fnatic are the second team to make the grand final of IEM X Katowice after defeating Astralis 2-1 (16-6 on de_overpass, 12-16 on de_cache, and 16-7 on de_inferno).

The second semifinal match in Katowice was a showdown between two erstwhile rivals (although the Swedes have had the dominant upper hand in 2016), fnatic and Astralis.

The first map of de_overpass gave all indications that the entire tournament was once again fnatic's to win as Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist was part of a brigade of Swedes that incessantly battered on the Danes' doors, with an 11-4 CT half for fnatic converting into a 16-6 map win.

The highlight of this map was no doubt Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer winning a one-versus-two to bring the score to 15-6 while possessing red digit health.

fnatic continue to shut down Astralis in offline games, although the Danes took map two

With the second map moving over to de_cache, things continued to look as if they were playing into fnatic's hands as the Swedish team veered towards a 10-5 first half and olofmeister picked up a second half pistolround ace to continue pressing forward.

However, the Danes, led by Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen, rallied and claimed the second map after a solid set of execution strategies, winning 16-12.

Xyp9x and co. could not convert their cache win into momentum on de_inferno 

de_inferno was however the fnatic show and saw the Swedish team advance to tomorrow's grand final with a 16-7 scoreline.

In particular, olofmeister continued upon a dominant tournament performance on the third and final map, finishing with a 28-12 score and a 1.84 rating overall.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 3 AstralisMatchpage 1 2 4th March 2016 fnatic 6Overpass 16 16Cache 12 7Inferno 16

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	64 - 43	+21	102.1	1.40
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	63 - 49	+14	97.6	1.31
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	51 - 49	+2	69.0	1.06
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	47 - 44	+3	69.4	1.03
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	47 - 43	+4	70.9	1.02

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	49 - 51	-2	67.6	1.03
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	49 - 52	-3	75.7	0.96
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	45 - 55	-10	76.0	0.95
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	43 - 57	-14	70.7	0.90
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	42 - 57	-15	66.0	0.87

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