Astralis over SK; to playoffs

After defeating SK 16-11 on Train, Astralis became another name locked in for the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 Finals playoffs.

Astralis and SK began Train by exchanging the first six rounds evenly with the Brazilians getting a 3-0 lead after cleanly winning the pistol round as CT while Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz's side picked up the first two gunrounds.

The next four rounds went back and forth, as Astralis won two gunrounds and SK replied to each with a forcebuy win, including one where João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos got three kills.

From there on, the half was firmly in the hands of Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's squad, who got all of the remaining rounds for 10-5.

Astralis move on to quarter-finals

Astralis clinched the second pistol round with ease and soon made the score even again at 10-10, retaking a tight 2v2 on the A bombsite in the first gunround. SK then switched things up and went to B to get their first round as Terrorists on the board.

The Danes decimated SK's economy when Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth defended B on his own with four kills, giving Astralis a 13-11 lead. Once the next two rounds were exchanged once more, Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and company had the economic advantage to finish off the match at 16-12.

PotM: Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz takes the Player of the Match award thanks to contributing in all 16 rounds Astralis won with a 20-2 score in the round wins as well as eight multi-kills overall.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 AstralisMatchpage 16 12 7th April 2017 SK 16Train 12

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	25 - 16	+9	103.3	1.47
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	26 - 14	+12	87.5	1.42
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	23 - 16	+7	84.7	1.33
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	17 - 17	0	71.3	1.00
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	12 - 21	-9	48.2	0.58

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	20 - 20	0	70.9	1.03
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	15 - 18	-3	62.4	0.99
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	16 - 19	-3	59.1	0.82
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	18 - 24	-6	76.3	0.76
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	14 - 22	-8	62.9	0.72

With the fourth round coming to a close and only three group matches remaining, the standings are the following:

Qualified	2W-2L	Eliminated
Natus Vincere (3-0)	Immortals	TYLOO (0-3)
G2 (3-0)	CLG	UYA (0-3)
North (3-1)	fnatic	MVP Project (1-3)
HellRaisers (3-1)	FaZe	Gambit (1-3)
Astralis (3-1)	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro (1-3)
	SK

Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold João 'felps' Vasconcellos Age: 20 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 311 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.72 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 515 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 873 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 693 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1027 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard