Liquid and FaZe are through to the playoff stage at the ECS Season 5 Finals

The competition at the ECS Season Five Finals has dwindled down from eight to four teams after another day in London.

Team Liquid and FaZe Clan are the last two teams to reach the playoff stage following their successful decider matches. They took down Fnatic and G2 Esports, who previously defeated Cloud9 and Luminosity Gaming earlier in the day during the group elimination matches.

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Liquid vs. Fnatic felt fairly one-sided until the Swedes finally put up a decent fight on Inferno. Despite initially getting crushed on their map pick, Nuke, they kept up with the North American offensive on the scoreboard during map two. As soon as Liquid won the second pistol round and gained momentum, it was an uphill battle for Fnatic that eventually ended in a close result at 16-13. No Liquid player particularly stood out since the entire team contributed evenly, but Epitacio “TACO” de Melo clapped back in a post-game interview against Jesper “JW” Wecksell, who previously told Liquid to “be humble” about their recent top placings.

In the next match between FaZe and G2, FaZe winged it against the new iteration of G2, who were fresh off of a win against LG. Kenny “kennyS” Schrub proved to be problematic for FaZe on Inferno at 32 kills—16 of which were with an AWP—but his 30-bomb was in vain because G2 still fell 16-9. Even though the French won three out of four pistol rounds, they still struggled in the kill column against the European powerhouse on Inferno and Mirage. Havard “rain” Nygaard was the top player in map two, Mirage, at 29 kills, while newcomer Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans spearheaded the French as both in-game leader and top frag in their map-two loss. G2’s performance shows that they still have a lot of work to do before they can be a top contender in the world.

Elimination matches

Cloud9 vs. Fnatic

• C9 won Overpass 16-14
• Fnatic won Train 16-9
• Fnatic won Cache 16-13

G2 Esports vs. Luminosity Gaming

• G2 won Overpass 16-9
• G2 won Cache 16-11

Decider matches

Team Liquid vs. Fnatic

• Liquid won Nuke 16-5
• Liquid won Inferno 16-13

FaZe Clan vs. G2 Esports

• FaZe won Inferno 16-9
• FaZe won Mirage 16-10

Now only Astralis, NRG Esports, Liquid, and FaZe remain at the ECS Finals. The semifinals of the ECS Finals will begin tomorrow at 6:15am CT, starting with NRG Esports vs. Liquid. FaZe vs. Astralis will follow at 9:15am CT, and the best-of-three grand final will be played right after.