Astralis convincingly beat their Swedish neighbours of Torpedo 2-0 (16-6 on de_cache and 16-2 on de_dust2) and are now in the Counter Pit League Season 2 semifinals.

The Scandinavian showdown between Astralis and Torpedo was the third semifinal of the Counter Pit League Season 2 finals and pitted the second best team in the world against a Swedish team that had been making waves on the second to third tiers of European Counter-Strike in the past few months.

de_cache was the first map of the series and the Danish Astralis showcased how fearsome their CT-side site holds can be, as Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen powered his men to a 13-2 half, which included Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth getting a crucial 4K round on the first gunround of the map.

Astralis went generally unchallenged in the series against Torpedo

Joachim "⁠darti⁠" Fornstedt and his teammates were unable to muster much momentum on the second half either; while Astralis won the second pistolround and were then promptly force bought against by Torpedo, it was a matter of mere rounds before the Danish team claimed victory on the first map with a 16-6 score.

de_dust2 saw a very similar outcome, albeit with even more dominance. Astralis raced ahead to a 14-1 first half that swept aside the Swedes completely, and despite Torpedo taking the second pistolround, the series was over in the blink of an eye as Astralis claimed victory with a 16-2 score.

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	62 - 41	+21	87.0	1.30
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	60 - 45	+15	93.9	1.25
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	48 - 42	+6	72.2	1.10
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	49 - 51	-2	77.6	1.04
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	43 - 50	-7	68.9	0.92

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	55 - 50	+5	79.3	1.15
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	50 - 50	0	79.1	1.03
Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara	44 - 53	-9	71.3	0.90
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	40 - 52	-12	61.9	0.77
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	39 - 57	-18	69.4	0.77

Counter Pit League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3 AstralisMatchpage 2 0 17th March 2016 Torpedo 16Cache 6 16Dust2 2

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	45 - 15	+30	99.6	1.70
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	36 - 16	+20	83.0	1.42
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	33 - 24	+9	102.7	1.40
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	30 - 19	+11	89.2	1.30
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	29 - 21	+8	74.2	1.14

Torpedo	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Samuel 'decent' Oldenburgdecent	24 - 35	-11	60.5	0.74
Mattias 'malle' Lindbergmalle	21 - 37	-16	61.0	0.65
Joachim 'darti' Fornstedtdarti	20 - 33	-13	53.8	0.65
Simon 'downie' Stormdownie	15 - 33	-18	56.5	0.61
Simon 'atter' Atterstamatter	14 - 36	-22	46.1	0.48

The fourth and final quarter-final of the day is next with Envy taking on NRG to determine the final semifinalist for day two of the Counter Pit Season 2 finals.

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