5 deciding score. Despite a few more death throes from HellRaisers, G2 were easily able to close out the map at 16-8 in the end.

ESL One Cologne 2016 Main QualifierBest of 1 HellRaisersMatchpage 8 16 10th June 2016 G2 8Dust2 16

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	22 - 14	+8	92.5	1.51
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	21 - 15	+6	105.8	1.46
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	16 - 15	+1	73.3	1.12
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	19 - 14	+5	67.8	1.11
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	9 - 18	-9	48.3	0.58

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	26 - 18	+8	119.3	1.53
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	15 - 17	-2	59.8	1.00
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	16 - 17	-1	67.8	0.96
Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero	9 - 17	-8	51.2	0.70
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	10 - 18	-8	56.8	0.67

The next match was between FaZe and FlipSid3 and it started in a close fashion, as FlipSid3 won the first pistolround and anti-eco afterward, but a quick buy from FaZe quickly helped to equalise the score.

After a technical pause at 4-4, FaZe suddenly kicked into overdrive and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard & co. ran ahead to a 10-5 first half thanks to aggressive executes and an overall lacklustre adjustment by FlipSid3.

kioShiMa was not the problem on Cobblestone

A number of FaZe players chipped in to shut down an execute by Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy and his team on the second pistolround and the game quickly spiraled out of control afterwards.

Unable to answer back, and unable to execute anywhere, FlipSid3 were left looking despondent and directionless and it was a supremely confident FaZe who closed out the map 16-5 and advanced further in the qualifier.

ESL One Cologne 2016 Main QualifierBest of 1 FaZeMatchpage 16 5 10th June 2016 FlipSid3 16Cobblestone 5

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	21 - 14	+7	101.0	1.53
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	20 - 13	+7	87.5	1.49
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	16 - 11	+5	87.4	1.42
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	15 - 9	+6	85.2	1.27
Ricardo 'fox' Pachecofox	13 - 13	0	65.2	1.09

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	16 - 18	-2	91.4	1.02
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	15 - 15	0	54.5	0.90
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	12 - 16	-4	59.6	0.75
Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara	8 - 19	-11	72.7	0.64
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	9 - 18	-9	51.8	0.63

We have two more matches from day two of the ESL One Cologne Main Qualifier to go: Cloud9 versus MOUZ and Gambit versus Envy.

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Gambit #31 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 940 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 887 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Cloud9 #16 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip FlipSid3 #27 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Splyce #28 Arya 'arya' HekmatAbraham 'abE' FazliDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordJason 'jasonR' RuchelskiAndrew 'Professor_Chaos' Heintz Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 919 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 MOUZ #13 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 362 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Age: 29 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 0.85 Maps played: 572 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.72 TYLOO #17 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Envy #8 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon HellRaisers #11 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowTomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' Žúdel FaZe #18 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 730 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65