MOUZ have become the first grand finalists at DreamHack Open Tours 2019 after defeating AVANGAR 2-0 in the semis.

The first semi-final at the $100,000 event kicked off on Train where the CT-sided MOUZ won the pistol round after Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker picked up a triple kill. AVANGAR lost a 3vs2 and a 4vs2 in the following two rounds to trail 3-0.

The Kazakhstani team got on the scoreboard thanks to Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov's triple kill with the AUG in the fifth round and they came back to tie the game at 4-4. Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen found two Deagle kills in the ninth round to reclaim MOUZ' lead.

mouz will take on the winner of Valiance vs. G2 in the grand final

After finishing the first half 8-7 ahead, MOUZ grabbed the second pistol round victory as David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský got four kills. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong and company followed it up with six more rounds to earn eight map points and closed out the map in their second attempt, winning 16-8.

Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov stepped up to the plate to start the second map, Dust2, as he secured the pistol round victory with a quad kill. MOUZ responded with a five-round streak and the teams traded blows from there on until the end of the first half, which concluded with a three-round MOUZ lead (9-6).

AVANGAR's campaign has come to an end

karrigan set up the play in the second pistol round and got three flash assists as mouz reached double-digits. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool got four kills with the AUG to shut down AVANGAR's gun round, extending his team's lead to 12-6.

AVANGAR picked up their first T-side round on the B-site where Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev found two opening kills with the Deagle in the 21st round. However, this would be AVANGAR's only round on the offense as MOUZ took the following rounds to win the map with a 16-7 score. With the 2-0 series victory, MOUZ have advanced to the grand final.

DreamHack Open Tours 2019Best of 3 AVANGARMatchpage 0 2 19th May 2019 MOUZ 8Train 16 7Dust2 16

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timur 'buster' Tulepovbuster	31 - 32	-1	77.1	1.00
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	31 - 34	-3	65.3	0.91
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	30 - 37	-7	61.7	0.85
Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievSANJI	23 - 38	-15	64.0	0.69
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch	12 - 35	-23	37.7	0.47

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	36 - 22	+14	84.3	1.42
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	33 - 20	+13	79.3	1.37
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	36 - 27	+9	73.2	1.28
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	37 - 27	+10	82.7	1.25
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	34 - 31	+3	79.3	1.16

Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev Age: 21 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 202 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Age: 26 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 551 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Timur 'buster' Tulepov Age: 19 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 670 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.62 AVANGAR #13 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Robin 'ropz' Kool Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 542 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.62 David 'frozen' Čerňanský Age: 16 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 619 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.66 MOUZ #12 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 28 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1356 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 29 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 1428 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.68 Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 20 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 631 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62