Fnatic are through to the IEM Cologne group stage

After defeating 9INE 2-0, fnatic advances to the IEM Cologne group stage. fnatic opened the scoring with a 16-12 victory on their Ancient selection before capping the series with a 16-10 triumph on Vertigo. In place of William "mezii" Merriman, who went above and beyond the call of duty with a 1.62-rated effort in fnatic's first triumph over Complexity, it was  Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen chance to lead his side to victory this time. 

The Dane defeated the Poles in the final match with a server-high rating of 1.46. He particularly shone on Vertigo, when he scored 31 kills and helped stop 9INE from advancing the match to the decisive map of Nuke.  In the off-season, fnatic changed up their roster by bringing in Aurélien "afro" Drapier and Christopher "dexter." Nong, and will be satisfied to earn two victories in a row to advance to the next round of competition.