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Tempo Storm are the first team through to the semi-final at the CEVO Gfinity Professional Season 9 finals as they were able to defeat dignitas (Mirage 16-12, Cobblestone 12-16, Cache 16-14) and win group B.

Already in the map picks and bans phase, the analysts Duncan "Thorin" Shields and Richard Lewis echoed each other stating that Dignitas was the favorite to win the match taking into consideration the maps chosen.

However, Tempo Storm had a plan of their own going up 6-1 before the Danes were able to tie up the match at six a piece. At this point, Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass was able to clutch a 1vs2 to not only take the lead once again, but also to win the first half 9-6 on the CT side.

It was more of the same in the second half as the Brazilian team was able to win the pistol round and the subsequent three rounds after that. Luckily for Dignitas, Jesper "⁠TENZKI⁠" Plougmann was able to win a huge 1vs3 situation to bring the Danes back. Tempo Storm actually ended up taking a tactical pause as Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen and co. edged closer and closer.

The pause ended up making the entire difference as the Brazilians from Tempo Storm were able to run away with the map to end it 16-12.

hen1 provided us with a few highlight reels over the course of the match

Tempo Storm's map choice started out with both teams trading rounds back and forth. This trend would continue throughout the half but in the end it was the young Brazilian team who won the half ever so slightly off the back of Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles's great AWP play.

The second half took a different turn as it ended up being the Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel show as we saw some great multi-kill rounds from the Norwegian. Dignitas would go on a 9-4 streak in the second half to end the series, winning on Cobblestone 16-12.

felps led the way on the final map with a 1.71 rating 

On the final map of the series it seemed like the first half would be very close, similar to the second map. However, Dignitas rushed up to an 8-3 lead forcing a pause from Tempo Storm. Once again, the pause helped improve their situation as post-pause the score was 2-2 meaning the half ended 10-5 in favor of Dignitas.

In the final half of the series we ended up seeing rounds being traded in no particular pattern between the two teams. At the score of 14-13 in favor of the Danes, technical problems arose with one of the computers at a crucial moment. The Brazilians took better advantage of the extended pause as they won out after the pause and took the map 16-14 to give them the series.

CEVO Gfinity Professional Season 9 FinalsBest of 3 Tempo StormMatchpage 2 1 29th April 2016 Dignitas 16Mirage 12 12Cobblestone 16 16Cache 14

Tempo Storm	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME	67 - 57	+10	97.2	1.30
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	73 - 63	+10	89.1	1.19
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	68 - 56	+12	81.9	1.15
Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1	53 - 48	+5	57.6	1.05
Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1	54 - 55	-1	64.3	0.96

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	66 - 60	+6	84.6	1.13
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	57 - 63	-6	71.7	1.00
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	58 - 63	-5	74.6	0.99
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	57 - 59	-2	65.2	0.99
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	41 - 70	-29	61.9	0.71

In the next match we'll see HellRaisers take on Virtus.pro to determine which team will win group A and be the second team to advance to the semi-final.

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

Virtus.pro #6 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 21 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 762 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.72 Henrique 'HEN1' Teles Age: 20 Team: Tempo Storm Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 146 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.56 Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Age: 21 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 386 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Dignitas #8 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Ricardo 'boltz' Prass Age: 19 Team: Tempo Storm Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 275 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Tempo Storm #15 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves HellRaisers #19 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowTomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' Žúdel Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 22 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 415 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68