TyLoo and dignitas managed to stay alive in Katowice after the former beat Splyce 16-14 on Mirage and the latter defeated Renegades 16-12 on Dust2.

Two teams with a 1-2 record, TYLOO and Splyce, fought for their tournament life on Mirage. TYLOO, who were on the CT-side, secured the pistol round. Splyce answered right back but couldn't put together a streak. Hui "⁠DD⁠" Wu's quad kill gave TYLOO their fifth round (5-1).

David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford almost clutched a 1vs3 but came up short and Splyce called for a timeout as they trailed 1-7. The North Americans executed two fast A-site rushes and picked up two consecutive rounds (10-3). TYLOO led 12-3 at halftime.

DD won the game for TyLoo 

Abraham "⁠abE⁠" Fazli showed up with a quad kill in the second pistol round and brought home the round win but they lost a 4vs2 in the following one. (13-4). Splyce suddenly decided to get into the game and took seven rounds in a row, making it 14-11.

The North Americans got stopped after the said streak and TYLOO attained four match points with a 2vs3 round win (15-11). TYLOO's economy got reset a round later and Splyce went on to get their 14th round. DD clutched a 1vs2 to win the game 16-14 and sent Splyce home.

ESL One Cologne 2016 Main QualifierBest of 1 TYLOOMatchpage 16 14 12th June 2016 Splyce 16Mirage 14

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hui 'DD' WuDD	31 - 21	+10	97.3	1.42
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	20 - 23	-3	87.5	1.12
YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker	20 - 24	-4	67.8	0.99
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	18 - 25	-7	70.4	0.94
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	18 - 22	-4	54.5	0.89

Splyce	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Abraham 'abE' FazliabE	28 - 22	+6	97.9	1.28
David 'DAVEY' StaffordDAVEY	21 - 19	+2	88.2	1.15
Jason 'jasonR' RuchelskijasonR	24 - 23	+1	75.3	1.06
Andrew 'Professor_Chaos' HeintzProfessor_Chaos	18 - 20	-2	79.9	1.04
Arya 'arya' Hekmatarya	22 - 23	-1	69.6	1.03

The other live or diematch was between Renegades and Dignitas and the sides met on Dust2.  Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's triple kill in the pistol round gifted his team on the T-side the first round and Renegades also grabbed the first weapon round with a B-site execute.

Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward's quad kill made the score 5-0 and despite losing some rounds, Renegades extended their lead to 8-2. René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg got four kills and defused the bomb to secure his team's fourth round as they started to get going (8-5). Renegades finished the half 9-6 ahead.

k0nfig had some important rounds 

Dignitas kicked off the second half with three round victories and tied the game at 9-9. Renegades grabbed the fourth round but Dignitas replied with two rounds of their own, taking the lead for the first time in the game (11-10).

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke clutched a 1vs1 and got four kills as he made the score 13-10. Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel's 1vs3 clutch gave Dignitas three match points and the Danes went on to win the match 16-12.

ESL One Cologne 2016 Main QualifierBest of 1 DignitasMatchpage 16 12 12th June 2016 Renegades 16Dust2 12

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	25 - 16	+9	91.4	1.39
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	27 - 18	+9	93.9	1.32
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	20 - 19	+1	77.1	1.05
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	16 - 16	0	63.1	0.92
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	13 - 23	-10	61.5	0.78

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	24 - 18	+6	95.9	1.38
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	24 - 20	+4	91.5	1.27
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	16 - 20	-4	73.7	1.07
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	15 - 20	-5	59.7	0.82
Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ	13 - 23	-10	56.1	0.66

Next up in Katowice will be FlipSid3 vs. Immortals whose streams can be found on our match page.

Dignitas #14 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Splyce #28 Arya 'arya' HekmatAbraham 'abE' FazliDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordJason 'jasonR' RuchelskiAndrew 'Professor_Chaos' Heintz René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 26 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 693 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Immortals #9 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves Renegades #25 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardChad 'SPUNJ' BurchillKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 22 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 448 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Aaron 'AZR' Ward Age: 23 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 147 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 Hui 'DD' Wu Age: 21 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 171 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 FlipSid3 #27 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 299 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Abraham 'abE' Fazli Age: 23 Team: Splyce Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 203 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.74 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 27 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 David 'DAVEY' Stafford Age: 20 Team: Splyce Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 222 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 TYLOO #17 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu