fnatic defeated North 3-1 (16-9 Overpass, 17-19 Cache, 16-11 Cobblestone, 19-16 Inferno) to keep their spot in ECS.
Due to losing their spot in the league after switching from dignitas to North, Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen's squad needed to qualify for ECS through the Development League and by winning the promotional match.
The Danes took the first place in the Development league, leaving teams such as Gambit and Kinguin behind them, and booked a BO5 match with fnatic to earn the promotion into ECS Season 3.
olofmeister had 20+ kills in all four maps
The series started with Overpass and a comfortable 16-9 win for fnatic, with Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer showing good form right from the start. The map North isn't that well known for, Cache, went in their favor as they took an overtime win, but they couldn't get it going on the CT side of Cobblestone and lost the third map 11-16.
With fnatic a map away from winning the match, the series moved on to Inferno where both teams had strong CT sides. North got the lead at the end, but 15-14 up, they weren't able to close out the map against a force buy—as their A-site defense failed once again.
In overtime, fnatic was able to take two Terrorist side rounds and seal the deal with a 19-16 scoreline.
ECS Season 3 EU PromotionBest of 5 
North
Matchpage 1 3 26th March 2017 
fnatic 9Overpass 16 19Cache 17 11Cobblestone 16 16Inferno 19
| North | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb | 89 - 82 | +7 | 77.1 | 1.07 |
| Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL | 83 - 86 | -3 | 65.8 | 0.97 |
| Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig | 78 - 92 | -14 | 77.7 | 0.97 |
| Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk | 80 - 86 | -6 | 76.9 | 0.97 |
| Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy | 70 - 82 | -12 | 65.6 | 0.91 |
| fnatic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister | 109 - 79 | +30 | 90.6 | 1.29 |
| Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW | 89 - 75 | +14 | 75.3 | 1.13 |
| Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha | 80 - 80 | 0 | 80.8 | 1.10 |
| Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ | 73 - 75 | -2 | 65.2 | 1.00 |
| Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis | 77 - 93 | -16 | 73.3 | 0.96 |
The following teams will compete in the European division of ECS in the upcoming season:
| Astralis |  Dignitas |
 Envy | FaZe |
| G2 | GODSENT |
| MOUZ | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| fnatic | EU promotion #2 |
The second EU promotion match will be played tomorrow at 18:00 , with Virtus.pro and Space Soldiers playing for the final spot in the league.
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Dignitas 
Faruk 'pita' Pita
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad 
Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
Envy #26 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin 
G2 #15 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Gambit #8 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Aleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #5 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenRené 'cajunb' BorgPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen 
Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1041 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer 
Age: 25 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 
MOUZ #14 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell 
Kinguin #17 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski fnatic #9 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 
Space Soldiers #23 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' Karahoca 
GODSENT #18 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 
Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński