BetBoom Team and Team Spirit each recorded a sweep on Friday to punch their tickets to the semifinals of the Counter-Strike 2 BetBoom Dacha event in Dubai.
BetBoom Team posted a 2-0 victory over Cloud9 in a Group A decider match, while Team Spirit won by the same score over FURIA Esports in Group B action.
BetBoom Team notched a 13-10 win on Ancient and 13-5 victory on Nuke to eliminate Cloud9.
Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko had 38 kills and a plus-16 kills-to-death differential for BetBoom, who will challenge Virtus.pro in a semifinal clash on Saturday.
Fellow Russian Denis “electroNic” Sharipov totaled 32 kills and had an even kills-to-death differential for Cloud9.
Team Spirit secured a 16-12 win on Ancient and 13-8 victory on Mirage.
Russian Danil “donk” Kryshkovets had 56 kills and a plus-28 kills-to-death differential to Team Spirit, who will face MIBR in the other semifinal on Saturday.
Brazilian Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato collected 38 kills and a plus-5 kills-to-death differential for FURIA.
The winner of the $300,000 tournament will pocket $180,000, with the runner-up gaining $60,000. The playoffs will feature best-of-three matches in the semifinals and a best-of-five match in the grand final.
BetBoom Dacha prize pool:
1. $180,000 — TBD
2. $60,000 — TBD
3-4. $30,000 — TBD, TBD
5-6. — Cloud9, FURIA Esports
7-8. — GamerLegion, Astralis
–Field Level Media