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UK-based org Fnatic has beaten EU behemoth G2 Esports in a thrilling five-game series to secure the team’s place at League of Legends Worlds.
Fnatic has qualified for the World Championships every year since 2016. This is the first time in G2’s history that they won’t appear at Worlds (since they began in European LoL in 2016).
G2 took game one with excellent team fighting and good execution after what started as a close match. Fnatic then levelled the series at 1-1 before G2 responded and took game three, despite Fnatic’s dominance through most of the game. Fnatic then won games four and five, to the delight of Fnatic fans across Europe.
G2 has been one of the world’s best teams for several years, reaching two Worlds semi-finals and one final in the last three years. At the beginning of the season, Fnatic legend Carl Martin Eric ‘Rekkles’ Larsson moved to G2 to replace Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic as the team’s ADC.
G2’s star mid-laner Rasmus ‘Caps’ Winther also left Fnatic to join G2 back in 2018.
Fnatic Founder and CEO Sam Mathews was buzzing with the win, and appeared to throw shade at G2:
Fnatic — an org headquartered in London — were forced to make a losers-bracket run to Worlds qualification after only placing fifth in the regular season.
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