dignitas beat CLG 16-1 on Cobblestone, eliminating the American team at ESL One Cologne.

The elimination match of Group A brought together Dignitas who lost to their fellow countrymen in their opening match, and CLG who couldn't put up a fight against Gambit. The battle to stay in the tournament was on Cobblestone with CLG on the starting on the CT-side.

Dignitas secured the pistol round with René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg's opening kill and made it 3-0 after winning the anti-ecos. Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel's triple opening kill in the fourth round worsened the situation for CLG who trailed 0-4.

RUBINO send CLG packing

Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik almost clutched a 1vs3 but RUBINO came on top, extending the lead to 6-0. CLG were able to stop Dignitas for once but the Danes replied immediately. The North American called for a timeout when the score was 9-1 but it didn't work as Dignitas led 14-1 at halftime.

RUBINO's quad kill in the second half pistol round summarized the match and Dignitas finished the match off 16-1.

ESL One Cologne 2016Best of 1 DignitasMatchpage 16 1 6th July 2016 CLG 16Cobblestone 1

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	32 - 7	+25	176.6	3.01
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	13 - 3	+10	80.0	1.61
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	12 - 9	+3	79.6	1.41
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	9 - 9	0	56.2	1.31
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	10 - 7	+3	54.6	1.28

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Faruk 'pita' Pitapita	10 - 15	-5	69.2	0.69
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	10 - 17	-7	82.4	0.67
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	6 - 15	-9	46.5	0.37
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	5 - 14	-9	36.9	0.35
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	3 - 15	-12	35.4	0.26

Natus Vincere vs. NiP whose streams can be found on our match page will be the next match at ESL One Cologne as one of these teams will advance to the quarter-finals.

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CLG #26 Faruk 'pita' PitaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbTarik 'tarik' CelikKenneth 'koosta' Suen Dignitas #14 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 26 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 704 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 20 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 22 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 459 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68