mousesports qualify for cs

mousesports have booked their place at cs_summit 2 after defeating Heroic 2-0 (16-4 on Cobblestone, 16-9 on Inferno) in the LOOT.BET Cup 2 grand final.

Following the end of the 22-team group stage, eight squads advanced to the single-elimination playoffs. With a spot at cs_summit 2 on offer, HEROIC and MOUZ battled it out in the qualifier's grand final after beating Valiance and Vega Squadron, respectively, in the semi-final stage.

With Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev stepping into Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný's shoes, the European mixture was off to a great start, securing an 11-4 half-time lead while playing as Terrorists on Cobblestone. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong's men kept pressing on and eventually locked down the map with a flawless CT side. 

The ECS Season 4 Finals runners-up have secured a spot at cs_summit 2

Next up was Inferno, HEROIC's map pick, with MOUZ securing a quick 6-2 lead despite not being able to follow up their T-side pistol win. In the ninth round, Heroic looked set to get back in the game on an extremely shoddy buy, but Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk crushed their hopes with an impressive 1v5 clutch, paving the way for his team to secure a 10-5 lead.

With yet another pistol round win, MOUZ hit 12-rounds on the board, but HEROIC did not want to throw in the towel and responded with a successful CZ-buy. The Danes followed that up with a few more round wins, but MOUZ would not let a comeback happen and took the map, 16-9, to book their place at cs_summit 2.

LOOT.BET Cup 2 - cs_summit 2 QualifierBest of 3 HEROICMatchpage 0 2 28th December 2017 MOUZ 4Cobblestone 16 9Inferno 16

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	31 - 38	-7	85.1	1.00
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	30 - 33	-3	80.0	0.94
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	29 - 30	-1	67.1	0.92
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	22 - 31	-9	54.3	0.75
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	21 - 36	-15	57.5	0.68

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	38 - 21	+17	97.0	1.51
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	36 - 26	+10	86.4	1.26
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	38 - 30	+8	81.4	1.21
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	30 - 25	+5	71.4	1.11
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	26 - 31	-5	70.4	1.05

cs_summit 2 will take place from February 8-11 at Beyond The Summit's house/studio, located in Los Angeles. MOUZ are the first confirmed team for the event, with more information about other qualifiers and invites due to be released shortly.

Valiance #30 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićĐorđe 'DJOXiC' NiciforovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' Tanić HEROIC #19 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen MOUZ #8 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Vega Squadron #25 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Martin 'STYKO' Styk Age: 21 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 676 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 27 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1032 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 625 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 685 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.69