Falcons and Natus Vincere to Meet in the IEM Beijing Playoff-Path Final

Falcons and Natus Vincere won their IEM Beijing lower bracket semifinals 2-0 against HEROIC and B8, respectively. The two teams will meet in the final later today for the next step on their playoff path.

Falcons beat HEROIC 13-8 on Ancient and 13-6 on Dust2. HEROIC failed to reach ten rounds on either map. Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin delivered by far the best performance of the match, with a 1.90 rating, a +7.08% plus-minus and 114.7 ADR. His 2.17 rating on Dust2 was the third-highest performance at a major LAN tournament.

Natus Vincere took Ancient 13-8 against B8. On Dust2, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and his team went up 12-7 after a 6-6 first half on the T side. The opponent then made a late push and took the map to overtime. Natus Vincere won the series with a 13-11 win in the final round of regulation time and advanced to the decider match of the lower bracket group stage.