The underdogs Kazakhstani team k23 has done the seemingly impossible and knocked off Natus Vincere in a best-of-3, on train and inferno no less! Na`Vi went out in two maps straight and as well as their loss on their home map of train were crushed 4:16 on inferno. This performance will likely raise some questions about their level of play at the tournament.

Natus Vincere 9:16 k23 (train - 3:12, 6:4)
Natus Vincere 4:16 k23 (inferno - 4:11, 0:5)

k23 will face Lions swe in the final after the Swedes overcame Russia's forZe in the other semi-final in two straight. The victory came fairly easily for the Swedes who swept the Russians aside on dust2 with a big 13 round terrorist first half. Likewise they did their damage in the first half of the second map going up 10:5, though this time on the CT side of nuke.

Lions swe 16:2 forZe (dust2 - 13:2, 3:0)
Lions swe 16:9 forZe (nuke - 10:5, 6:5)

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