FURIA win EMF CS:GO World Invitational over AVANGAR

With a 3-1 score for the series (6-16 Inferno, 16-11 Vertigo, 16-9 Mirage, 16-10 Overpass) FURIA defeated AVANGAR at the EMF CS:GO World Invitational, claiming the ~$64,100 prize pool.

The two-team invitational featured just one match, and the BO5 series kicked off on Inferno, AVANGAR's map pick, with the team from Kazakhstan managing a solid 9-6 CT side after a slow start. After the switch, Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali and co. grabbed control of the match and chained seven rounds in the row on the T side to claim the map quickly, 16-6.

The action then moved to FURIA's pick, Vertigo, with the Brazilian side starting on the offense. Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan was leading the charge for his team both in terms of overall fragging and finding entries, helping them reach a 9-2 lead. AVANGAR woke up towards the end of the half and put on some pressure by winning the first rifle round in the second half (12-10), but couldn't convert it into a map win as we saw FURIA close it out 16-12.

After qualifying for the Major, FURIA have claimed the win in Hong Kong

Mirage followed, where FURIA continued with their momentum, going up 6-1 off the bat on the defense. With Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev standing out, AVANGAR once again recovered in the second part of the first half (9-6), but the Brazilians claimed another pistol after the switch and finished off the map 16-9.

With a 2-1 lead in the series, FURIA moved to Overpass with a chance to close out the game and take the win. Jame grabbed a triple in the CT pistol to get AVANGAR to start on the right foot, but FURIA's fast pace was hard for them to deal with.

AVANGAR managed a minimal lead going into the second half, 8-7, but arT's squad got control of the map with a five-round-winning streak at the start of their CT half. Having a 12-8 advantage on the CT side, FURIA had no issues closing out Overpass and taking the win at the Invitational.

EMF CS:GO World Invitational 2019Best of 5 AVANGARMatchpage 1 3 26th July 2019 FURIA 16Inferno 6 11Vertigo 16 9Mirage 16 10Overpass 16

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	80 - 73	+7	83.3	1.14
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	76 - 72	+4	80.6	1.06
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	63 - 60	+3	69.5	1.04
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	57 - 71	-14	70.0	0.94
Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievSANJI	51 - 68	-17	59.9	0.82

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda JuniorableJ	75 - 56	+19	82.7	1.24
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	82 - 77	+5	88.6	1.19
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	74 - 71	+3	82.2	1.06
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI	53 - 65	-12	63.5	0.99
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	60 - 59	+1	60.2	0.95

EMF CS:GO World Invitational 2019 final standings:

1. FURIA - ~$64,100 (500,000 HKD)
2. AVANGAR

Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 20 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 579 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.56 AVANGAR #27 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali FURIA #9 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Age: 20 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 660 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 483 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68