Both two semi-final matches of ELEAGUE playoffs concluded as fnatic and Virtus.pro advance to the grand final.
| Grand Finalists | Eliminated |
|---|---|
 fnatic |  Natus Vincere |
 Virtus.pro |  mousesports |
fnatic vs Natus Vincere 12:3, 4:1 (16:4); 9:6, 7:8 (16:14)
Winner: fnatic
Maps: de_Cobblestone, de_Train
MVP: Dennis "dennis" Edman
Swedish giants fnatic secured the first grand finalist spot over Na'Vi on ELEAGUE playoffs through a best-of-three clash that was more comfortable than expected for them. Despite losing the pistol round on Cobblestone, fnatic managed to close the first half with 12-3 scoreline. The second half started with Na'Vi's pistol round victory again but after a successful and fast-paced b push on the second round of the second half, fnatic broke the CIS team's economy and didn't make any mistakes on following rounds against weak buys of their opponent, thus secured Cobblestone with an impressive 16-4 scoreline.
The second map was Train which was Na'Vi's pick but this time around fnatic was victorious on the pistol round thaks to Dennis "dennis" Edman's triple kill. After the pistol round victory, fnatic lost two rounds to Na'Vi while winning five rounds to make it 6-2. With a broken economy, Natus Vincere lost another two rounds but when it was 9-3, they've pulled the strings together and won three rounds before the half time but the second half not started the way they wanted. fnatic won another pistol round and suddenly it was 12-6. At that point, Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács rallied the troops with his improved performance, managed to tie the things up at 14-14. The comeback didn't become a real thing as fnatic denied Na'Vi and won the map 16-14 to become the first grand finalist of ELEAGUE.
mousesports vs Virtus.pro 6:9, 1:7 (7:16); 9:6, 1:10 (10:16)
Winner: Virtus.pro
Maps: de_Train, de_Cache
MVP: Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
The mousesports dream has came to an end at the second semi-final match of ELEAGUE. In spite the first halves of both two maps being balanced, Virtus.pro's second half dominance over mousesports were the decider factor. The series started on VP's map pick Train but mousesports were the team leading 4-0 after four rounds. Despite being 4-0 behind, VP managed to win two rounds in a row to break the German economy. The Polish side won four more rounds thanks to a broken mousesports economy and took the lead. The remaining rounds of the first half were shared by both teams to make the half time score 9-6 in favor of Virtus.pro. The second half started with VP's pistol round victory. Enjoying an early economical advantage, VP never gave mousesports a chance to recover and secured the map with a 16-7 score.
Up next was mousesports' pick Cache. Virtus.pro started off strongly with a pistol round win thanks to Jaros?aw "pashaBiceps" Jarz?bkowski's triple kill. Polish fan favorite picked another triple kill on third round after a successful anti-eco to make it 3-0 for his team. On the fifth round, mousesports finally won a round thanks to Chris "chrisJ" de Jong's double AWP entries and continued this success for three more rounds to catch VP at 4-4. Neither team was able to take control of the match on the remainder of the first half. The half time score was 9-6, slightly favoring mousesports. The second half started with another triple kill from a Polish player but this time it was Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas who won the round for his team. From 9-7 to the end, Cache was under complete Virtus.pro control as the Polish team won 9 out of 10 rounds to win the map 16-10. With these results, the ELEAGUE Grand Finals will feautre fnatic and Virtus.pro.
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