Astralis rolled over MIBR on Overpass, 16-6, and took a 30-round map, 16-14, on Train, to qualify for the DreamHack Masters Stockholm semi-finals.

Doubles by Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif cleared the way for Astralis to take the first round on Overpass, but MIBR quickly replied on the force buy on the back of two ssg08 kills by Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo on the offense, turning the tide for the American side who took a 3-1 lead. The two teams then traded rounds, making it 4-2 with MIBR in control of the economic game. The beginning of the map didn’t stabilize as both teams kept trading rounds until Astralis could win two in a row for a 5-5 tie. From there on out, Astralis took control of the half as MIBR struggled to change the pace, closing the half out 10-5.

Doubles by Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen in a 2vs4 pushing on A gave Astralis the second pistol round, breaking MIBR. After winning the two anti-ecos, Astralis played a slow round around B which they were able to crystalize as device mowed down to of the site’s defenders to make it 14-5. Finally, Astralis closed the map out, 16-6.

Astralis are through to the semi-finals at the Ericsson Globe

The second map, Train, started with MIBR taking the pistol round with doubles by the North American duo of Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik It was then tarik in the first gun round, with a four-kill round including a 1vs2 afterplant clutch, who was able to extend the lead to 4-0. FalleN & co. kept up the pressure, taking six out of the seven first rounds to create a nice cushion on the attacking side before Astralis took control of the map. As it looked like the Danes were taking control on the CT side, a huge play by tarik with three kills on B to save a defuse in a 2vs4 kept the half even, which ended 8-7 in favor of the Brazilians.

The second pistol round went the way of Astralis, who took a 10-8 lead after the two anti-ecos, but MIBR kept it close after a B retake which ended up in FalleN defusing the bomb as Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David took the last Danish bomb defender, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth, out. Having linked a few rounds together, MIBR were able to take the lead, 12-11, further increased after Stewie2K got two double AWP entries and MIBR retook a 3vs5 plant on inner.

Right when MIBR seemed to take control, Astralis once again found themselves in the lead after winning three rounds in a row to make it 14-13. With MIBR struggling economically, the Danes got to match point, and in the last round, up 15-14, won the match as gla1ve killed the last two CTs trying to defuse the bomb on A through a smoke outside of Popdog.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018Best of 3 MIBRMatchpage 0 2 1st September 2018 Astralis 6Overpass 16 14Train 16

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	37 - 35	+2	77.8	1.06
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	30 - 38	-8	69.5	1.00
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	28 - 35	-7	65.2	0.98
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	37 - 36	+1	68.2	0.94
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	28 - 41	-13	66.1	0.79

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	41 - 29	+12	72.2	1.29
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	38 - 28	+10	85.8	1.29
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	40 - 35	+5	74.0	1.11
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	32 - 32	0	71.4	1.05
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	34 - 36	-2	75.3	1.03

Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 23 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 843 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61 MIBR #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 990 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 25 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1267 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 27 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 889 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1147 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 727 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1324 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 22 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 910 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Age: 20 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 808 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69