Two more Group B games have transpired with Virtus.pro taking down E-frag.net and Tempo Storm winning a major upset victory against EnVyUs.

The next set of Group B games at IEM Katowice was of utmost importance for the two purportedly elite level teams, Virtus.pro and Envy, as both were fighting to keep their chances of advancing to the playoffs at the Spodek Arena alive.



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The Poles of Virtus.pro had minimal troubles against E-frag.net, who have generally had a poor showing at IEM Katowice, and Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas and his men achieved a 16-9 victory over the Bulgarians on de_overpass.

IEM Katowice 2016 Best of 1 E-frag.net Matchpage 9 16 Virtus.pro 9 Overpass 16

Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali 26 - 12 +14 83.8 1.49 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax 21 - 12 +9 92.9 1.42 Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO 22 - 15 +7 92.3 1.41 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ 18 - 13 +5 84.8 1.29 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps 14 - 13 +1 66.3 1.05 E-frag.net K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR 16 - 19 -3 74.2 0.99 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninpNshr 18 - 19 -1 74.7 0.87 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble 15 - 20 -5 65.1 0.79 Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovspyleadeR 13 - 23 -10 63.3 0.64 Nikolay 'nkl' Krastevnkl 3 - 20 -17 37.3 0.43

The second match saw far more on the line as Tempo Storm rocketed up to an early advantage by closing the first half with a 10-5 T-side score on de_mirage against EnVyUs.

Two crucial smoke defuses continued to propel the Brazilians forward on their CT-side in addition to all-around solid play and they ultimately stunned nV 16-7 on the map and knocked the French team out of the tournament.

IEM Katowice 2016 Best of 1 Envy Matchpage 7 16 Tempo Storm 7 Mirage 16

Tempo Storm K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1 23 - 13 +10 119.7 1.84 Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz 23 - 13 +10 89.3 1.50 Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME 20 - 17 +3 89.4 1.27 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1 15 - 12 +3 51.5 1.06 João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps 12 - 14 -2 64.1 0.93 Envy K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy 16 - 17 -1 77.6 0.95 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa 16 - 18 -2 74.0 0.93 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS 11 - 18 -7 53.0 0.69 Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX 13 - 21 -8 69.6 0.69 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK- 12 - 19 -7 75.7 0.68

Group B standings:

# Team W L Diff Points 1. Astralis Astralis 4 0 +37 12 2. Tempo Storm

Tempo Storm 3 1 +16 9 3. FaZe

FaZe 2 2 -1 6 4. Virtus.pro Virtus.pro 2 2 -8 6 5. EnVyUs EnVyUs 1 3 -12 3 6. E-frag.net E-frag.net 0 4 -32 0

The current group standings mean that the upcoming match between Virtus.pro and FaZe will determine the final third team to advance to the playoffs of IEM Katowice.

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