After delays of five days, Finnish Hawks have qualified for THOR Open after defeating CPLAY 16-2 on de_mill_b1 and SMBU 16-8 on de_train_se.
Hawks easily defeated Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth's CPLAY 16-2 on de_mill_b1 in the quarter-finals, and the semi-final ended up being the final of this qualifier as Lemondogs won a qualifier on Saturday.
Despite the semi-final map being de_mirage_csgo, the match was played on de_train_se which was the grand final map of each THOR Qualifier. SMBU defeated teams such as fnatic on their way to the final.
natu's Hawks are headed to Stockholm
Jonas "ScurK" Finnilä's one-on-one win gave Hawks the first three rounds, but Preben "prb" Gammelsæter's mixteam answered with five uncontested rounds of their own, going up 5-3 early on as counter-terrorists.
Next two rounds were traded, but at 4-6 Hawks managed to find a weak spot in SMBU's defense and won three rounds in a row. Olof "olofm" Kajbjer's three P250 kills tied the game, but Hawks won the final round for a 8-7 lead.
As counter-terrorists Hawks were played a much stronger game, as they won five unanswered rounds before SMBU could get onboard. It wouldn't be enough though, as Hawks would go on to finish 8-1, 16-8 overall. THOR Open Qualifier #7Best of 1 HawksMatchpage 16 8 3rd December 2012 SMBU 16Train_se 8
[23:05:01] Petar Milovanovic:
Hawks
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu
23 - 12
+11
-
1.45
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX
19 - 13
+6
-
1.20
Jonas 'ScurK' FinniläScurK
19 - 13
+6
-
1.20
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu
15 - 14
+1
-
0.96
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu
11 - 13
-2
-
0.88
SMBU
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Preben 'prb' Gammelsæterprb
17 - 16
+1
-
1.03
Andreas 'major' Majormajor
14 - 19
-5
-
0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister
11 - 17
-6
-
0.81
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis
12 - 16
-4
-
0.79
Sebastian 'cayzer' Norbergcayzer
11 - 19
-8
-
0.58
Hawks
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu
23 - 12
+11
-
1.45
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX
19 - 13
+6
-
1.20
Jonas 'ScurK' FinniläScurK
19 - 13
+6
-
1.20
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu
15 - 14
+1
-
0.96
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu
11 - 13
-2
-
0.88
SMBU
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 1.0
Preben 'prb' Gammelsæterprb
17 - 16
+1
-
1.03
Andreas 'major' Majormajor
14 - 19
-5
-
0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister
11 - 17
-6
-
0.81
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis
12 - 16
-4
-
0.79
Sebastian 'cayzer' Norbergcayzer
11 - 19
-8
-
0.58
All eight participants for Thor Open are now known, and the list looks as follows:
Anexis
gosu
Copenhagen Wolves
Western Wolves
Absolute Legends
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Lemondogs
Hawks
THOR Open will take place on December 8-9 at Stockholm's Kistamässan, and HLTV.org will be on-site to provide you full coverage of the $19,600 CS:GO tournament.