Bravado are through to the grand final at DreamHack Open Winter after defeating x6tence Galaxy 2-0 in the semis (16-2 on Nuke and 19-17 on Inferno).

The first semi-final at DreamHack Open Winter featured Bravado and x6tence Galaxy. The South Africans opened Nuke on the CT-side and secured the pistol as Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek got a double kill. Bravado kept the Swedes at bay in the first weapon round with Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou and Rhys "⁠Fadey⁠" Armstrong's doubles, making it 3-0.

Linus "⁠Bååten⁠" Andersson almost clutched a 1vs3 in the fifth round but Ruan "⁠ELUSIVE⁠" van Wyk managed to kill him to win the round. Even though Bååten was unable to win that round, he clutched a 1vs2 in the ninth round to get his team on the scoreboard (8-1).

Bravado will face the winner of Heroic vs. ENCE in the grand final

Bååten’s one-man crusade continued in the 13th round when he clutched another 1vs2 to secure the round with an ace (11-2). After the first half ended 13-2 in Bravado's favor, ELUSIVE had a crucial 1vs2 victory in the second pistol to make it 14-2. The South African side picked up two more rounds to win the map 16-2.

Bravado's dominance was maintained on Inferno where they started on the T-side to win the pistol round. ELUSIVE and Sonic clutched a 2vs4 to secure the first weapon round and Bravado got three more to lead 6-0.

Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson & André "⁠BARBARR⁠" Möller's double AWP setup brought x6tence Galaxy their first round. nawwk stepped up once again, this time in a 3vs5 in the following round as he got a quad kill to make it two in a row (6-2). Bravado hit back by taking four of the last seven rounds in the half, leading 10-5 at halftime.

x6tence Galaxy exited the tournament in 3-4th place

x6tence Galaxy tied the game at 10-10 after taking the first five rounds in the second half. nawwk clutched a 1vs3 with a Deagle to make it 12-12 and x6tence Galaxy acquired three map points by winning the following three rounds. However, Bravado managed to fight back and took the game to overtime.

Bravado had a perfect CT-side in overtime and secured the one round they needed on the T-side to win the map 19-17. With the 2-0 series victory, the South African side have advanced to the grand final at DreamHack Open Winter 2018.

DreamHack Open Winter 2018Best of 3 BravadoMatchpage 2 0 2nd December 2018 x6tence Galaxy 16Nuke 2 19Inferno 17

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongFadey	51 - 41	+10	93.6	1.32
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	41 - 32	+9	87.2	1.32
Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliDetrony	42 - 35	+7	85.5	1.22
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van WykELUSIVE	44 - 29	+15	83.5	1.18
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	37 - 34	+3	71.7	1.08

x6tence Galaxy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk	49 - 42	+7	87.9	1.17
Linus 'Bååten' AnderssonBååten	36 - 39	-3	76.5	1.03
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	36 - 43	-7	81.5	1.00
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR	25 - 46	-21	54.2	0.71
Gustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkZINKEN	24 - 45	-21	50.0	0.58

Bravado #49 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong Age: 20 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 274 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.74 Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson Age: 21 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 168 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Age: 20 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 319 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.62 x6tence Galaxy #48 André 'BARBARR' MöllerLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonGustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora André 'BARBARR' Möller Age: 28 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 733 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk Age: 25 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 336 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.63 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 19 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 268 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Linus 'Bååten' Andersson Age: 19 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 461 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67