BetBoom Workforce, 9z Workforce and G2 Esports gained their Spherical 4 excessive matches in Stage 2 on Monday to maneuver onto Stage 3 on the Intel Excessive Masters Cologne Main in Germany.
They may await three extra groups to hitch them in Stage 3, because the Swiss System format concludes Tuesday to find out the final of the 16 contributors in Stage 3.
Eight groups have been seeded instantly into Stage 3: Workforce Vitality, Natus Vincere, Workforce Falcons, The MongolZ, PARIVISION, Aurora Gaming, FURIA and MOUZ. FUT Esports and Workforce Spirit joined them by going 3-0 in Stage 2.
Groups are competing for his or her share of the Counter-Strike 2 match’s $1.25 million prize pool with the grand closing scheduled for June 21. The champion receives $500,000.
Development and elimination matches in Stage 2 are best-of-three. All different Stage 2 matches have been a single map.
Within the first Monday excessive match (between groups with 2-1 data), BetBoom opened with a 13-7 win over Monte on Nuke. Monte adopted with a 13-6 victory on Mirage earlier than BetBoom registered a 13-8 triumph on Mud II. Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov paced all-Russian BetBoom with 58 kills and a plus-26 kills-deaths differential. Bulgaria’s Aleks “Rainwaker” Petrov led Monte with 47 kills and a plus-5 Okay-D differential.
Within the second excessive match, 9z made fast work of TYLOO, posting a sweep with wins on Overpass (13-10) and Inferno (13-6). Franco “dgt” Garcia of Uruguay led the way in which for 9z, posting 40 kills and a plus-21 Okay-D differential. Qianhao “Moseyuh” Chen of all-Chinese language TYLOO notched a team-high 29 kills and an excellent Okay-D differential.
Within the third excessive match, G2 additionally picked up a sweep, taking out BIG on Inferno (13-3) and Mirage (13-8). For G2, Man “NertZ” Iluz of Israel delivered 39 kills and a plus-21 Okay-D differential. Gleb “gr1ks” Gazin of Belarus led BIG with 23 kills and a minus-2 Okay-D differential.
Within the first of three elimination matches, B8 recovered from a 13-7 loss on Mirage towards MIBR, posting back-to-back wins on Nuke (13-10) and Historical (13-8). Legacy swept M80 with wins on Mud II (13-8) and Inferno (16-13 in extra time). paiN Gaming topped Astralis 2-0, prevailing 13-11 on Nuke and a 13-4 on Overpass.
Stage 3 finishes Tuesday with three matches that includes groups with 2-2 data:
–Monte vs. paiN Gaming
–TYLOO vs. Legacy
–BIG vs. B8
Intel Excessive Masters Cologne Main prize pool
1. $500,000
2. $170,000
3-4. $80,000
5-8. $45,000
Sept. 11. $15,000
12-14. $15,000
15-16. $15,000
17-19. $10,000
20-22. $10,000 — MIBR, M80, Astralis
23-24. $10,000 — GamerLegion, FlyQuest
25-27. $5,000 — Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming, NRG, Workforce Liquid
28-30. $5,000 — THUNDERdOWNUNDER, Sharks Esports, HEROIC
31-32. $5,000 — Gaimin Gladiators, SINNERS Esports
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