Cloud9 have overcome FaZe 16-8 on Train, securing their place in the semi-finals on Sunday at Dreamhack ZOWIE Open Bucharest. FaZe will now play the decider game tomorrow against either dignitas or FlipSid3.

As both teams are known for their loose and aim-based playstyle, the matchup was looking to a be a straight up gunshow, and the duel was set to go down on Train.

And indeed the teams went blow for blow in the first half, with the Americans rolling out on CT-side first, their pistol win being worthless, as the European mercenaries won a force buy in the second round and took the lead early.

Generally speaking a majority of rounds went close for both teams, two man defuses, 1v1 clutches and more. Even the anti-ecos were doing a lot of damage to the superior weapons, constantly keeping the economy on the edge.

It seemed like both teams had done their homework, constantly making small adjustsments to one another, no round going the same way. Null element in particular, once again stepped up to lead in the fragging department, leading to a 9-6 half in favor of his team.

This man has a plan.

Cloud9 took another pistol round on their T-side, and this time they did not yield, taking five rounds in a row, moving to a 14-6 scoreline, before Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup and Co. took back two defuses in a row, but being very close, the money was reset soon after, as the in-form Americans answerred back, moving to match point.

aizy almost pulled off a godlike 1v3 clutch, sneaking backwards in through A-main with a Five-Seven, but Skadoodle came out on top in the 1v1, closing out the map 16-8.

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Bucharest 2016Best of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 16 8 16th September 2016 FaZe 16Train 8

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	24 - 14	+10	99.5	1.68
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	18 - 8	+10	83.6	1.50
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	20 - 16	+4	91.7	1.34
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	20 - 15	+5	86.4	1.32
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	14 - 19	-5	56.2	0.78

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	15 - 19	-4	77.7	0.94
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	15 - 19	-4	79.2	0.94
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	14 - 20	-6	63.6	0.93
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	12 - 19	-7	67.8	0.83
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	15 - 19	-4	59.0	0.83

With this game in the bag, the first day of Dreamhack ZOWIE Open Bucharest concludes. Tomorrow will see us find out who joins Virtus.pro and Cloud9 in the semi-finals. The first game will kick off 09:20 , and it will be the Group A elimination match between Envy and Gambit.

Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Gambit #17 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Envy #11 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Cloud9 #5 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 598 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68