Astralis defeated Liquid on Mirage (16-3) to qualify for the playoffs and brought a close to the ELEAGUE Major Group stage.
Astralis had a good start to the CT side on Mirage with a pistol round win, and Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen and Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye locked down the B site shortly after to make the score 4-2.
Liquid picked up another round by taking over the A site and holding off the 3v3 retake, but got reset shortly after by losing the following round. When the North American team managed their next buy, Astralis were able to read their play and stack four players on B, easily shutting down Nick "nitr0" Cannella and co.
Astralis finally make it out of the groups
With a 12-3 lead and Nicolai "device" Reedtz on 23 kills after the first 15 rounds, the Danish team was confident moving into the second half. Their poise showed in the Terrorist pistol round, when Astralis overwhelmed the A site and took down all defending players without a casualty.
After cleaning up the two following rounds, Astralis took care of the first gun round with ease, pushing the A site with a lot of utility to help them take out the defending players.
ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 
Liquid
Matchpage 3 16 26th January 2017 
Astralis 3Mirage 16
| Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 29 - 6 | +23 | 149.3 | 2.41 |
| Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye | 24 - 7 | +17 | 106.7 | 1.87 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh | 18 - 7 | +11 | 90.9 | 1.64 |
| Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve | 11 - 9 | +2 | 81.4 | 1.13 |
| Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x | 6 - 9 | -3 | 44.6 | 0.80 |
| Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 7 - 17 | -10 | 49.6 | 0.65 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko | 10 - 18 | -8 | 63.0 | 0.55 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 6 - 16 | -10 | 53.5 | 0.51 |
| Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp | 8 - 18 | -10 | 41.8 | 0.45 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 7 - 19 | -12 | 56.4 | 0.41 |
Current standings:
| 3W-0L | 3W-1L | 3W-2L |
 Virtus.pro |  fnatic | North |
 Natus Vincere |  SK |  FaZe |
 Gambit | Astralis | |
| 0W-3L | 1W-3L | 2W-3L |
| FlipSid3 |  OpTic | GODSENT |
| HellRaisers | MOUZ |  Envy |
| G2 | Liquid |
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HellRaisers #18 
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk
Martin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' Žúdel
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz 
Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Denis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 
MOUZ #12 
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell 
G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen 
Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 921 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 
Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 
Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 480 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 
Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 
Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 827 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
Age: 18 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 683 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 
FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Aleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 
OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' Cañellas
Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik 
SK #3 
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński 
fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun (责任编辑：spectrum 2 case)
