SK Gaming have defeated alchemists Unleashed on de_nuke with a score of 16:13, meaning that the Swedes have secured a slot in the second group-stage of the Intel Challenge Cup 8 due to the fact that SK are topping Group B with five wins.

Throughout the tournament alchemists Unleashed have failed to make a real impact on the scoreboard and as a result the Norwegian team is currently sitting at the bottom of Group B. On de_nuke however, aU began with a cracking start, taking the first half of the map as CTs with a score of 9:6. aU failed to pull their weight on the second round however, only grasping four rounds and letting SK take 10 rounds as terrorists to win the match.

SK Gamings first group-stage results:

-win over Virtus.Pro (16:7 on de_inferno)
-win over alchemists Unleashed (16:11 on de_inferno)
-loss against TMS (14:16 on de_dust2)
-win over Virtus.Pro (16:1 on de_train)
-win over TMS (16:2 on de_train)
-win over alchemists Unleashed (16:13 on de_nuke)

Once all the first group-stage matches have concluded the top two teams from each group will proceed to the second group-stage. From there, the top two teams from each group will proceed to the offline playoffs, were only one team will be crowned the ICSC8 champions.