NRG went strength for strength, taking down North with a 16-9 scoreline on Mirage, while OpTic picked up their second win of the tournament by beating Misfits.

NRG's pistol round win on Mirage gave the North American side a footing into the map against North, who were able to reply with a string of four rounds when the guns rolled in. However, the favorites in the matchup weren't able to keep up the pace moving on, as the combination of Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov's AWPing and Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte's rifling proved tough to crack for the Danes.

NRG picked up two big wins on the first day of the EPL Finals

After moving on to the second half with a 9-6 lead, NRG continued their strong form by overruning the B site defense comprised of Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen and René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg in the pistol round, going up 13-6 shortly. Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup's 4K in round 21 gave North a small lifeline, but Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele's team was able to close it out shortly to more or less seal North's fate at the event.

ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals Best of 1 North Matchpage 9 16 NRG 9 Mirage 16

A back and forth start to the matchup between Misfits and OpTic saw the two teams tie up the score at 4-4 before the European mixture was able to get back into the lead. Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg's hat-trick of frags in round 9 kicked that off, and saw them finish the CT side of Overpass with a 10-5 scoreline.

OpTic's respectable lead started melting soon, as a 5-0 start by Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares and co. allowed them to tie up the score at 10-10—with the team's AWPer Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan playing a big part in that comeback. However, Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli sealing a 1v2 in the following round, flanking the B site, was enough for his team to bounce back. From that point onwards, OpTic didn't drop a round, closing out the game 16-10.

ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals Best of 1 Misfits Matchpage 10 16 OpTic 10 Overpass 16