Jordan Woodruff
MOUZ and Group Power complex to the Crew B upper-bracket ultimate on the Intel Excessive Masters Cologne match via taking their semifinal suits Monday in Germany.
MOUZ defeated Complexity Gaming 2-0, whilst Power rallied to overcome FaZe Extended family 2-1. Complexity and FaZe Extended family are nonetheless alive however dropped into the gang’s lower-bracket semifinals.
The Crew B decrease bracket additionally began Monday when Group Falcons outlasted Virtus.professional 2-1 and Group Liquid beat FURIA Esports 2-0. In Crew A motion, paiN Gaming eradicated The MongolZ 2-1, and G2 Esports did the similar to Astralis.
16 groups started play within the double-elimination play-in degree of the $1 million Counter-Strike: World Offensive event.
The gang degree, which runs thru Tuesday, options two double-elimination teams of 8. The gang winners transfer immediately to the playoff semifinals. The gang runners-up advance to the playoff quarterfinals as prime seeds, and the third-place groups pass to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds.
The one-elimination playoffs start on Friday and finish Sunday. All event suits are best-of-three except the grand ultimate, which can be best-of-five. The champion earns berths within the IEM Katowice match and the BLAST Premier Global Ultimate whilst additionally pocketing $400,000.
On Monday, MOUZ edged Complexity 13-9 on Vertigo and 13-11 on Nuke. MOUZ’s Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin of Sweden had 37 kills on a plus-11 kills-to-deaths differential, with teammate Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo of Finland including 37 on a plus-10 Okay-D.
FaZe defeated Power 13-8 on Inferno, however Power pulled out a the most important 16-12 additional time win on Mud II ahead of sharpening off the comeback with a 13-9 end result on Anubis. Lotan “Spinx” Giladi of Israel led Power with 52 kills and a plus-9 Okay-D.
Within the Crew B lower-bracket quarters, Group Falcons sandwiched a 13-11 win on Vertigo and a 13-8 triumph on Mud II round a 13-8 loss to Virtus.professional on Mirage. Montenegro’s Pavle “Maden” Boskovic had 51 kills for Falcons, whilst Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia of Spain added 47 kills on a match-best plus-10.
Group Liquid crowned FURIA 16-13 in additional time on Mud II and 13-4 on Nuke. Roland “final” Tomkowiak of Poland racked up 46 kills on a plus-24 Okay-D to tempo Liquid.
Over in Crew A, The MongolZ opened with a 16-13 additional time win on Anubis ahead of paiN responded with a 13-10 squeaker on Mirage. The general map used to be Nuke, the place paiN prevailed 13-8. Lucas “nqz” Soares of Brazil had 59 kills on a plus-15 differential to hold paiN.
G2 destroyed Astralis 13-1 on Mud II ahead of Astralis were given revenge with a 13-10 win on Mirage. At the ultimate map, Historical, G2 returned to dominance with a 13-3 victory. Guatemalan Mario “malbsMd” Samayoa guided G2 with 53 kills on a plus-27.
Crew-stage motion continues Tuesday with six suits:
–Natus Vincere vs. SAW (Crew A upper-bracket ultimate)
–paiN Gaming vs. G2 Esports (Crew A lower-bracket ultimate)
–MOUZ vs. Group Power (Crew B upper-bracket ultimate)
–FaZe Extended family vs. Group Falcons (Crew B lower-bracket semifinal)
–Complexity Gaming vs. Group Liquid (Crew B lower-bracket semifinal)
–FaZe/Falcons winner vs. Complexity/Liquid winner (Crew B lower-bracket ultimate)
Intel Excessive Masters Cologne prize pool, with cash and BLAST Premier issues
1. $400,000, 3,000 issues
2. $180,000, 2,000 issues
3-4. $80,000, 1,200 issues
5-6. $40,000, 500 issues
7-8. $24,000, 300 issues
9-12. $16,000, no issues — The MongolZ, Astralis, two groups TBD
13-16. $10,000, no issues — 9z Group, Group Spirit, Virtus.professional, FURIA Esports
17-20. $4,500, no issues — BIG, HEROIC, MIBR, Everlasting Fireplace
21-24. $2,500, no issues — ALTERNATE aTTaX, 3DMAX, Imperial Esports, FlyQuest
–Box Stage Media
