IEM Oakland CS: GO tournament group stage concludes with these qualified teams
Intel’s last big event for this year was full of heated competition so far, but only these teams made it out of the CS: GO tournament group stage.
The group stage featured two sets of 6 teams, with 3 advancing to the playoffs. The winner of each group was also awarded a direct route to the semi-finals. Danish squad of Astralis topped Group A with 4 wins and 1 loss in a surprising manner, narrowly beating the Brazilians of Immortals. G2 esports followed the pair out of the group with a 3-2 record as Team Liquid and NAVI failed to make it out with only 2 wins out of 5. The Chinese squad of TyLoo finished dead last with a 0 wins and 5 losses.
Meanwhile in Group B it was another shocked result as the mixed European squad of FaZe Clan topped their group with 5 wins and no losses. The current major holders of SK Gaming came in second alongside NiP, both holding a 3-2 record. That result meant more disappointment for North American fans as Cloud9 placed 4th and 5th alongside the Danish squad of Heroic with 2 wins and 3 losses. The European’s of mousesports finished in last place with 0 wins and 5 losses.
SK Gaming will play G2 in the first quarter final game with the winner advancing to play Astralis. On the other side of the bracket the winner of Immortals and NiP will play FaZe Clan.
SK Gaming vs 
G2 Esports- Immortals vs
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis vs SK or G2
FaZe Clan vs Imm or NiP
