After a successful qualification project, the FIFA team of TEK9 Networks now had to play their first match for the groupstage of the ESL Major Series (EMS). The opponent was the number two of Germany: Hoorai.Xilence.FortKnox.
The match was expected to be very close, but in the end Hoorai turned out to be slightly better than our squad. Worth mentioning is Special1st's performance, he took four of the total eight points. The other match played in this group was between RAGE.MULTIGAMING and D-Link PGS Gaming. The Russians had a good night and won with 14 to 6, making them lead the group after one playday.