Minnesota R KKR (proper) performs towards OpTic Texas on the principle reside stage in the course of the Name of Obligation League Professional-Am Traditional Esports Championship at Belong Gaming Area in Columbus on Might 6, 2022. Natus Vincere, Astralis, SAW and The MongolZ swept their opponents 2-0 in Group A on the Intel Excessive Masters in Cologne, Germany on Saturday.
All 4 groups superior to the higher bracket semifinals with their wins. Natus Vincere defeated paiN Gaming, Astralis defeated 9z Group, SAW defeated G2 Esports, and The MongolZ took Group Spirit’s greatest efficiency.
Sixteen groups competed within the double-elimination part of the $1 million Counter-Strike: International Offensive event.
The group stage begins on Saturday and runs by Tuesday, with two double-elimination matches that includes eight gamers in every group. The primary place within the group advances on to the play-off semi-finals. The second-placed crew within the group advances to the quarterfinals of the playoffs as a higher-seeded crew, and the third-placed crew within the group advances to the quarterfinals of the playoffs as a lower-seeded crew.
The only-elimination event begins on Friday and ends on August 18th. The winner qualifies for the IEM Katowice occasion and the BLAST Premier World Finals, in addition to a $400,000 prize.
Natus Vincere received 13-4 on each Anubis and Mirage on Saturday. Ukrainian participant Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy scored a game-high 29 kills and ended with a distinction of 9 kills and deaths.
Denmark’s Victor “Staehr” Staehr had 35 kills and a KD of over 9 factors to assist Astralis win Mud II 13-10 and 13-5 Get off Inferno.
SAW received on Nuke (13-5) and Inferno (13-10) with 33 kills and a +12 KD ratio from Portugal’s Michel “ewjerkz” Pinto.
Mongolian participant Ayush “mzinho” Batbold had 41 kills and 26 deaths to guide MongolZ to a 16-13 victory on Historic, setting the tone for a 13-4 victory on Anubis.
4 groups competed in Group B on Saturday, with Complexity Gaming defeating Virtus.professional 2-1 and FaZe Clan defeating Group Liquid 2-0.
Complexity Gaming’s match towards VP ended with a 13-6 win on Vertigo earlier than dropping 16-14 on Mud II. They then defeated Anubis 13-5 to remain within the higher bracket.
FaZe Clan picked up wins over Mirage (13-11) and Nuke (13-10).
The group stage continues with six video games on Sunday:
–Natus Vincere vs. Astralis (Group A Higher Bracket Semifinals)
–SAW vs. MongolZ (Group A winner group semi-finals)
–paiN Gaming vs. 9z Group (Group A, loser group quarterfinals)
——G2 Esports vs. Group Spirit (Group A quarterfinals)
–MOUZ vs. Group Falcons (Group B quarterfinals)
——FURIA Esports vs. Group Vitality (Group B Winner Group Quarterfinals)
Intel Excessive Masters Cologne prize pool, together with prize cash and BLAST Premier factors
1. $400,000, 3,000 factors
2. $180,000, 2,000 factors
3-4. USD 80,000, 1,200 factors
5-6. $40,000, 500 factors
7-8. $24,000, 300 factors
9-12. $16,000, no factors
13-16. $10,000, no factors
17-20. $4,500, no factors – BIG, HEROIC, MIBR, Everlasting Hearth
21-24. $2,500, no factors – ALTERNATE aTTaX, 3DMAX, Imperial Esports, FlyQuest
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