fnatic punched their ticket to the ECS Season 8 Finals after defeating Virtus.pro 2-0 in the grand final of Week 5 Europe.

The Swedish team capped off a flawless run in the fifth European bracket of the season with a dominant performance against Virtus.pro, who could not capitalize on their success against FaZe in the previous stage as they were no match for the DreamHack Masters Malmö champions.

fnatic were caught off-guard by Virtus.pro's strong start to the game on Overpass, but once the Swedes hit their stride there was no stopping them. They took control of proceedings after being down 3-6 and ran away with the lead to secure the map at 16-8.

fnatic cruised through the final ECS bracket

The Polish team still attempted a response on Mirage, their own map pick, where they came back from 3-8 down to bring the deficit to a minimum. The second half brought no respite for Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski's men, who conceded the map without taking a single round on the T side as they simply could not break through the water-tight Swedish defense.

ECS Season 8 Europe Week 5Best of 3 Virtus.proMatchpage 0 2 31st October 2019 fnatic 8Overpass 16 7Mirage 16

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcikphr	34 - 35	-1	78.7	1.00
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	33 - 38	-5	73.7	0.96
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	26 - 38	-12	69.9	0.85
Arek 'Vegi' NawojskiVegi	26 - 34	-8	68.9	0.83
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	23 - 36	-13	51.0	0.68

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	50 - 27	+23	109.1	1.74
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	36 - 29	+7	79.9	1.23
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	35 - 29	+6	81.9	1.22
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	31 - 27	+4	74.3	1.10
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	29 - 31	-2	68.9	1.05

With this victory, fnatic are the seventh team confirmed for the ECS Season 8 Finals, the fourth currently inside the top 5. The North American event will take place from November 28 through December 1 at the Esports Stadium, in Arlington, with $500,000 on offer. Later this evening, MIBR and eUnited will face off in the grand final of the fifth North American bracket for the final spot at the event.

The team list for the ECS event now looks as follows:

AVANGAR
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis
fnatic Sharks
Evil Geniuses
Liquid
Week #5 winnerfnatic #3 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Evil Geniuses #1 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov AVANGAR #6 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif eUnited #38 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 26 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1583 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Sharks #27 Raphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraJhonatan 'jnt' SilvaIgnacio 'meyern' MeyerLuca 'Luken' Nadotti Virtus.pro #22 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiTomasz 'phr' WójcikArek 'Vegi' Nawojski MIBR #14 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora