SK Gaming finished second at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in Oakland, California, USA.

Our Brazilian team qualified for the playoffs with a 3-2 standings in Group B, winning against mousesports, Cloud 9 and Ninjas in Pyjamas, but also losing to Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh's Heroic in round one and later to FaZe Clan.

In the playoffs we overcame the French team G2 Esports and later the Danish team Astralis, but failed to clutch the championship title from Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund and company's hands.

SK Gaming at IEM Oakland 2016:

Group stage:
13-16 on de_cbble vs. Heroic
16-10 on de_dust2 vs. mousesports
16-10 on de_dust2 vs. Cloud 9
11-16 on de_nuke vs. FaZe
16-09 on de_cbble vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Quarter-finals:
2-1 vs. G2 Esports
06-16 on de_nuke
16-05 on de_train
16-03 on de_dust2

Semi-finals:
2-0 vs. Astralis
16-14 on de_train
16-12 on de_mirage

Grand final:
1-2 vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
16-04 on de_train
14-16 on de_cache
14-16 on de_cbble


fnx had an astonishing performance in the grand final vs. NiP. (Photo by HLTV.org)

Final standings:

1st. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $125,000
2nd. SK Gaming - $50,000
3rd-4th. Astralis Denmark - $25,000
3rd-4th. FaZe - $25,000
5th-6th. Immortals - $12,000
5th-6th. G2 Esports - $12,000
7th-8th. Cloud 9 - $5,000
7th-8th. Team Liquid - $5,000
9th-10th. - $3,500
9th-10th. Natus Vincere - $3,500
11th-12th. mousesports - $2,000
11th-12th. TyLoo - $2,000

Albeit losing to the Swedish giant in an incredibly close three-map series in the grand final, our CS:GO division has shown promising results in time for the upcoming tenth official major tournament to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, throughout 22nd to 29th of January 2017 by Turner's ELEAGUE brand.

More information about the major tournament will be released soon.

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