This time the Brazilians of SK Gaming will be going toe to toe with The Mongolz. Everything will be to play for as both teams scramble to earn as many points as possible in order to get out of the group stages of IEM Oakland 2017.
IEM Oakland 2017 – Group Stage – 16.11.2017, 18:00 CET
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SK Gaming
The MongolzThe Mongolz
As their name suggests The Mongolz are an Asian team that originate from Mongolia. Ranked 118th in the world, The Mongolz are the only Asian team present at this tournament and are clearly, it’s underdogs. Being the only organisation present that has never attended a Major they will be looking to gain experience playing on an International level. Recently they have been operating exclusively within Asian events as shown by their victory in the SEA qualifier for this tournament. Other notable achievements for The Mongolz are a 3rd place finish at the WCA 2017 Mongolian Qualifier and 2nd place in the Razer Rising Stars SEA League.
SK Gaming
SK Gaming are the most dominant Brazilian team to ever play Counter Strike: Global Offensive. Currently ranked 2nd in the world Fallen and his crew look to replicate the massive levels of success that they have been used to getting in the past. With 4 players on this roster having 2 Major Championships under their belt, the wealth of experience and tactical nuance that SK have to offer is incredible. This makes them an incredibly formidable opponent. Recently SK took home 1st place at the EPICENTER tournament in St. Petersburg whilst playing with Boltz as a stand-in. Outside of exiting in the group stages of the Eleague premier, SK have had a solid run of form recently. Finishing 3-4th at ESL one New York, winning ESL One Cologne and securing a victory at the ECS Season 3 LAN Finals. SK Gaming will be looking for nothing other than a victory at this tournament so that they can re-establish their reputation as the best team in the world.
Head to Head Record
Due to The Mongolz rarely attending any high level international events, they have very little history playing against most top tier teams. They have never played against SK Gaming before so these teams have no experience competing against each other.
Betting odds
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Top betting tip
Due to The Mongolz being incredibly inexperienced on the international stage and them not playing against top tier teams since IEM Katowice 2016. This should be an incredibly swift BO1 group stage victory for SK and allow the Brazilians to add some easy points to their scoreboard.