head to head against SK's defense., SK's terrorist side proved relentless against the counter-terrorist side as FalleN, , and had scrambling, even when the European team had man advantages, including FalleN winning a 1 vs 3 clutch. SK only allowed one round to go by when playing on the terrorist side. EnVyUs did not show up the third day of the EPL finals as it did in the group stage. Liquid nearly ran away with the first map, but a few misplays from the American side and endurance from the French side allowed EnVyUs come back from a 4–11 deficit to a 16–14 win. Train was also a close game, as it required a 1 vs. 2 jdm64 clutch to be the turning point of the game and Liquid was able to run away with the game. The third game was a different story, as Liquid dominated the first half and only allowed 1 round. EnVyUs attempted a comeback but it was only able to take three rounds before falling. lead the way for Liquid after months of struggle from the AWPer. Semifinals Scores The first semifinals matchup featured a rematch of Season 3's grand finals, in which SK Gaming, then with Luminosity Gaming, defeated G2 Esports in a tense 3–2 victory. However, both teams switched things up since that series, as SK replaced fnx with and G2 formed the French superteam. The superteam came out on top in a fairly close best of three set. Rounds lost by SK when G2 had poor buys cost the Brazilian team in the end and G2 moved on to the finals. North blew out Liquid in the first map of their best of three series on Nuke as a 13–2 lead at the half proved to be a huge blow to Liquid. The second map was much closer, however. Key players for both teams did not show up as Emil "Magisk" Reif only had 16 kills for North and Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella had only 15 kills for Liquid. Liquid had a massive 11–4 lead, but North brought it back all the way to overtime. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski's 35 kills proved to be too little as North pulled off a 19–17 overtime win against the American team. Finals Scores Both first seeds proved their dominance in the semifinals. G2 was fresh off a win from DreamHack Tours and aimed to make it two