KODE5 Portugal should be finished off this weekend, at Museu Municipal in Pacos de Ferreira, with eight teams competing for one spot to KODE5 Global Finals.

Major favorites to grab the spot were before start, was team k1ck, with the Portuguese monster-fragger Ricardo "foxj" Pacheco onboard. The team should also take the favorite role quite seriously, as the team walked through the group stage without any trouble. The k1ck challengers should be exotic, also walking through their group without too many problems.

Former team mates should then face each other in the grand final, as former k1ck members now play with exotic. The two favorites facing each other, which should be the ultimate showdown of, who is best it Portugal. Going into the final, one team had to win two maps, in order to secure the spot to KODE5 Global Finals.

Starting on nuke, k1ck got to great start as CT. A trick-play from exotic in the pistol-round didn’t shock k1ck, how was able to re-secure the lower bombsite and defuse the bomb. Third round went to exotic, as they bought those cheap AK47’s. Going hand in hand for a few rounds, the teams took turn to get a round. Finishing off as CT, k1ck stepped up a little, to secure an 11:4 halftime score. As T k1ck continued to take rounds and the win on nuke was never questionable, even with exotic taking rounds. Five T rounds granted k1ck the win on nuke, with 16:7 overall.

Second map train, exotic got to start on the stronger CT side. It did however not look as a stronger side, as k1ck played a fairly good T side, gathering six rounds, against nine to exotic. Switching sides, k1ck locked it down and never was the victory in danger, only letting exotic getting one round, against ten k1ck rounds. With a 16:10 score on train, k1ck secured themselves a ticket to KODE5 Global Finals.

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Another KODE5 qualifier ends and k1ck join teams such as emuLate, TeG, Team Immunity and Gravitas at KODE5 Global Finals in Moscow, Russia. Below you can check out the final standings for KODE5 Portugal.

Final Standings

1. k1ck
2. exotic
3-4. Phantoms
3-4. BUSSIFUORI

The team to represent Portugal at KODE5 Global Finals consist of following five:

Helder "coachi" Sancho
Tiago "QUICK" Silva
Rui "SHOUW" Reis
Ricardo "foxj" Pacheco
Christopher "mUttt" Fernandes

Next KODE5 qualifiers to finish off are Poland and Germany, taking place next weekend.