BETBOOM beats FURIA and reaches the semifinals at IEM Beijing

BETBOOM beat FURIA in a three-map series in the IEM Beijing quarterfinals. In the match that went to overtime on the last map, BETBOOM advanced to the playoff semifinals. The team will face MOUZ in the semifinals, the side that beat them 0-1 in the group stage.

On Ancient, BETBOOM easily won the first map. Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko got consecutive multikills on T side and won the round economy with a clutch. On CT side, he stood out with the performance that closed the map.

On Dust2, FURIA won the pistol round and started well on T side. However, once zorte came in with the AWP, BETBOOM took a 7-5 lead at halftime. In the second half, Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo got an ace with the USP, using only headshot kills. Critical multikills from Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato and Danil "molodoy" Golubenko carried the series to the last map.

On Nuke, BETBOOM went up 5-0. FURIA won four rounds in a row to close the gap. BETBOOM reached match point at 12-7. FURIA then won five rounds in a row to level the score and the match went to overtime. In overtime, with the score at 13-13 and 14-14, double kills from Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin and zorte gave BETBOOM match point. In the final 2v2, FURIA could not plant the bomb. Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov hit the planting player with a move that came in on A site. The BB IGL took the final frag and ended the match.