Group D: Canada, Norway survive

Group D of The World Championships 2015 concludes with Canada and Norway advancing, while Singapore and Belgium bow out of the tournament.

The second day of The World Championships 2015 saw Groups C and D kick off, with the latter group featuring Canada, Norway, Belgium, and Singapore competing for a slice of the $100,000 prize-pot.

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Bjoern "⁠Skurk⁠" Maaren's Norway made butcher's work of Asian qualifier Singapore, shutting the SouthEast Asian nation's players down 16-3 on de_dust2.

World Championships 2015Best of 1 NorwayMatchpage 16 3 9th October 2015 Singapore 16Dust2 3

Norway	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kenneth 'REASTEN' KristiansenREASTEN	23 - 6	+17	-	1.91
Pål 'Polly' KammenPolly	19 - 6	+13	-	1.64
Adam 'PAINT' FjellumPAINT	15 - 8	+7	-	1.38
Bjoern 'Skurk' MaarenSkurk	15 - 7	+8	-	1.36
Kristoffer 'Mystic' MichelsenMystic	13 - 8	+5	-	1.26

Singapore	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Benjamin 'moxie' Koumoxie	11 - 18	-7	-	0.65
Nigel 'Niqo' GohNiqo	8 - 17	-9	-	0.56
Anthony 'ImpressioN' LimImpressioN	7 - 16	-9	-	0.47
Nigel 'spielz' Awspielz	4 - 16	-12	-	0.34
Chew 'Vulmest' Mun KeiVulmest	5 - 18	-13	-	0.29

The second opener of Group D saw Belgium's Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans attempt to lead a squad against Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen's Canada, the latter team now the hope of North America following the USA's disastrous campaign.

The bullheaded tactics of SEMPHIS proved to be stronger than the finesse of Ex6TenZ as Canada's players fragged their way into the Group D winners' match, taking de_train 16-9 following ten straight rounds on the Canadian team's CT side.

World Championships 2015Best of 1 CanadaMatchpage 16 9 9th October 2015 Belgium 16Train 9

Canada	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	26 - 11	+15	-	1.58
David 'DAVEY' StaffordDAVEY	21 - 15	+6	-	1.14
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	19 - 19	0	-	1.02
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	19 - 17	+2	-	1.01
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	18 - 17	+1	-	0.98

Belgium	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	20 - 19	+1	-	1.05
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	22 - 22	0	-	1.04
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	17 - 19	-2	-	0.86
Benoît 'MetaL' GueletteMetaL	12 - 22	-10	-	0.55
Pierre 'NpK' HenkinetNpK	8 - 21	-13	-	0.42

In the losers' match, Belgium went up against Singapore and despite the Asian team's slightly better T-side performance this time around on de_dust2, the Belgian team did them one better on the offense, taking the map 16-6 and knocking the Singaporeans out of the tournament.

World Championships 2015Best of 1 SingaporeMatchpage 6 16 9th October 2015 Belgium 6Dust2 16

Belgium	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	21 - 12	+9	-	1.51
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	19 - 8	+11	-	1.37
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	21 - 13	+8	-	1.29
Benoît 'MetaL' GueletteMetaL	20 - 17	+3	-	1.29
Pierre 'NpK' HenkinetNpK	14 - 13	+1	-	0.97

Singapore	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nigel 'spielz' Awspielz	21 - 15	+6	-	1.29
Nigel 'Niqo' GohNiqo	17 - 19	-2	-	1.02
Benjamin 'moxie' Koumoxie	13 - 19	-6	-	0.74
Anthony 'ImpressioN' LimImpressioN	7 - 22	-15	-	0.37
Chew 'Vulmest' Mun KeiVulmest	4 - 21	-17	-	0.19

The Group D winners match also took place on de_dust2 and it was Canada who finished the first half up against Kristoffer "⁠Mystic⁠" Michelsen and co., 9-6. The Canadians showcased another superb CT-side in the group stage, taking ten straight rounds to Norway's one, mainly based off of refrags and coordination.

The Canadian team therefore took down Norway 16-10 and became the first to advance out of Group D.

World Championships 2015Best of 1 NorwayMatchpage 10 16 9th October 2015 Canada 10Dust2 16

Canada	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	20 - 15	+5	-	1.21
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	21 - 14	+7	-	1.21
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	22 - 21	+1	-	1.06
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	17 - 17	0	-	0.98
David 'DAVEY' StaffordDAVEY	14 - 17	-3	-	0.89

Norway	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Pål 'Polly' KammenPolly	21 - 20	+1	-	1.00
Bjoern 'Skurk' MaarenSkurk	17 - 18	-1	-	0.93
Kenneth 'REASTEN' KristiansenREASTEN	17 - 18	-1	-	0.91
Kristoffer 'Mystic' MichelsenMystic	16 - 20	-4	-	0.79
Adam 'PAINT' FjellumPAINT	13 - 18	-5	-	0.78

The decider match dragged on into the wee hours of the next day due to incessant network issues (and thus took place off stream), and the games themselves were of marathon quality, with Norway picking up the victory on de_mirage only after overtime, 19-16.

de_inferno was equally contested with measure, and it was Belgium's time to take a map, once again with a 19-16 scoreline after a single overtime. Norway buckled in for the long haul and took the third map of de_dust2 with the score of 16-12.

World Championships 2015Best of 3 BelgiumMatchpage 1 2 9th October 2015 Norway 16Mirage 19 19Inferno 16 12Dust2 16

Norway	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Adam 'PAINT' FjellumPAINT	74 - 68	+6	-	1.11
Pål 'Polly' KammenPolly	76 - 67	+9	-	1.05
Kenneth 'REASTEN' KristiansenREASTEN	69 - 69	0	-	1.04
Bjoern 'Skurk' MaarenSkurk	66 - 71	-5	-	0.93
Kristoffer 'Mystic' MichelsenMystic	60 - 75	-15	-	0.82

Belgium	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	84 - 64	+20	-	1.23
Benoît 'MetaL' GueletteMetaL	74 - 69	+5	-	1.04
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	71 - 69	+2	-	1.04
Pierre 'NpK' HenkinetNpK	62 - 70	-8	-	0.90
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	58 - 73	-15	-	0.84

The playoffs kick off in a few hours' time with Poland taking on Kyrgyzstan at 10:30 .

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