Hawks qualify for THOR Open

After delays of five days, Finnish Hawks have qualified for THOR Open after defeating CPLAY 16-2 on de_mill_b1 and SMBU 16-8 on de_train_se.

Hawks easily defeated Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth's CPLAY 16-2 on de_mill_b1 in the quarter-finals, and the semi-final ended up being the final of this qualifier as Lemondogs won a qualifier on Saturday.

Despite the semi-final map being de_mirage_csgo, the match was played on de_train_se which was the grand final map of each THOR Qualifier. SMBU defeated teams such as fnatic on their way to the final.

natu's Hawks are headed to Stockholm 

Jonas "ScurK" Finnilä's one-on-one win gave Hawks the first three rounds, but Preben "prb" Gammelsæter's mixteam answered with five uncontested rounds of their own, going up 5-3 early on as counter-terrorists.

Next two rounds were traded, but at 4-6 Hawks managed to find a weak spot in SMBU's defense and won three rounds in a row. Olof "olofm" Kajbjer's three P250 kills tied the game, but Hawks won the final round for a 8-7 lead.

As counter-terrorists Hawks were played a much stronger game, as they won five unanswered rounds before SMBU could get onboard. It wouldn't be enough though, as Hawks would go on to finish 8-1, 16-8 overall. THOR Open Qualifier #7Best of 1 HawksMatchpage 16 8 3rd December 2012 SMBU 16Train_se 8

 

[23:05:01] Petar Milovanovic:

Hawks	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	23 - 12	+11	-	1.45
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX	19 - 13	+6	-	1.20
Jonas 'ScurK' FinniläScurK	19 - 13	+6	-	1.20
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	15 - 14	+1	-	0.96
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu	11 - 13	-2	-	0.88

SMBU	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Preben 'prb' Gammelsæterprb	17 - 16	+1	-	1.03
Andreas 'major' Majormajor	14 - 19	-5	-	0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	11 - 17	-6	-	0.81
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	12 - 16	-4	-	0.79
Sebastian 'cayzer' Norbergcayzer	11 - 19	-8	-	0.58

Hawks	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	23 - 12	+11	-	1.45
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX	19 - 13	+6	-	1.20
Jonas 'ScurK' FinniläScurK	19 - 13	+6	-	1.20
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	15 - 14	+1	-	0.96
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu	11 - 13	-2	-	0.88

SMBU	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Preben 'prb' Gammelsæterprb	17 - 16	+1	-	1.03
Andreas 'major' Majormajor	14 - 19	-5	-	0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	11 - 17	-6	-	0.81
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	12 - 16	-4	-	0.79
Sebastian 'cayzer' Norbergcayzer	11 - 19	-8	-	0.58

All eight participants for Thor Open are now known, and the list looks as follows:

Anexis	gosu
Copenhagen Wolves	Western Wolves
Absolute Legends	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Lemondogs	Hawks

THOR Open will take place on December 8-9 at Stockholm's Kistamässan, and HLTV.org will be on-site to provide you full coverage of the $19,600 CS:GO tournament.