Virtus.pro have been sent home on day one of ASUS ROG Winter 2015 following a 10-16 defeat against HellRaisers on de_inferno.

HellRaisers and Virtus.pro entered their third match of the day in Helsinki on the brink of elimination after they were both defeated by PENTA Sports earlier in the group stage.

The CIS-based side, who are attending their first LAN event since their double roster change, relied on a world-class display from their Russian recruit, Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev, who topped the scoreboard in terms of frags (24) and rating (1.55).

TaZ

TaZ's Virtus.pro eliminated in the group stage

After securing a narrow 9-6 lead on the CT side, HellRaisers gave a great account of themselves while playing as Terrorists as they conceded just four rounds in the second half to run out 16-10 victors.

ASUS ROG Winter 2015 Best of 1 Virtus.pro Matchpage 10 16 HellRaisers 10 Inferno 16

HellRaisers K - D +/- ADR Rating 1.0 Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie 24 - 16 +8 - 1.55 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia 22 - 13 +9 - 1.33 Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR 19 - 17 +2 - 1.07 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 16 - 17 -1 - 0.98 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN 13 - 15 -2 - 0.85 Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR Rating 1.0 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps 17 - 18 -1 - 0.93 Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali 17 - 17 0 - 0.91 Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO 16 - 18 -2 - 0.85 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax 15 - 21 -6 - 0.80 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ 13 - 20 -7 - 0.74

In the semi-finals, scheduled for Saturday, PENTA Sports will take on the runner-up of Group B, while HellRaisers will lock horns the the winning side.