ENCE and Astralis advanced to the upper-bracket final in Group B during Tuesday’s action at the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas.
All six matches contested Tuesday resulted in 2-0 sweeps, including ENCE’s semifinal win over FaZe Clan and Astralis’ triumph over Cloud9.
Also Tuesday, Complexity Gaming knocked out Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid eliminated Grayhound Gaming in the Group B lower-bracket quarterfinals, while in Group A, OG beat 9z Team and MOUZ defeated FURIA Esports to reach the lower-bracket final.
The $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event opened on Monday with 16 teams divided into two double-elimination groups. The opening matches consisted of a single map, while all remaining matches in the tournament are best-of-three.
The group winners will head straight to the semifinals of the single-elimination playoffs. The second-place teams in each group will be high seeds in the quarterfinals, and the third-place teams in each group will be low seeds in the quarterfinals.
The grand final is scheduled for Sunday, with the champion receiving $100,000, 2,400 BLAST Premier points and a berth in the $1 million Intel Extreme Masters Cologne, scheduled for July 25-Aug. 6 in Germany.
ENCE defeated FaZe Clan 16-7 on Anubis and 16-13 on Overpass in their Group B upper-bracket semifinal, while Astralis took down Cloud9, 16-8 on both Ancient and Mirage.
In the opening matches of the group’s lower bracket, Complexity routed Evil Geniuses 16-2 on Anubis before earning a 19-17 overtime win on Overpass. Liquid went to multiple overtimes in each map against Grayhound before escaping 22-19 on Inferno and 25-23 on Mirage.
The Group A lower-bracket semis saw OG beat 9z Team 19-17 in overtime on Ancient and 16-12 on Mirage. Meanwhile, MOUZ took care of FURIA 16-10 on Inferno and 16-4 on Vertigo.
The tournament continues Wednesday with six matches:
–Group A upper-bracket final: Heroic vs. G2 Esports
–Group A lower-bracket final: OG vs. MOUZ
–Group B lower-bracket semifinal: Cloud9 vs. Complexity Gaming
–Group B lower-bracket semifinal: FaZe Clan vs. Team Liquid
–Group B upper-bracket final: ENCE vs. Astralis
–Group B lower-bracket final: TBD vs. TBD
Intel Extreme Masters Dallas prize pool and BLAST Premier points distribution:
1. $100,000, 2,400 points, berth in Intel Extreme Masters Cologne
2. $42,000, 1,200 points
3-4. $20,000, 750 points
5-6. $10,000, 225 points
7-8. $6,000, 225 points
9-12. $5,000, no points — 9z Team, FURIA Esports
13-16. $4,000, no points — Fnatic, Nouns Esports, Evil Geniuses, Grayhound Gaming
–Field Level Media
