Stake Pulse Beat II reaches playoffs

Sangal , BBL , fnatic , and Betclic secured the final quarter-final spots as their group runner-ups, while Virtus.pro and FOKUS were among the names to falter and miss out.

A 1.67-rated series from Gytis "⁠ryu⁠" Glušauskas helped Astralis recover from an opening overtime map loss to Sangal before Victor "⁠Staehr⁠" Staehr took over to sweep FOKUS and make playoffs.

Sangal then recovered from a map down and a 4-8 deficit to edge past FOKUS in the Group A decider.

HEROIC romped through Group B with ease, while Virtus.pro 's recent charge up the VRS and morale took a hit after crushing 0-13 and 5-13 losses to BBL .

The Danes then dominated Johnny Speeds in the decider match to advance, while Group C saw 100 Thieves beat EAC and Phantom , the latter of whom lost in a rematch to fnatic in the decider.

HEROIC and Astralis had to come from behind to beat fnatic and Betclic , respectively, with the Danish-majority team completing the turnaround with a 13-0 thrashing on Cache.

In the semi-final stage, Astralis will lock horns with 100 Thieves , who moved past BBL with back-to-back 13-9 victories. It will mark Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz 's first match against his former team since he departed for 100 Thieves at the start of the year.

Meanwhile, HEROIC have been pitted against Sangal , who beat JiJieHao in two maps with Bartosz "⁠bnox⁠" Niebisz leading the charge (1.47 series rating).

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