France over Russia to TWC final

France have secured a place in the World Championships grand final after a 2-0 victory over Russia (de_cbble 19-16, de_mirage 16-11).

Same as in the first semi-final of Sweden and Poland, the first map of the French-Russian series was de_cbble with Russia picking up three rounds on the back of a pistol round as Counter-Terrorists.

France quickly got back and equalized the map at 3-3 before Russia secured two more coupled with a forcebuy. Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's triple in an eco round surprised their opponents and it started a string of rounds for the Frenchmen.

That was alive for four rounds straight, as France continued to rack up economy, but Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev's four-kill round stopped it for a 8-7 scoreline in favor of NBK- and company.

Out of the first four rounds of the second half, France managed to secure three for 11-8, but Russia replied with three of their own, much thanks to surviving a scary forcebuy in a 2-on-2.

France got back on the horse in the following three rounds after stacking B a couple of times, but the back-and-forth trend continued. Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin's 1-on-1 clutch and a 2-on-4 victory tied the game up at 14-14 again before the teams split the last two rounds for overtime.

SmithZz had a good showing on de_mirage

There, France picked up all three rounds as Counter-Terrorists and had little to no problems closing de_cbble out at 19-16 before the map switched to de_mirage.

Russia once again was the one to pick up a quick 3-0 lead after securing the initial pistol, this time as Terrorists, and kept on going even after a lost first gunround up until 6-1.

France did pick up one more in between, but it was at a cost of three on the side of Russia, in one of which Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov was able to clutch a late 1-on-1. France started to climb back at 9-2, as Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux started stepping up and helped his team secure all four remaining rounds to keep hope alive.

The second pistol allowed them to tie the game at 9-9, and they pretty much repeated Russia's feat towards the beginning after surviving a scary 1-on-3 attempt by Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin.

This time around though they weren't stopped for longer than on the first side, also thanks to Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer's 1-on-2 save against ego for 14-10 in his team's favor. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's double in a 2-on-3 afterplant from link put one of the last nails in Russia's coffin and France could celebrate advancing to the grand final only two rounds afterwards at 16-11.

World Championships 2015Best of 3 RussiaMatchpage 0 2 11th October 2015 France 16Cobblestone 19 11Mirage 16

Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	51 - 49	+2	-	1.04
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	44 - 46	-2	-	0.97
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	43 - 43	0	-	0.91
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	39 - 48	-9	-	0.83
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	38 - 47	-9	-	0.82

France	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	58 - 40	+18	-	1.29
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	50 - 39	+11	-	1.15
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	39 - 40	-1	-	0.96
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	44 - 46	-2	-	0.95
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	41 - 51	-10	-	0.80

France will now meet Poland in the best-of-five World Championships grand final, keep in mind that the third place decider will not take place as the teams agreed to split prizemoney.

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 764 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 26 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 764 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 204 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.71 Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 611 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 623 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 23 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 702 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65 Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 18 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Age: 23 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 369 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67