On the second day of StarSeries i-League Season 5, North and Virtus.pro both made it to 1-1 in the group stage by beating NRG and Gambit respectively.

The first map between NRG and North was Nuke, where the North Americans secured the pistol round as terrorists after a quick hit. Damian "daps" Steele and his men won the ensuing anti ecos, but North returned fire successfully in the first gun round. Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen showed the way with impressive individual play in defense to push North ahead at half time, ending it with an 11-4 lead.

The Danes carried their good form over to the terrorist side, winning the pistol round with relative ease. With the following anti ecos in the bag, North quickly tied everything up with a 16-5 map win. Next up was Overpass, where NRG won the first pistol round after a great setup on the B site as CTs. They only managed one anti eco, though, before North put themselves on the board.

Next was a period of trading rounds before NRG started to look comfortable on the CT side, pulling ahead of the Danes and eventually ending the half 10-5. Jacob “FugLy" Medina and Vincent”Brehze" Cayonte locked down the pistol round after the switch and were vital in NRG's domination in the second half. North had no trouble shutting down North and won Overpass 16-6.

Valdemar "valde" Bjorn Vangsa killed three players in the pistol round, after the switch to offer a close on the match. NRG tried the long crawl back into the match with four rounds in a row, but North finally shut them down to win Mirage 16-8 and the series 2-1.

The two teams then started out on Mirage, with Virtus.pro taking the pistol and the two following rounds with ease. The Poles managed two more before Gambit started fighting back, the half slowly developing into a close fight for control.No team was able to pull ahead before the half, which ended as close as possible at 8-7 in the favor of Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov’s troops.

Virtus.pro won the pistol round after the switch, also taking the following two anti ecos. From then onwards, Gambit couldn’t stop the North from pulling ahead. Dosia and the rest of Gambit slowly fought their way back, though, eventually securing overtime. The extra rounds saw the match run close again, but Virtus.pro finally won Mirage 19-17.

Next up was Train, where Gambit came out on top in the first pistol rounds as CTs. Virtus.pro answered right away, though, with an eco round win. After a lengthy technical pause, the two teams traded rounds until Gambit pulled ahead slightly to end the half with a 9-6 lead.

Virtus.pro won the pistol round after the switch and secured the following anti ecos to even out the score. Once Gambit had guns though, they found their footing and took control of things hence pulling ahead to a 13-9 lead. Jaros?aw "pashaBiceps" Jarzabkowski then had a few clutch rounds to lead his team back to even out the score at 13-13.

The Polish veteran continued his good form in the following last rounds before Virtus.pro could finally seal the deal, winning Train in a close 16-13 and the series 2-0.