Finals ESL One Cologne 2016

the first map went train, 1 of sk s best maps. sk won first 3 rounds liquid answered round of own. on limited buy, sk managed pull out fourth round, resetting liquid s economy. in sixth round, coldzera planted bomb 5 seconds left , in 1 vs 2 situation. picks off hiko pistol switches awp , picked off jdm64. score 6-3 in favor of sk when liquid found in favorable 3 vs 1 against taco. however, nitr0 , s1mple went down , taco reacted hiko s spray , killed him ten seconds left win round. liquid go on 4-1 run after taco s clutch make score close 8-7 game. in second half, sk proved had best counter-terrorist side on train of teams. sk went on 8-0 run in second half, not allowing liquid single round, , took game 16-7. taco had 24 kills team , coldzera had 23. elige had 18 kills liquid s1mple had 10 kills, not making impact in game.

cobblestone played liquid 4 out of 9 maps , won 3 of games, losing virtus.pro. liquid won first 2 rounds sk won round in barely spent money. score tied 4-4 after round 8. sk went on win 5 rounds in row go 9-4. however, jdm64 temporarily stopped sk getting 10th round got ace in round. sk did pick tenth round, jdm64 s ace prevented brazilians going 11-4. sk started winning first 3 rounds liquid got important 6th round. however, s rounds liquid sk win next 3 rounds win 16-6 , second consecutive major, feat fnatic had achieved prior major. coldzera had 21 kills , fallen had 20 kills lead way sk. while nitr0 did 18 kills, elige , s1mple had 11 kills each , hiko had 10 kills.

with sk winning major, in sole possession of second place in terms of major wins. fnatic still leads way 3 majors. virtus.pro, ninjas in pyjamas, team envyus, , team ldlc.com have 1 each.