fnatic have defeated iBUYPOWER 16-7 (9-6, 7-1) on de_cobblestone in their opening match at ESL One Cologne 2014.
iBUYPOWER attacked B to start their terrorist side of de_cobblestone, but three kills by Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer and two by Jesper "JW" Wecksell gave fnatic the openiing pistol round.
A good save by iBP netted them two kills, and star player Braxton "swag" Pierce put up three headshots, including a one-on-two, to get them on the board in the next round.
After a save swag won another key one-on-one with two kills, and after another weapon round that saw them trade picks early on, they found themselves up 5-2 as terrorists.
That's when fnatic shifted to a higher gear, as olofmeister and Robin "flusha" Rönnquist put up triple kill rounds each to force iBUYPOWER on a save round, tying the game up again.
Now at 5-5, iBUYPOWER took over B and gained one final lead at 6-5, before fnatic replied. Markus "pronax" Wallsten's triple forced iBP on a save, and a double kill from him made it 8-6.
pronax led his team to a win on de_cobblestone
On the final round olofmeister and Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson combined for five kills, and fnatic changed sides with a comfortable 9-6 lead as counter-terrorists on the map.
The team's captain pronax continued strong play in the second half, putting up another double on the pistol, followed by a triple against iBUYPOWER's triple Scout buy.
Down 6-12 after another save, Sam "DaZeD" Marine and swag got iBUYPOWER a round, but JW and flusha then broke their money with five kills.
The North Americans went for a weak Scout buy next, but it paid no dividends. A full buy later saw fnatic run over their A defense, and break iBUYPOWER's money again.
With fnatic up 15-7, iBP bought whatever they could, but swag's triple FAMAS round was outdone by JW who scored a quad-kill and a one-on-two to win 16-7. ESL One Cologne 2014Best of 1 
fnatic
Matchpage 16 7 14th August 2014 
iBUYPOWER 16Cobblestone 7
| fnatic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister | 29 - 11 | +18 | - | 1.93 |
| Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha | 19 - 8 | +11 | - | 1.42 |
| Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax | 19 - 14 | +5 | - | 1.31 |
| Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW | 16 - 15 | +1 | - | 1.17 |
| Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ | 12 - 16 | -4 | - | 0.76 |
| iBUYPOWER | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag | 26 - 16 | +10 | - | 1.52 |
 Keven 'AZK' LariviereAZK | 12 - 20 | -8 | - | 0.64 |
| Sam 'DaZeD' MarineDaZeD | 10 - 18 | -8 | - | 0.57 |
| Joshua 'steel' Nissansteel | 11 - 21 | -10 | - | 0.55 |
| Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle | 5 - 20 | -15 | - | 0.28 |
fnatic will face off against Virtus.pro tomorrow, while iBUYPOWER will now go on to face dAT in a game where the loser will be sent packing in Germany. Group D begins later today.
Sam 'DaZeD' Marine 
Age: 24 Team: iBUYPOWER Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 93 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer 
Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 142 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 
Age: 20 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 133 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 Markus 'pronax' Wallsten 
Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 247 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.66 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell 
Age: 19 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 278 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Braxton 'swag' Pierce 
Age: 17 Team: iBUYPOWER Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65 Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist 
Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 283 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64