CLG defeated G2 16-2 on Dust2 in a crushing fashion in Malmö.
Second match of Group B at DreamHack Masters Malmö brought G2 and CLG together. The French side recently removed Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans from their lineup and added Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro. CLG, on the other hand, came into the event after earning a Legend status at MLG Columbus 2016.
The battle was on Dust2 and the T-sided Americans turned around a 2v4 disadvantage to win the pistol round and they were able to follow it up with the anti-eco rounds (3-0). CLG were unfazed as they lost the first weapon round and immediately answered to make it 4-1. The 7-1 score caused a G2 timeout.
jdm64 was lounging on Dust2
The stellar play of CLG continued as the French team struggled to put together some rounds. (10-1). Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux's double opening-kill with the AWP gave G2 their second round but their economy instantly got reset. tarik won a 1v3 as he killed two and planted the bomb on the A-site while Richard "shox" Papillon thought it was on B. The half ended 13-2 in favor of CLG.
CLG won the pistol round as well and crushed G2 16-2. They will go onto face Natus Vincere while G2 will play GODSENT in the elimination match.
DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016Best of 1 
G2
Matchpage 2 16 12th April 2016 
CLG 2Dust2 16
| CLG | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik | 19 - 8 | +11 | 96.6 | 1.79 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 14 - 9 | +5 | 100.2 | 1.74 |
| James 'hazed' Cobbhazed | 18 - 9 | +9 | 91.3 | 1.56 |
| Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC | 13 - 6 | +7 | 79.4 | 1.43 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy | 15 - 10 | +5 | 83.6 | 1.37 |
| G2 | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy | 12 - 16 | -4 | 88.8 | 0.86 |
 Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM | 11 - 16 | -5 | 69.2 | 0.70 |
| Richard 'shox' Papillonshox | 8 - 16 | -8 | 56.1 | 0.50 |
| Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz | 5 - 16 | -11 | 48.7 | 0.46 |
| Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK | 6 - 15 | -9 | 44.1 | 0.42 |
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux 
Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 897 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 
GODSENT #31 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Age: 19 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 140 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 
Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Denis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 23 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 844 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 G2 #12 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro CLG #10 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbJacob 'FugLy' MedinaTarik 'tarik' Celik Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans 
Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 810 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.64 
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