Gambit are through to the Upper Bracket final of Group D at the offline qualifier for MLG Columbus after beating Cloud9 16-9 on de_cache.

Cloud9 were the first team to claim bragging rights, having picked up the pistol round following a trio of kills by Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip during a B push. The home side were, however, unable to follow it up as they were punished for not fully comitting to the B site, giving Gambit enough time to regroup and secure the area.

Gambit took control of proceedings and got out to a 6-1 lead as Cloud9 continued to struggle to break through the CIS team's defensive line. The North American team then finally picked up a gun round, but they were reset right after thanks to some stellar AWP shots by Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov. Without any chance to build on the few rounds that went their way, Cloud9 went into the break down 3-12.



Gambit move on in Columbus

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov's men piled more misery on Cloud9 by winning the pistol round on the Terrorist side and the corresponding anti-ecos, bringing the scoreline to 15-3. Cloud9 then found a lifeline as they put together a small run of rounds, forcing Gambit to call a tactical pause. The momentum had shifted in favor of Cloud9, but Gambit ended the home side's hopes of a massive comeback with a Tec9 A rush.

MLG Columbus 2016 Main Qualifier Best of 1 Cloud9 Matchpage 9 16 Gambit 9 Cache 16