Vitality defeats Gambit in a 2-1 fashion before booking a seat for themselves to face Virtus.pro in the semi-finals of IEM Winter. Vitality kept their undefeated record alive against Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov and co. The runner-ups of BLAST Premier Fall Final would hope to add one more grand final appearance to their list of achievements this season when they face Virtus.pro next.
The French side first bulldozed the other side on Dust2 and then on Vertigo Gambit forced a comeback to push the match into decider mode. On Mirage, Vitality was in red hot form but Gambit pushed the map into overtime but did not have an answer for Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut’s 1.42 rated performance and lost by 19-17.