Vitality, Natus Vincere win teams as IEM Katowice playoffs finalized

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Vitality, Natus Vincere win teams as IEM Katowice playoffs finalized


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Team Vitality and Natus Vincere gained their respective teams Tuesday and clinched byes into the playoff semifinals of the Intel Extreme Master Katowice occasion in Poland.

On the ultimate day of the group stage, Vitality swept Virtus.professional 2-0 within the Group A upper-bracket closing and Natus Vincere defeated The MongolZ by the identical rating to win Group B.

Virtus.professional and The MongolZ had already been assured playoff spots by advantage of their top-two group finishes. The different two groups to qualify for the playoffs had been Eternal Fire and Team Spirit, the latter of whom needed to win twice Tuesday to clinch third place in Group B.

Group play featured 16 groups break up into two double-elimination brackets, with all matches best-of-three. The two group-phase winners superior on to the playoff semifinals, the 2 group-phase runners-up moved to the quarterfinals as excessive seeds, and the 2 third-place groups made the quarterfinals as low seeds.

The playoffs shall be single elimination, with best-of-three matches for the quarterfinals and semifinals forward of a best-of-five grand closing on Sunday. The champion will earn $400,000.

On Tuesday, Vitality scored a 13-8 win on Anubis and a 13-5 on Inferno to defeat Virtus.professional. French star Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut led Vitality with 32 kills and a plus-13 kills-to-deaths differential.

In the Group A lower-bracket closing, Eternal Fire defeated FaZe 2-0 in dramatic vogue. After a 13-4 victory on Anubis, they went deep into time beyond regulation earlier than pulling out a 25-22 win on Nuke. Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dortkardes (57 kills, plus-14) and Engin “MAJ3R” Kupeli (53 kills, plus-14) paced the all-Turkish Eternal Fire squad.

The Group B upper-bracket closing noticed Natus Vincere beat The MongolZ 13-3 on Mirage and 13-9 on Ancient. Ukraine’s Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy posted 35 kills and a plus-15 Ok-D for NaVi, and three of his teammates completed with 30 kills.

In the Group B decrease bracket, GamerLegion swept Astralis 13-7 on Nuke and 13-7 once more on Mirage. Team Spirit additionally superior by beating Team Liquid 13-10 on Nuke and 13-8 on Dust II.

When they met within the lower-bracket closing, GamerLegion struck first with a 13-11 consequence on Anubis, however Spirit rallied by successful 13-6 on Ancient and 13-4 on Nuke.

Danil “donk” Kryshkovets of Russia had 55 kills and a plus-14 and countryman Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov had 50 kills on a plus-18 for Spirit. Fredrik “REZ” Sterner of Sweden led GamerLegion in defeat with 43 kills on a plus-1.

The match continues Friday with two quarterfinal matches:

–The MongolZ vs. Eternal Fire

–Virtus.professional vs. Team Spirit

Intel Extreme Masters Katowice prize pool:

1. $400,000

2. $180,000

3-4. $80,000

5-6. $40,000

7-8. $24,000 — FaZe Clan, GamerLegion

9-12. $16,000 — G2 Esports, 3DMAX, Astralis, Team Liquid

13-16. $10,000 — Team Falcons, BIG, FURIA Esports, MOUZ

17-20. $4,500 — Wildcard, paiN Gaming, MIBR, HEROIC

21-24. $2,500 — Complexity, FlyQuest, SAW, Imperial Female

–Field Level Media

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