fnatic eliminated by 00Nation at Nordic Masters

Much like ENCE, fnatic's chances of playing at BLAST Fall have been crushed.

Despite fnatic's impressive debut with their revamped lineup at ESL Pro League Season 14, the majority Swedish team have dipped out of Pelaajat.com's Nordic Masters after losses to both Copenhagen Flames and 00NATION. As the event is a qualifier for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, fnatic will be unable to claim that spot at the Showdown event in October.

Fnatic have hit small roadblock in their return to the top

In the fully best of one GSL group stage, fnatic first faced the newly signed 00NATION, winning the match on Nuke 16-9. After taking down Lyngby Vikings, Copenhagen Flames faced fnatic in the winners match, resulting in a 10-16 loss on Inferno for the black and orange. Their final chance of advancing was in a rematch against 00Nation in the decider.

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The Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin-led fnatic had a terrible CT side against the Brazilians on Mirage, and despite a pretty strong second half, fell to 00NATION 12-16, bowing out of Group B in third place. Despite their poor result in the event, AWPer Jack "⁠Jackinho⁠" Ström Mattsson still posted an average 1.13 rating over the three maps they played.

Nordic Masters Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier QualifierBest of 1 fnaticMatchpage 12 16 4th September 2021 00NATION 12Mirage 16

The playoffs for the Nordic Masters will begin on Sunday, August 5, where 00NATION will play Dignitas and Copenhagen Flames will face HAVU. The winner of the event will receive a spot at the BLAST Fall Showdown, which currently features the likes of Movistar Riders and ViCi.

Movistar Riders #66 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaDavid 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo HAVU #35 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJemi 'jemi' Mäkinen 00NATION #43 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraVinicius 'vsm' Moreira Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Dignitas #57 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergAdam 'friberg' FribergJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliLudvig 'HEAP' Alonso Lyngby Vikings #39 Dion 'FASHR' DerksenJakob 'Daffu' SchildtAdam 'WolfY' AnderssonThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenMarcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin Age: 25 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1040 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 ViCi #56 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongYi 'JamYoung' Yang ENCE #19 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi fnatic #34 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinJack 'Jackinho' Ström MattssonWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Copenhagen Flames #30 Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenJakob 'jabbi' NygaardRasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss