North defeated SK 2-1 at DreamHack Masters Malm? and ??? ?? ??advanced to the playoffs (5-16 on Cobblestone, 16-8 on Train, and 16-11 on Inferno).

The best-of-three Group A winners' match featured SK and North who won their first games against BOOT-d[S] and Cloud9, respectively. The first map in the series was Cobblestone where North started on the CT-side.

The Danes won the pistol round but couldn't resist SK's force buy in the second round. SK won six more rounds to lead 7-1. The Brazilians walked all over North in the first half, finishing it 12-3 ahead.

North book their spot in the playoffs

SK continued their streak on the CT-side as Jo?o "?felps?" Vasconcellos got a triple kill in the pistol round. Although North secured two T-side rounds, SK ran away with the game, winning 16-5.

North started on the T-side on Train and secured the first three rounds. SK's first weapon round win was answered by Kristian "?k0nfig?" Wienecke who picked up the following round with a triple kill. Even though North struggled when SK built a solid economy on the CT-side, they were able to win the half 8-7.

SK will face Cloud9 tomorrow

After North won the first two rounds of the second half, Fernando "?fer?" Alvarenga got three entry kills and an ace to get SK their eighth round (10-8). However, North's defense didn't falter and they went on a six round streak to close out the game with Philip "?aizy?" Aistrup and René "?cajunb?" Borg's 2vs5 (16-8).

The deciding map in the series was Inferno. Mathias "?MSL?" Lauridsen & company kicked it off with a T-side pistol round win and also secured the first weapon round despite Marcelo "?coldzera?" David's triple kill on the A-site. felps got his team their first round with a triple kill as they trailed 1-5. However, SK only got one more round and lost the first half 13-2.

North closed out Inferno 16-11 despite SK's late comeback effort and advanced to the playoffs at DreamHack Masters Malmö. SK will face Cloud9 tomorrow in Group A's decider game for a spot in the playoffs.

DreamHack Masters Malm? 2017Best of 3 SKMatchpage 1 2 31st August 2017 North 16Cobblestone 5 8Train 16 11Inferno 16

?SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jo?o 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	58 - 51	+7	95.4	1.25
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	56 - 51	+5	80.8	1.08
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	48 - 51	-3	70.8	1.02
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	38 - 49	-11	60.0	0.91
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	35 - 44	-9	58.3	0.90

?North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	64 - 44	+20	92.2	1.38
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	51 - 52	-1	82.7	1.08
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	48 - 48	0	74.4	1.03
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	42 - 44	-2	58.2	1.01
Valdemar 'valde' Bj?rn Vangs?valde	41 - 48	-7	68.3	0.95

Next up in Malmö, Astralis will take on Natus Vincere for a spot in the playoffs.

Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 22 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.22 Maps played: 581 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.61 SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJo?o 'felps' Vasconcellos Natus Vincere #11 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Cloud9 #10 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Jo?o 'felps' Vasconcellos Age: 20 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 423 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.71 Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1096 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 623 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.67 North #7 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bj?rn Vangs?Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 995 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 BOOT-d[S] #112 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 601 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kj?rbye Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 21 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 803 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68