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Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere and MOUZ secured the final three spots in the semi-finals of the $1 million CS:GO tournament play-offs at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Natus Vincere defeated FaZe Clan on two maps to advance to Saturday’s match against MOUZ, who defeated FURAI Esports on three maps.

Virtus.pro stayed alive with a 2-1 win over Team Vitality in the other quarterfinal. On Saturday, Virtus.pro will face G2 Esports, who advanced to the semifinals with a win on Thursday.

Saturday’s winners will play the tournament’s grand final on Sunday.

Natus Vincere won a few close maps in their sweep, claiming Mirage 13-10 and Nuke 16-12 in overtime.

Ukraine’s Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy had 46 kills and a plus-12 kills/deaths differential, while teammate and compatriot Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov also finished at plus-12. FaZe was led by Denmark’s Finn “karrigan” Andersen with 37 kills, while Slovakia’s David “frozen” Cernansky was their only player with a positive differential (plus-1).

MOUZ and FURIA traded map wins to start their match. MOUZ won 13-7 on Nuke, but FURIA won 13-11 on Mirage. On the deciding map, Inferno, MOUZ built a 12-4 lead and won 13-7.

Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo dominated for the winners, with 62 kills and a plus-33 differential. Yuri “yuurih” Santos and Felipe “skullz” Medeiros led FURIA with 39 kills apiece for the all-Brazilian lineup, but neither player had a positive differential.

Vitality took the lead over Virtus.pro, winning the first map, Mirage, 22-20 in overtime. But Virtus.pro responded with consecutive wins over Inferno (13-7) and Dust II (13-5) to advance.

Dzhami “Jame” Ali led the winning all-Russian lineup with 67 kills and a plus-29 differential. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France collected 70 kills and posted a plus-9 differential.

The tournament continues on Saturday with two semi-finals:

–Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports

–Natus Vincere vs MOUZ

Esports World Cup CS:GO $1 Million Prize Pool (Cash, Club Points)

1. $400,000, 1,000 points

2. $175,000, 600

3-4. $85,000, 275

5-8. $40,000, 60 — Team Vitality, Team Spirit, FaZe Clan, FURIA Esports

9. $25,000, No Points — The MongolZ

10-11. $15,000, no points — Sashi Esport, M80

12-15. $10,000, No Points — JiJieHao, FlyQuest, MIBR, Complexity Gaming

–Field Level Media