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FaZe were denied a chance to fight for the Intel Grand Slam prize in Stockholm by MOUZ who came back from a first map mauling to win the quarter-final 2-1 (1-16 Cache, 16-11 Dust2, 16-11 Train)

The third quarter-final of the day started on Cache, MOUZ's map pick. FaZe exploded onto the A site to win the Terrorist pistol, and continued to pressure the A site in the following rounds. Even though some rounds were tightly contested, the strategy worked out and FaZe found themselves 5-0 up.

Still, MOUZ saved a lot of weapons, and with the round-loss bonus building up, they were able to buy again in the sixth round and win their first round of the game with a B site lockdown. Unfortunately for them, they didn't follow that round up, finding themselves economically reset soon.

FaZe used the economic advantage to power on, and with some clean play, took a 10-1 lead. MOUZ then rolled out the double AWP in hopes of changing the flow of the game, but Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen still found a quick entry, and his troops regrouped and capitalized on the advantage.

The first half ended 14-1 as FaZe continued their dominant game, while Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač added insult to injury by finding five crisp USP-S headshots in the second pistol round. His side finished off the game right there and then, 16-1, moving to Dust2 .

mousesports were completely outclassed on their map pick, Cache

MOUZ doubled their score from Cache in the first two rounds of Dust2, as they were able to retake sites in both the pistol and the following anti-eco. FaZe responded with an A site execute that worked perfectly, but MOUZ was still able to bounce back with a force-buy and stabilize on the CT side (5-1).

FaZe tried to turn the game around after a frantic force-buy was ended in their favor as Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard clutched a 1v1, but MOUZ withheld the pressure and bounced straight back to winning ways, with a stranglehold on mid helping their cause significantly. Before the end of the half time, FaZe was able to get their fifth (10-5), and with the CT pistol going their way as well, get a chance to come back on Dust2.

Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný and Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong clutched out a 2v3 on A in the first gun round, MOUZ advanced their lead to 14-8 and were looking strong to finish the map when Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács and Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer stepped up with hat-trick rounds, making it a tight affair- However, a B-split worked out for MOUZ in the end, and saw them take the map 16-11.

olofmeister's team bowed out of the tournament in the quarter-finals

Despite losing the pistol round, FaZe took the early lead on Train by winning the force buy and a key rifle round (4-2). karrigan's team tried to force the B site after that, but Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool and oskar were proving tough to deal with and MOUZ got back into the lead, 6-4. They didn't slow down from there, securing a 10-5 CT half with Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi topfragging for his side.

A B site rush resulted in an entry kill and a quick plant for MOUZ in the pistol round, but FaZe managed to salvage the round thanks to two late-round headshots from NiKo. No momentum was built, though, as chrisJ's team looked sharp in the rifle rounds and took control of proceedings (13-7).

GuardiaN and olofmeister locked down B to start a series of rounds going FaZe's way, they looked convincing as the score got to 14-11. A big, 3k round from ropz broke the streak and allowed his team to close out the game 16-11 and complete the 2-1 comeback for the series.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018Best of 3 FaZeMatchpage 1 2 1st September 2018 MOUZ 16Cache 1 11Dust2 16 11Train 16

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	46 - 45	+1	69.3	1.08
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	47 - 48	-1	71.2	1.03
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	46 - 47	-1	73.0	1.02
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	51 - 52	-1	81.0	1.01
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	38 - 52	-14	66.0	0.86

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	53 - 44	+9	82.1	1.15
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	49 - 38	+11	66.4	1.11
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	50 - 53	-3	85.9	1.07
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	48 - 49	-1	76.4	1.02
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	44 - 45	-1	65.5	0.97

MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1088 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 27 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1221 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi Age: 24 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 913 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 24 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 924 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Robin 'ropz' Kool Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 406 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 28 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1220 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 899 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.67 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 28 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1286 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.68 Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný Age: 27 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 802 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65