No CS:GO Major trophy for NiKo
G2 have been eliminated from the final CS:GO Major as fnatic took down HooXi's men 2-1 following an intense series in the 1-2 bracket in the Legends Stage at the Paris Major 2023. It was G2 who took the lead in the series but fnatic turned it around on their map pick and on the series decider on Vertigo, mezii and his men were too strong.
With G2's elimination, NiKo will leave CS:GO without a Major trophy while fnatic now are one more win away from the Champions Stage and their dream of a fourth CS:GO Major is still alive.
The third elimination game of the day kicked off on G2's pick of Inferno with G2 on the defensive half. G2 won the opening pistol but fnatic tied up the score as they converted their force buy. A four round streak saw fnatic take an early 4-1 lead before NiKo clutched out a 1v1 to give G2 their second. G2's third came off the back of a low buy with save guns with a calculated play from FASHR and a KRIMZ 1v1 saw fnatic secure their sixth. Critical openers on Banana from nicoodoz and roeJ saw fnatic take an early 9-3 lead before a m0NESY quad kill on yet another low buy saw G2 put four on the board. mezii and nicoodoz converted a 2v3 on the B site to secure ten rounds in the first half. A mezii triple kill which ended with a 1v1 clutch against m0NESY helped fnatic end the first half with a 11-4.
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NiKo's triple kill gave G2 the second pistol and HooXi and his men held on against the upgraded pistols and the following eco round to take the score to 11-7. A hunter- triple dismantled a fnatic A hold which saw G2 secure double digits and bring it to a one-game round. A force buy from fnatic consisting of pistols and MP9 saw FASHR win out a 1v1 against jks to give fnatic their first defensive round. Another low buy from fnatic saw them put two defensive rounds together as nicoodoz came in with a crucial 1v1 clutch against jks. NiKo's triple on the B site helped G2 tie up the game at 13-13 but fnatic weren't giving up as mezii's bold calling saw fnatic tie up the game 14-14 on the back of another low buy with MP9s. An incredible quad kill hold on the A site from KRIMZ saw fnatic take 15 first. A jks 1v3 saw G2 take the map to Overtime.
m0NESY kicked off Overtime with an AK-47 ace but fnatic answered right back to tie the score up at 16-16. NiKo put G2 on map point through his Banana hold and a solid defensive hold on the A site saw G2 take the first map at 19-16.
fnatic's pick of Ancient saw G2 start on the CT half and it was G2 who won the pistol and against the eco from fnatic, it was jks with a quad kill to give G2 a 2-0 start. A triple from roeJ gave fnatic their first round. FASHR's ace against an eco buy from G2 saw fnatic get the score to 3-4. mezii and KRIMZ gave fnatic the lead at 5-4 through their aggressive openings. A KRIMZ 1v1 against jks saw fnatic get seven and mezii and his men finished the half with a 9-6 lead.
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A jks quad kill in the second half pistol that had consisted of four headshots saw G2 take the second pistol to get their seventh. It was the Aussie once again with a quad kill to give G2 their ninth but mezii with a Five-Seven hit back to keep fnatic's lead to three rounds. It was only jks who was stepping up as the Australian came in with yet another 1v2 clutch to give G2 their tenth. A m0NESY triple kill in a round with upgraded pistols for G2 saw them stay in the game at 11-15 with fnatic responded with a low buy of their own to seal the map at 16-11. It was fnatic's in-game leader who was on top of the scoreboard for fnatic with 24 kills as the Brit led from the front.
A third and final map was on Vertigo with G2 starting on the T side as they won the pistol round. fnatic picked up their first round as soon as they brought out the guns, with KRIMZ coming in with a triple kill B hold. FASHR and roeJ's strong A holds saw fnatic take an early 5-3 lead. G2 bounced back with two rounds of their own, but fnatic with a saved MA41-S and deagles tied up the game at 6-6. mezii's 1v1 against huNter- saw fnatic win the first half and they ended the first half with a 9-6 lead.
nicoodoz and mezii's double kills saw fnatic take the final pistol of the series as they got their round count to 10. G2's first defensive round came in the first gun round of the second half, as G2 got the score to 7-12. Strong A holds from huNter- and NiKo saw G2 take seven rounds in a row to take the lead at 13-12. Two important round openers from mezii saw fnatic put two rounds together to secure 14. A nicoodoz double AWP opener on the A site saw fnatic secure match point and against a low buy, it was nicoodoz's AWP that knocked G2 out of the Major as they closed out the map at 16-13.
fnaticG2| fnatic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 William 'mezii' Merriman |
66 - 57 | +9 | 75.7 | 74.7% | 1.12 |
 Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi |
66 - 53 | +13 | 68.3 | 67.0% | 1.09 |
| Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen |
62 - 62 | +0 | 74.9 | 72.5% | 1.03 |
 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson |
58 - 62 | -4 | 67.9 | 68.1% | 1.02 |
 Dion 'FASHR' Derksen |
52 - 65 | -13 | 70.6 | 73.6% | 0.96 |
| G2 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
78 - 59 | +19 | 88.2 | 79.1% | 1.30 |
 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač |
58 - 59 | -1 | 75.7 | 70.3% | 1.07 |
| Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač |
68 - 63 | +5 | 74.8 | 73.6% | 1.06 |
 Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov |
56 - 60 | -4 | 73.1 | 69.2% | 1.06 |
| Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen |
36 - 65 | -29 | 50.6 | 68.1% | 0.76 |
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