The first day in Columbus continued with fnatic beating Splyce 16-5 on de_train to advance to the Group B winners' match against Liquid.
The second match of Group B saw the world's number one team fnatic go up against Splyce who surprisingly qualified for MLG Columbus 2016. Splyce started on the CT-side and gained a 5v3 advantage but fnatic closed out the pistol round and also picked up the following two rounds (3-0).
Thanks to David "DAVEY" Stafford's triple-kill with an AWP, Splyce picked up the fourth round but fnatic answered right back and put the North American team into a hard economocial situation (4-1). Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer followed up with an anti-eco ace to make it 5-1.
fnatic did not meet any resistance
The timeout paid off for Splyce as they got their second round but it turned out it was a trivial one as fnatic just rolled over Splyce. In the 14th round, Splyce had a 5v3 advantage but even then, fnatic got the round and the half finished 13-2 with fnatic leading.
DAVEY stepped up on the pistol round of the second half and his team secured the anti-eco rounds to bring it to 13-5 but fnatic did not allow a comeback and closed it out 16-5.
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Splyce 16Train 5
| fnatic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha | 18 - 8 | +10 | 93.3 | 1.66 |
| Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister | 20 - 10 | +10 | 89.9 | 1.62 |
| Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis | 20 - 11 | +9 | 94.7 | 1.48 |
| Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ | 16 - 9 | +7 | 88.2 | 1.43 |
| Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW | 15 - 12 | +3 | 69.6 | 1.15 |
| Splyce | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 David 'DAVEY' StaffordDAVEY | 19 - 16 | +3 | 87.1 | 1.18 |
| Andrew 'Professor_Chaos' HeintzProfessor_Chaos | 10 - 18 | -8 | 60.1 | 0.63 |
| Arya 'arya' Hekmatarya | 8 - 18 | -10 | 50.9 | 0.53 |
| Jason 'jasonR' RuchelskijasonR | 5 - 18 | -13 | 40.4 | 0.45 |
| Abraham 'abE' FazliabE | 8 - 19 | -11 | 48.7 | 0.44 |
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FaZe #11 
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Philip 'aizy' Aistrup
Håvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 664 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 Splyce #27 Arya 'arya' HekmatAbraham 'abE' FazliDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordJason 'jasonR' RuchelskiAndrew 'Professor_Chaos' Heintz 
Liquid #18 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' Cannella
Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen fnatic #1 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson David 'DAVEY' Stafford 
Age: 19 Team: Splyce Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 188 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70