SK Gaming lost their first game at Global Challenge Dubai, while mousesports failed to claim twenty-two rounds against Virtus.pro.

The Germans had to light they luck, cross fingers and hope for the best when playing Virtus.pro. The Germans would need twenty-two rounds or more, in order to reach the relegation stage. It all started so well for mousesports, taking home 11-4 as T on inferno, but once second half begun, the hope vanished.

The Russians won a key pistol-round, followed but clutch rounds where mousesports had the opportunity to take rounds needed. But the hill was too high to climb, as Virtus.pro nailed enough rounds to send mousesports out of the tournament. The Germans did finish in style, taking home victory at the score 19-11.

Global Challenge Dubai 2009Best of 0 mousesportsMatchpage 19 11 21st October 2009 Virtus.pro 19Inferno 11

SK Gaming surprisingly lost their first match in Dubai, when k23 defeated the Chengdu champions 16-14 on inferno. With the defeat of SK, k23 secure the third place in the group, as Virtus.pro did not take home a win against mousesports.

Global Challenge Dubai 2009Best of 0 k23Matchpage 17 13 21st October 2009 SK Gaming 17Inferno 13

Next up will be the relegation stage at approximately 19:30CET. The matchups are as follows:

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