North defeated SK 2-1 at DreamHack Masters Malm? and ????? ?????? gayadvanced 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.
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.
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 
SK
Matchpage 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' Teslenko
Denis '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]](https://img-cdn.hltv.org/teamlogo/A4xH0MX3yekEnWtPlXc-jM.png?ixlib=java-2.1.0&w=100&s=ec7508071cdfe241d505373773f81672 "BOOT-d[S]")
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