In the DreamHack Open Tours group B winners' match, AVANGAR took down FrenchFrogs on Dust2, 16-13, to secure their spot in the playoffs.

A Scout and Deagle force buy on the CT side of Dust2 worked out for FrenchFrogs who took the early lead on the map despite dropping the pistol to the team from Kazakhstan. As the score was 5-2 in favor of FrenchFrogs, Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov managed a double-entry, punishing CT aggression and helping his side get back into the game.

AVANGAR hit the B site a few times to tie the score at 6-6 and then pulled out an A execute—which worked perfectly—to grab the lead on the offensive side, ending it 9-6 up.

AVANGAR join Valiance in the playoffs of DreamHack Open Tours

The Frenchmen picked up the second half pistol, but found themselves playing catchup shortly as AVANGAR was dominant on the rifle rounds, giving away only one kill in three rounds (12-8). Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali and co. then recovered from losing the first kill of the round, disrupting FrenchFrogs as they were putting down the bomb, to push their lead to 14-8.

Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss's team then finally won their first rifle round of the second half, walking up short and getting a clean entry on Jame, but no momentum was built as Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev got a triple kill on the A site defense, salvaging the round for his side (15-9). AVANGAR struggled to close out the match, with the French side bringing the score to 15-13, but finally managed to do so with a three-man short setup that locked down the approaches and got them a place in the playoffs.

DreamHack Open Tours 2019Best of 1 FrenchFrogsMatchpage 13 16 17th May 2019 AVANGAR 13Dust2 16

FrenchFrogs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	19 - 21	-2	67.6	1.04
Ali 'hAdji' HaïnousshAdji	17 - 19	-2	68.7	0.97
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	14 - 15	-1	50.8	0.95
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	11 - 13	-2	44.0	0.79
Logan 'LOGAN' CortiLOGAN	13 - 18	-5	63.4	0.74

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	25 - 14	+11	106.1	1.50
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	23 - 12	+11	78.7	1.32
Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievSANJI	14 - 17	-3	49.5	0.94
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	14 - 15	-1	47.4	0.92
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch	10 - 16	-6	52.6	0.80

So far, AVANGAR and Valiance have secured playoff berths, while six teams will be fighting for the remaining two spots tomorrow.

Group A TEAM M P Valiance 2 6 MOUZ 2 3 Windigo 1 0 Instinct 1 0 Group B TEAM M P AVANGAR 2 6 FrenchFrogs 2 3 G2 1 0 Ghost 1 0 Windigo #17 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Oleksandr 'Shockwave' Netreba Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Age: 26 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 549 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 MOUZ #12 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Allan 'Rejin' Petersen Valiance #20 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas AVANGAR #13 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 20 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 539 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.55 G2 #15 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Damien 'maLeK' Marcel FrenchFrogs #50 David 'Davidp' PrinsAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussLogan 'LOGAN' CortiBryan 'Maka' CandaGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Ghost #29 Joshua 'steel' NissanKenneth 'koosta' SuenMatthew 'WARDELL' YuJason 'neptune' TranJames 'JamezIRL' Macaulay Instinct #90 Simon 'Fuks' FlorysiakAntoine 'to1nou' PirardMatthieu 'matHEND' RoquignyTimothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Age: 20 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 620 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss Age: 23 Team: FrenchFrogs Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 553 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Valiance #20 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas AVANGAR #13 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Dastan 'dastan' Akbayev