SK-Gaming advances to the second round

After three long games, SK-Gaming stands as the victors after a nerve-breaking first round in The Frozen League's first round.

SK-Gaming had a tough time in the group stage but eventually made it to the playoffs. Ranked sixth, they went up against the top team Virtus.Pro (ranked third) in the first round. The match started at 19:30, and the format was best of three, in -xl draft mode.

And after three matches a winner was finally crowned, and it turned out to be the Swedish team SK-Gaming. This means that SK will advance to the second round and will play MeetYourMakers. Virtus.Pro will have to fight their way through the Loser Bracket. Full match results and replays below.

SK-Gaming 2-1 Virtus.Pro
SK-Gaming	1-0	Virtus.Pro
SK.Renji (Zeus, Top)		Virtus.NS Russia (Leshrac, Top)
SK.Kwom (Sand King, Top)		Virtus.Admir (Akasha, Top)
SK.Akke (Warlock, Middle)		Virtus.JoliE (Shadowfiend, Middle)
SK.Drayich (Pugna, Bottom)		Virtus.sahka (Lina, Bottom)
SK.Loda (Necrolyte, Bottom)		Virtus.vigoss (Mirana, Bottom)
SK-Gaming	1-1	Virtus.Pro
SK.Renji (Lina, Top)		Virtus.NS (Nerubian, Top)
SK.Akke (Zeus, Top)		Virtus.Smile (Warlock, Top)
SK.Loda (Shadowfiend, Middle)		Virtus.sahka (Sven, Middle)
SK.Drayich (Vengeful, Bottom)		Virtus.JoliE (Viper, Middle)
SK.Kwom (Leshrac, Bottom)		Virtus.vigoss (Akasha, Bot)
SK-Gaming	2-1	Virtus.Pro
SK.Renji (Zeus, Top)		Virtus.NS (Pugna, Top)
SK.Kwom (Sand King, Top)		Virtus.Smile (Leshrac, Top)
SK.Akke (Viper, Mid)		Virtus.JoliE (Shadowfiend, Mid)
SK.Loda (Sven, Bottom)		Virtus.vigoss (Akasha, Bottom)
SK.Drayich (Furion, Bottom)		Virtus.sahka (Lina, Bottom)
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Interview with Loda from SK-Gaming will follow.

Links
TF-League.com - The Frozen League DotA
DotA-Allstars.com - Source