Enemy and OpTic have won their group winners match at the MLG Americas Minor and advance to the playoffs, defeating Leader-1 and Winterfox respectively.
The second day of the MLG Americas Minor kicked off with two best-of-one winners matches that would determine the first two teams to advance to the playoffs of the event.
With in-game streaming to only take place on playoffs day tomorrow, the first winners match paired North American Pro League team Enemy up against ESEA Premier team Leader-1, who surprised yesterday with a 16-14 takedown of SPLYCE.
Uber helped his team shut down Leader-1 on de_overpass
Leader-1 were poorly equipped to handle a red-hot Enemy team on de_overpass however, as a 12-3 dominant hold on CT by Michael "Uber" Stapells and crew spiralled into a 16-4 win for the latter squad.
MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 
Enemy
Matchpage 16 4 16th January 2016 
Leader-1 16Overpass 4
| Enemy | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'Uber' StapellsUber | 20 - 8 | +12 | - | 1.62 |
| Michael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberMAiNLiNE | 23 - 14 | +9 | - | 1.44 |
| Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta | 16 - 13 | +3 | - | 1.27 |
| Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks | 14 - 12 | +2 | - | 1.14 |
| Richard 'Lucky' VasconcelosLucky | 13 - 13 | 0 | - | 0.89 |
| Leader-1 | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler 'Char' WallaceChar | 14 - 17 | -3 | - | 1.03 |
| Josh 'joshbM' BlierjoshbM | 16 - 17 | -1 | - | 0.99 |
| Daniel 'virtus' Carrillovirtus | 13 - 16 | -3 | - | 0.76 |
| Corey 'flashstep' Parksflashstep | 9 - 18 | -9 | - | 0.52 |
| Jason 'focs' Maueryfocs | 8 - 19 | -11 | - | 0.43 |
The group A winners match saw OpTic, who received a bye in the three-team group, enter the fray up against Winterfox and promised to see sparks fly.
The first half was tightly contested by both teams and ultimately saw Winterfox finish 8-7 up by halftime. After briefly losing the lead in the second half, OpTic ultimately stepped up their own defense and began to put in a strong performance, which included Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan getting an AWP ace to make it 15-11.
With Winterfox unable to leverage any kind of opening, it was OpTic who ultimately won the map 16-11 and thereby advance to tomorrow's playoffs.
MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 
OpTicMatchpage 16 11 16th January 2016 
Winterfox 16Overpass 11
| OpTic | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM | 25 - 14 | +11 | - | 1.49 |
| Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw | 22 - 15 | +7 | - | 1.24 |
| Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF | 24 - 20 | +4 | - | 1.15 |
| William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH | 17 - 16 | +1 | - | 0.99 |
| Damian 'daps' Steeledaps | 14 - 16 | -2 | - | 0.83 |
| Winterfox | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander 'LeX' DeilyLeX | 21 - 20 | +1 | - | 1.05 |
| Derek 'desi' Branchendesi | 18 - 21 | -3 | - | 0.85 |
| Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezflowsicK | 16 - 19 | -3 | - | 0.82 |
| Todd 'anger' Williamsanger | 14 - 19 | -5 | - | 0.76 |
 David 'Xp3' GarridoXp3 | 12 - 23 | -11 | - | 0.66 |
Next up at the MLG Americas Minor are the best-of-three decider matches, with SPLYCE facing off against Leader-1 and Winterfox battling Obey.Alliance to determine the final two playoff spots.
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Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan 
Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 219 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Michael 'Uber' Stapells 
Age: 19 Team: Enemy Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 120 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70