OpTic are through to the Group A winners' match at the Europe Minor after defeating 3DMAX 16-5 on Mirage.
Starting out as Terrorists, OpTic got off to a great start, bagging a quick 3-0 lead before winning the first gun round with a triple-kill from René "cajunb" Borg in a 2v4 situation. Despite being on a shoddy buy, 3DMAX secured the next round on the back of a triple-kill from Bryan "Maka" Canda with a saved AWP.
Still, OpTic kept running all over the defence to go up 8-1. That was when 3DMAX came back to life, with nothing but pistols, with Maka following that up with a 1v2 clutch. Nevertheless, OpTic strung together the final four rounds of the half to secure a dominant 12-3 half-time lead.
cajunb opened up the action in the second half with a clean USP-S quad-kill to win his team's second pistol, but 3DMAX responded in the subsequent round to find a lifeline.
A Deagle double-kill by Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke in the 19th round put OpTic on 14 rounds, and the Danes refused to take their foot off the gas, closing out the map at 16-5.
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OpTic
Matchpage 16 5 19th July 2018 
3DMAX 16Mirage 5 | OpTic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig | 23 - 11 | +12 | 118.2 | 1.84 |
| René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb | 24 - 10 | +14 | 108.0 | 1.78 |
| Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi | 21 - 13 | +8 | 111.7 | 1.48 |
| Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade | 13 - 9 | +4 | 60.0 | 1.24 |
| Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi | 11 - 12 | -1 | 57.1 | 0.96 |
| 3DMAX | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ | 15 - 18 | -3 | 79.6 | 1.01 |
| Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka | 13 - 17 | -4 | 74.0 | 0.82 |
| Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ | 12 - 19 | -7 | 65.3 | 0.71 |
| Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky | 9 - 20 | -11 | 60.1 | 0.61 |
 David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp | 6 - 18 | -12 | 49.0 | 0.44 |
Bryan 'Maka' Canda 
Age: 21 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 René 'cajunb' Borg 
Age: 28 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1176 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 OpTic #20 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 782 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 3DMAX #39 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin