G2 Esports have prevailed over Team Liquid 2-1 and will move on to the Esports Championship Series semifinals, where they'll face Fnatic.

G2’s run through the group stage started off with a hitch, taking a one-sided 6-16 loss to Liquid in their opening match. But the Frenchmen quickly turned things around and took a swift 2-0 victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas to stay alive. Liquid were defeated by Luminosity Gaming in the group’s Winner’s Match, which meant that G2 had a rematch against the Americans.

The decider opened on Cobble, with G2 taking a strong 9-6 half, but Liquid ran away with second half, winning the second pistol round and taking nine rounds in the row. Some rounds they had no business winning, but with some clutch plays they eventually closed the map 16-12.

On the next map, Dust 2, G2 found their comfort zone, and took a massive 10-5 lead at the half. They also won the second pistol round, setting themselves up for success, which they eventually found with a devastating 16-6 finish to tie the series.

The final game of the series was on Nuke, and G2 got off to another explosive start with an 11-4 half, crushing Liquid’s T-side strats. Liquid found `more momentum on the CT-side, playing aggressively onto the bomb sites and taking six rounds in a row after the second pistol. But once G2 shut down their momentum, it was gone forever, and G2 closed the map and the series with a 16-11 scoreline.

ScreaM and shox are unsurprisingly the top performers on G2. ScreaM has a 1.28 HLTV player rating averaged over the event, while shox has a 1.25 rating. More of a surprise is that RpK is not far behind them, with a 1.2 rating of his own.

With G2 Esports’ victory, Team Liquid have been eliminated from the tournament and G2 move on to the semifinals to face Fnatic. Bracket play for the tournament starts on Sunday.