Astralis defeated fnatic 2-0 in the semi-finals at the ELEAGUE Major, advancing to the grand final (19-16 on Cache and 16-5 on Nuke).

The first semi-final at the ELEAGUE Major featured fnatic and Astralis who kicked off the series on Cache. The T-sided Swedes won the pistol round cleanly but Astralis won the force buy in the following round.

The next time fnatic were able to have a weapon round, they won it and trailed 2-3. Astralis reset the Swedish team in the following round and a quad-kill by Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen extended his team's lead to 5-2.

Astralis make it to the grand final 

After fnatic caught up with Astralis and tied the game at 6-6, the Danes went on a three round streak to finish the half 9-6 ahead. Despite their successful pistol round win in the second half, Astralis lost the anti eco (10-7).

Astralis' 2vs3 buy round win extended their lead to 11-9. Astralis acquired five match points but failed to deliver and Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer defused the bomb while Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander was alive to take the match to overtime. Astralis woke up in overtime and won the map 19-16.

fnatic's Major campaign is over

The second map was Nuke and fnatic started on the CT-side. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz got a quad-kill in the pistol round to win it and recovered things in the first weapon round by getting a triple kill in a 3vs5 situation (4-0). Astralis dominated the T-half and won the half 12-3.

Astralis won the pistol round with gla1ve's double kill and went on to win the match 16-5, eliminating fnatic and becoming the first grand-finalists.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3 AstralisMatchpage 2 0 28th January 2017 fnatic 19Cache 16 16Nuke 5

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	48 - 37	+11	93.3	1.38
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	49 - 32	+17	83.7	1.37
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	46 - 37	+9	83.5	1.31
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	45 - 32	+13	76.3	1.24
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	35 - 37	-2	78.9	1.05

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	54 - 44	+10	99.5	1.19
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan	31 - 42	-11	70.0	0.86
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	30 - 42	-12	64.9	0.80
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	32 - 48	-16	67.1	0.70
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	28 - 47	-19	55.5	0.68

The next match in Atlanta will be between SK and Virtus.pro who will fight for a spot in the grand final.

Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 650 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 776 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 926 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 832 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun