Titan, Conquest to CEVO semi

The final two teams to make the playoffs of the CEVO-P Season 8 are Titan and Conquest, perhaps defeating their respective rivals of Luminosity and dignitas somewhat unexpectedly in both groups' deciding matches.

Group A's deciding match of the CEVO-P Season 8 finals at the MLG.tv arena was a rematch of both teams' openers with Titan and Luminosity squaring off yet again.

It was Titan who made sure to not put the cart before the horse this time as Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon used his newfangled leading powers to give the Belgian-French team a map win on de_cache with a score of 16-11.

de_cbble on the other hand was much more in Luminosity's court with the Brazilians taking that map 16-11, a somewhat ironic fact considering both teams defeated each other on their own map picks.

The RpK-tank came rolling through a town named Luminosity on de_inferno

The final map was where Titan's support Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy put in a strong performance, helping win multiple key rounds to give Titan the 16-14 map win on de_inferno, a series win, and the third spot in the CEVO Season 8 semifinals.

CEVO Professional Season 8 FinalsBest of 3 LuminosityMatchpage 1 2 7th November 2015 Titan 11Cache 16 16Cobblestone 11 14Inferno 16

Titan	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	73 - 63	+10	-	1.20
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	62 - 57	+5	-	1.09
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	62 - 58	+4	-	1.05
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	56 - 60	-4	-	0.96
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	45 - 61	-16	-	0.77

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	79 - 58	+21	-	1.27
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	62 - 59	+3	-	0.98
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	59 - 64	-5	-	0.92
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	49 - 58	-9	-	0.85
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	50 - 60	-10	-	0.81

The second game pitted Conquest, a North American team making its first offline appearance and who made it to the decider match after defeating regional rivals Liquid.

Conquest, powered by Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz, Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, and Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan took off on the first map of de_cbble and, supported by boisterous local fans, managed to stun the Danes 16-9 on the first map.

On de_train, a clearly shaky dignitas went down 0-6 to Conquest but managed to rally and finish the half 8-7 up. The game went the ultra longhaul from here on out, as Conquest first managed to get match-point at 15-12 but then lost the advantage and the game went into overtime.

The first overtime saw both teams win all 3 CT rounds and thus force a second overtime but it was finally here that dignitas powered ahead and took the second map 22-19.

The final map of de_cache was once again a nailbiter with dignitas ending the first half while 10-5 but a tenacious Conquest defense pulled ahead and ultimately saw the North American team win 16-13 to be the final team to make the CEVO semifinals.

CEVO Professional Season 8 FinalsBest of 3 DignitasMatchpage 1 2 8th November 2015 Conquest 9Cobblestone 16 22Train 19 13Cache 16

Conquest	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	80 - 69	+11	-	1.18
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	81 - 61	+20	-	1.17
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	72 - 65	+7	-	1.06
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	64 - 72	-8	-	0.89
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	53 - 68	-15	-	0.83

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	91 - 69	+22	-	1.33
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	67 - 67	0	-	0.98
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	68 - 79	-11	-	0.91
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	53 - 66	-13	-	0.84
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	54 - 69	-15	-	0.77

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 26 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 297 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 22 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 17 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 176 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 23 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 740 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz Age: 21 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69