In the Group A winners match, Valiance had no issues handling MOUZ, defeating them 16-6 on Dust2 to advance to the playoffs.

A 3-0 start from Valiance on the CT side of Dust2 was enabled due to the pistol round win, but Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool's triple kill in an A site afterplant got MOUZ on board to tie the score at 3-3. After that, Valiance was able to secured entries in consecutive rounds and capitalize on them, going up 8-3.

Otto "⁠ottoNd⁠" Sihvo was the main man for Valiance in the first half, but the opposing AWPer Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker had bright moments as well, such as getting a triple in round 12 to help his side mount a comeback late on the Terrorist side, finishing it down 9-6.

The majorly-Serbian team pulled off an A split on the T-side pistol to extend their lead and as the score was 12-6, Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković stepped up to the plate by opening up Long and clutching the 1v2. Valiance were in complete control didn't let go of the pressure as the map neared its end, closing it out swiftly, 16-6, and securing a place in the playoffs.

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	19 - 16	+3	91.5	1.22
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	16 - 17	-1	66.2	0.95
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	12 - 18	-6	61.4	0.72
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	10 - 18	-8	46.8	0.68
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	5 - 20	-15	42.3	0.38

Valiance	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd	20 - 10	+10	102.5	1.55
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	21 - 14	+7	113.5	1.50
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	19 - 13	+6	84.2	1.28
Rokas 'EspiranTo' MilasauskasEspiranTo	18 - 14	+4	79.8	1.17
Nestor 'LETN1' TanićLETN1	11 - 11	0	54.6	1.01