North have been eliminated from the ELEAGUE Major following a back-and-forth 2-1 loss to Virtus.Pro Friday. VP will now go on to face the winner of Saturday's match between FaZe Clan and SK Gaming.

VP came out of the gate swinging on Overpass, winning 14 rounds in a row on their CT-side before North were able to win the final round to end the half 14-1. Though North were able to win three more rounds to prevent a lopsided scoreline, VP’s momentum carried them through to victory on the first map 16-4.

Cache was a lot closer thanks to heroics from Virtus.Pro in the final stages of the map. What started out as a 4-0 run ended as a 9-6 CT half from North, and the ensuing terrorist pistol round was won by North. This led to a lopsided 14-7 scoreline before VP clawed their way back into it. But that comeback was cut short after North figured out holes in the double AWP setup from VP and faked a B site push effectively to secure the win 16-12.

The final map, Cobblestone, saw North win the first pistol and first gun round on CT side, leapfrogging them to a 7-1 scoreline. At the end of a dominant half that basically saw them reading VP's playbook and counteracting most of their pushes, North looked to secure the win with a 12-3 CT half. Though North secured a round early in the T half that left VP's economy in questionable territory, the team rampaged through their own CT side, putting on a clinic and only dropping that single round on their to a 16-13 victory.

VP activated the famed "Virtus Plow" when their backs were against the wall, and saw absolutely stellar performances to secure the victory from Snax and pashaBiceps, who had 1.22 and 1.44 ratings respectively.

EARLIER: Fnatic eliminate Gambit from the ELEAGUE Major

Gambit Esports have been eliminated from the ELEAGUE Major 2017, losing 2-1 to Fnatic in their quarterfinal match on Friday. Fnatic move on to the semifinals against Astralis.

Fnatic opened the series with a fairly one-sided game on Cache, as they took a 10-5 half on their T-side and kept their momentum going to close the map at a 16-7. However, Gambit returned the favor on Overpass, taking a 12-3 half on their T-side and blowing out Fnatic in the second half to end the map 16-3.

The deciding map was on Dust 2, a map which Gambit has a strong 7/1 record on in the past three months, while Fnatic had a 3/3 record in the same time period. History be damned, though, as Fnatic kicked off the map with eight straight rounds. Gambit recovered and ended the first half with a 9-6 deficit, but they completely ran out of steam in the second half and only took a single round before Fnatic closed the map 16-9 to win the series.

twist was they key player on Fnatic during the match as he averaged a whopping 1.36 HLTV rating across the series, and was the only Fnatic player with a rating above 1.00.

EARLIER: Astralis eliminate Natus Vincere from the ELEAGUE Major

Natus Vincere have been eliminated from the ELEAGUE Major 2017 on Friday after losing their quarterfinal match 2-1 against Astralis. Astralis move on to the semifinals to face the winners of Fnatic vs. Gambit Esports.

The result comes as a bit of a surprise considering the two teams' performances from the group stage, as Na`Vi advanced to the playoffs with a flawless 3-0 record. Meanwhile, Astralis struggled in the early stages of the group stage, but advanced with a 3-2 record.

Astralis exploded out of the gate in the opening map on Overpass as they ended their T-side half with a 12-3 scoreline. Na`Vi could not find the same amount of momentum in the second half and lost the map 16-7.

The second map of the series was on Mirage and it was Na`Vi this time around that took a strong first half, 9-6 on their T-side. The second half was much more competitive as Astralis took the lead for the first time in the map, going up to a 14-10 scoreline.

With their backs against the wall, Na`Vi switched on and took five miraculous rounds in a row to go up to match point 15-14. The final round of regulation came down to a 1v2 scenario with Xyp9x being the sole Danish player, but he critically whiffed his spray and Na`Vi won the map to stay alive in the series.

The third map, on Dust2, was closely fought in the first half, with Na`Vi taking a slight 8-7 lead at the half on their CT-side. But Astralis came back in the second half, winning six rounds in a row to win the map and the series 16-10.

Dennis "Tarmanydyn" Gonzales is a news editor for theScore esports who enjoys whiskey, D&D a first-picking Abaddon Slardar Clinkz Medusa Oracle a P90 my Souvenir Negev Discipline Priest Pharah. You can follow him on Twitter.

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