Minnesota R KKR, proper, play in opposition to OpTic Texas on the primary livestream stage through the Name of Obligation League Professional-Am Basic esports match at Belong Gaming Enviornment in Columbus on Could 6, 2022.
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Natus Vincere, Astralis, SAW and The MongolZ all cruised to 2-0 sweeps in Group A on Saturday through the group stage of the Intel Excessive Masters Cologne in Germany.
All 4 groups superior to the upper-bracket semifinals due to their victories. Natus Vincere blanked paiN Gaming, Astralis downed 9z Staff, SAW tackled G2 Esports and The MongolZ acquired the perfect of Staff Spirit.
Sixteen groups began within the double-elimination play-in stage of the $1 million Counter-Strike: International Offensive match.
The group stage, which started on Saturday and runs by Tuesday, will function two double-elimination teams of eight. The group winners transfer on to the playoff semifinals. The group runners-up advance to the playoff quarterfinals as excessive seeds, and the teams’ third-place groups go to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds.
The only-elimination playoffs start on Friday and finish on Aug. 18. All match matches are best-of-three apart from the grand last, which will probably be best-of-five. The champion earns berths within the IEM Katowice occasion and the BLAST Premier World Ultimate whereas additionally pocketing $400,000.
On Saturday, Natus Vincere prevailed 13-4 on each Anubis and Mirage. Ukraine’s Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy racked up a match-high 29 kills and completed with a plus-nine kill-death differential.
Victor “Staehr” Staehr of Denmark parlayed 35 kills with a plus-nine Okay-D as Astralis took Mud II 13-10 and Inferno 13-5.
SAW received on Nuke (13-5) and Inferno (13-10) behind 33 kills and a plus-12 Okay-D ratio from Portugal’s Michel “ewjerkz” Pinto.
Mongolian Ayush “mzinho” Batbold piled up 41 kills in opposition to 26 deaths, main The MongolZ to a 16-13 victory on Historical that set the tone for a 13-4 blowout on Anubis.
4 Group B groups had been in motion on Saturday, with Complexity Gaming edging Virtus.professional 2-1 and FaZe Clan shutting out Staff Liquid 2-0.
Complexity Gaming opened their match in opposition to VP with a 13-6 win on Vertigo earlier than falling 16-14 on Mud II. They then stayed within the higher bracket with a 13-5 rout on Anubis.
FaZe Clan pulled off victories on Mirage (13-11) and Nuke (13-10).
Group-stage motion continues Sunday with six matches:
–Natus Vincere vs. Astralis (Group A upper-bracket semifinal)
–SAW vs. The MongolZ (Group A upper-bracket semifinal)
–paiN Gaming vs. 9z Staff (Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal)
–G2 Esports vs. Staff Spirit (Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal)
–MOUZ vs. Staff Falcons (Group B upper-bracket quarterfinal)
–FURIA Esports vs. Staff Vitality (Group B upper-bracket quarterfinal)
Intel Excessive Masters Cologne prize pool, with cash and BLAST Premier factors
1. $400,000, 3,000 factors
2. $180,000, 2,000 factors
3-4. $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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