Spirit have secured their place in the CIS Minor playoffs after beating FORZE 16-11 on Mirage in the Group B winners' match.

The CIS Minor continued with Group B action as FORZE and Spirit won their opening matches against AVANGAR and Monolith, respectively. The victors then met in the winners' match which took place on Mirage for a spot in the playoffs.

Spirit were on the T-side in the first half which they kicked off with a 2vs4 clutch in the pistol round. After Spirit cleaned up in the anti-eco rounds and took the 3-0 lead, FORZE picked up the first weapon round win.

Spirit are through to the playoffs

FORZE's CT-side looked promising as they managed to take the lead (5-4). However, Spirit won a 3vs5 in the tenth round to tie the game which started a six round streak that gave a 10-5 lead to Vadim "⁠DavCost⁠" Vasilyevs team at halftime.

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov secured the second half pistol round with an ace to clutch a 2vs5. Spirit made it 11-8 by winning the first weapon round in the second half. FORZE responded in the following round by taking the B-site and broke Spirit's economy (11-9).

FORZE were about to tie the game at 11-11 but Spirit won the round with an A-site stack thanks to Dmitry "⁠S0tF1k⁠" Forostyanko's 1vs2 clutch and quad kill (12-10). Spirit won the match 16-11 and secured their place in the CIS Minor playoffs.

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FORZE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dmitriy 'facecrack' Alekseyevfacecrack	23 - 19	+4	99.3	1.32
Artyom 'malik' Arhipovmalik	22 - 16	+6	94.4	1.23
Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovJerry	20 - 17	+3	75.1	1.11
Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikovxsepower	14 - 19	-5	56.7	0.94
Almaz 'almazer' Asadullinalmazer	11 - 20	-9	50.4	0.66

Spirit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy	28 - 16	+12	108.5	1.49
Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDavCost	20 - 16	+4	80.5	1.18
Pavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoCOLDYY1	19 - 16	+3	74.1	1.09
Dmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoS0tF1k	13 - 18	-5	50.6	0.86
Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDimaoneshot	11 - 24	-13	59.3	0.65

FORZE #62 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovArtyom 'malik' Arhipov Spirit #32 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev AVANGAR #27 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Age: 20 Team: FORZE Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 248 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.71 Monolith #95 Alexey 'ub1que' PolivanovAlexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovDenis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Dmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Age: 23 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 757 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Vadim 'DavCost' Vasilyev Age: 22 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 801 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65