FURIA are through to the grand final at DreamHack Open Rio after beating Sharks 2-0 in the semis (16-13 on Inferno and 16-4 on Vertigo).
The best-of-three semi-final match kicked off on Inferno where the CT-sided Sharks picked up the pistol round victory. FURIA responded in the third round, winning a 3vs3 post-plant to get on the scoreboard.
After losing the following round, FURIA got their second as Yuri "yuurih" Santos and Rinaldo "ableJ" Moda Junior won a 2vs4. FURIA took the lead thanks to Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo's 1vs3 clutch in the seventh round, making it 4-3. Sharks were never able to build a strong economy on the CT-side and FURIA led 9-6 at halftime.
Raphael "exit" Lacerda and Jhonatan "jnt" Silva's double kills helped Sharks win the second pistol round, starting a four-round streak to reclaim the lead (10-9). FURIA responded in the 20th round by picking up three HE kills and tied the game at 10-10.
FURIA managed to earn four match points after extending their lead to 15-11, with VINI and yuurih carrying the load. Andrei "arT" Piovezan's triple AWP kill sealed the deal for FURIA who won the map 16-13.
yuurih and company started Vertigo on the CT-side and won the pistol round with a successful 5vs5 retake as VINI got a triple kill when his team had a 2vs4 disadvantage. VINI stepped up to the plate in the second round as well, securing the victory with two kills in a 2vs3 post-plant situation.
ableJ won a 1vs2 to make it 5-0 and VINI achieved the same feat in the eighth round, killing two Sharks players on his lonesome to make it 8-0. Sharks grabbed their first round victory thanks to Leonardo "leo_drk" Oliveira's quad kill in the tenth round (9-1).
Sharks were able to increase their tally to four rounds before halftime but they lost the second pistol to trail 12-4. FURIA went on to win the map with a 16-4 final scoreline, taking the 2-0 series victory and advancing to the playoffs at DreamHack Open Rio.
DreamHack Open Rio 2019Best of 3
Sharks
Matchpage 0 2 21st April 2019 
FURIA 13Inferno 16 4Vertigo 16 | Sharks | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael 'exit' Lacerdaexit | 36 - 38 | -2 | 91.0 | 1.13 |
| Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveiraleo_drk | 38 - 38 | 0 | 85.2 | 1.09 |
| Jhonatan 'jnt' Silvajnt | 34 - 32 | +2 | 72.0 | 1.09 |
| Renato 'nak' Nakanonak | 26 - 43 | -17 | 67.0 | 0.75 |
| Rodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoRCF | 23 - 39 | -16 | 55.0 | 0.72 |
| FURIA | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI | 42 - 30 | +12 | 92.9 | 1.43 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih | 41 - 33 | +8 | 93.1 | 1.34 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda JuniorableJ | 34 - 32 | +2 | 81.2 | 1.18 |
| Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT | 38 - 32 | +6 | 77.2 | 1.11 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO | 35 - 30 | +5 | 76.8 | 1.07 |
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira 
Age: 19 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 266 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Raphael 'exit' Lacerda 
Age: 22 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 314 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior 
Age: 20 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 204 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.62 Jhonatan 'jnt' Silva 
Age: 24 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 284 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.64 FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo 
Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 364 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan 
Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 371 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos 
Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 386 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 Sharks #69 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva