Both favourites picked up wins in round one of groups A and B as dignitas prevailed against PENTA 16-9 on de_nuke, while fnatic eased their way out of Bravado 16-2 on de_mirage.

Dignitas and PENTA were the first ones to start the match as fnatic had technical issues before the initial round of groups A and B. Dignitas started off with a won pistol as Counter-Terrorists on de_nuke, as well as the first gunround before they lost the first round at 6-0.

They only let PENTA win one more during the first half, and going over with a 13-2 lead, dignitas lost the pistol, but after exchanging a few rounds they eventually prevailed with a 16-9 scoreline.

DreamHack Winter 2014Best of 1 DignitasMatchpage 16 9 27th November 2014 PENTA 16Nuke 9

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	23 - 13	+10	-	1.46
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	23 - 12	+11	-	1.40
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	19 - 11	+8	-	1.35
Henrik 'FeTiSh' ChristensenFeTiSh	18 - 13	+5	-	1.11
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	16 - 12	+4	-	1.01

PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Felix 'fel1x' Zechfel1x	12 - 17	-5	-	0.78
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	13 - 21	-8	-	0.68
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	13 - 22	-9	-	0.67
Robin 'r0bs3n' Stephanr0bs3n	12 - 20	-8	-	0.66
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	10 - 19	-9	-	0.60

In group A it was the obvious favourites from fnatic who went on to go up 11-0 as Counter-Terrorists on de_mirage before Bravado took a stand for two rounds straight.

That was almost all Bravado could bring to the table though, as after switching sides at 13-2, Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer won a 1-on-3, helping his team close the game at 16-2.

DreamHack Winter 2014Best of 1 fnaticMatchpage 16 2 27th November 2014 Bravado 16Mirage 2

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	26 - 7	+19	-	2.41
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	17 - 7	+10	-	1.51
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	14 - 6	+8	-	1.45
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	14 - 7	+7	-	1.41
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	14 - 9	+5	-	1.15

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoblackpoisoN	11 - 16	-5	-	0.79
Dane 'racno' Friedmanracno	9 - 17	-8	-	0.50
Richard 'deviaNt' GrovesdeviaNt	7 - 17	-10	-	0.37
Andreas 'cent' Hadjipaschalicent	5 - 17	-12	-	0.31
Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliDetrony	4 - 18	-14	-	0.22

Next up on the schedule are the other matches from the first round of groups A and B, with Cloud9 up against HellRaisers and iBUYPOWER versus Copenhagen Wolves.