AVANGAR win Farmskins Championship #2; round out IEM Katowice list

AVANGAR came out on top of the Farmskins Championship #2 following a 2-0 victory against AGO in the grand final, securing the last spot at IEM Katowice.

A total of 20 teams took part in the tournament which had one spot at IEM Katowice on offer, with 16 of them first battling in groups for four spots in the playoffs, where four seeded teams joined in: Space Soldiers, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, and BIG.

Spirit, MANS NOT HOT, AVANGAR, and Epsilon topped their respective groups and advanced to playoffs. However, Spirit then pulled out of the tournament and were replaced by Group A's second placed team, AGO.

AVANGAR qualify for IEM Katowice after topping Farmskins Championship #2

Out of the seeded teams, only MOUZ were able to win their quarter-final series, with Epsilon stunning Natus Vincere 2-0 in the first round. The Kazakh-Russian side AVANGAR first took Space Soldiers by surprise with a close 2-0 victory in the quarter-finals, before taking down MOUZ in the semis after a three-map battle last night. 

Earlier today it was time for the grand final between Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev's team and AGO, who passed BIG and Epsilon on their way to the last series. AVANGAR barely broke a sweat in the quick best-of-three, winning Train 16-5 following a dominant CT side, while on Overpass they grabbed eight rounds on each side for a 16-8, 2-0 victory, clinching the last spot at IEM Katowice.

Farmskins Championship #2 - IEM Katowice 2018 QualifierBest of 3 AGOMatchpage 0 2 11th February 2018 AVANGAR 5Train 16 8Overpass 16 News tags:

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcikphr	28 - 35	-7	80.0	0.92
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	28 - 36	-8	73.6	0.91
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	22 - 35	-13	55.6	0.71
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	22 - 37	-15	56.4	0.64
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	17 - 36	-19	49.0	0.54

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	43 - 18	+25	93.6	1.51
Aidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovKrizzeN	40 - 24	+16	90.9	1.49
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	40 - 24	+16	99.8	1.45
Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienkodimasick	34 - 28	+6	72.3	1.17
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	22 - 23	-1	60.8	1.06

Farmskins Championship #2 - IEM Katowice 2018 QualifierBest of 3 AGOMatchpage 0 2 11th February 2018 AVANGAR 5Train 16 8Overpass 16

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcikphr	28 - 35	-7	80.0	0.92
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	28 - 36	-8	73.6	0.91
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	22 - 35	-13	55.6	0.71
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	22 - 37	-15	56.4	0.64
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	17 - 36	-19	49.0	0.54

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	43 - 18	+25	93.6	1.51
Aidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovKrizzeN	40 - 24	+16	90.9	1.49
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	40 - 24	+16	99.8	1.45
Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienkodimasick	34 - 28	+6	72.3	1.17
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	22 - 23	-1	60.8	1.06

With AVANGAR rounding out the team list of IEM Katowice, here are the 16 teams who will take part in the $500,000 tournament taking place from February 27-March 4:

FaZe	SK
Cloud9	G2
fnatic	Astralis
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Gambit
Liquid	North
Renegades	Virtus.pro
HEROIC	AVANGAR
TYLOO	ORDER

Astralis #7 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Gambit #10 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro HEROIC #20 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen SK #2 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Liquid #11 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Renegades #17 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis BIG #27 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJohannes 'nex' Maget MANS NOT HOT #32 Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićRokas 'EspiranTo' MilasauskasŽygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Epsilon #37 Konstantinos 'tsack' TheodoropoulosRobin 'robiin' SjögrenCosmin-Mihai 'cosmeeeN' ButucKia 'Surreal' ManOwen 'smooya' Butterfield North #16 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Virtus.pro #18 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller ORDER #52 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Age: 19 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 216 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Space Soldiers #15 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Spirit #30 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev AGO #22 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik AVANGAR #24 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko