The team of the Finnish organization will face the Kosovar Bad News Eagles in a match on Wednesday night. The stake is for the next stage of the tournament.
Counter-Strike: In the Global Offensive major tournament in Belgium, teams advancing again will be decided on Wednesday. In the last match of the evening, the team of the Finnish organization ENCE and the Kosovar Bad News Eagles will face each other.
The teams are in the challenger stage of the tournament in a situation of 2-1 after three rounds of play. The winner of the match will advance to the legendary stage of the tournament starting on Saturday, while the loser will have one last chance to advance to Thursday.
ENCE played a thriller-like match against G2 on Tuesday night, but bowed to a three-card battle of 2-1. The only Finnish player in the majors is the skipper of the G2 Aleksi “Alexib” Estonianwho grabbed a continuation place with his team.
There are no Finnish players in ENCE’s roster at the moment, but a Finnish coach commands the international bunch at the end of the bench. Eetu “sAw” Saw.
Bad News Eagles is one of the black horses in the tournament. The team of Kosovo players advanced from the tournament qualifiers almost sensationally and has performed strongly in the tournament. However, ENCE, which ranks third on the world list, is a big pre-favorite against the 26th Kosovo team.
The winners of Wednesday’s matches will advance straight to the legendary stage of the majors, the top 16. In that case, games in the tournament will continue on Saturday, May 14th.
The loss does not mean a drop yet, but you will still be able to try your place in the tournament on the Swiss chart on Thursday.