BIG in group stage upper bracket final, Astralis eliminated from IEM Dallas 2022

The Germans from BIG beat the Brazilians from MIBR, G2 Esports on the decisive Vertigo for defense did not leave a chance for the Danes from Astralis.

BIG vs MIBR

1. BIG removed Inferno
2. MIBR removed Dust2
3. BIG picked Mirage
4. MIBR picked Nuke
5. BIG removed Overpass
6. MIBR removed Vertigo
7. Ancient was left over

This confrontation began with the peak of the Germans on the Mirage map. By all the laws of a counter-strike, BIG should have lost the first map without showing anything serious on the attacking side, the first half ended with a score of 5:10 in favor of the Brazilians. Moving to the defensive side, BIG fail their defense, bringing the game to 8:15 in favor of the opponents. Despite this, they found the strength not only to go to overtime, but also to beat MIBR in the second series of special stages in a clean sheet. 18:22 in favor of BIG.

Perhaps it was the first map that influenced the morale of the Brazilians, but the BIG team just shut down opponents without a chance. 16:4 in favor of the Germans, and MIBR could not take a single round in the second half for the strong side.

Recall that MIBR performs with a replacement, instead of the player "brnz4n" their coach "bit" plays, at the moment, his results as a shooter are not the best. The rival of the Brazilians will be the North American Team Liquid, they will decide who will be eliminated from the tournament and who will reach the final of the lower bracket.

BIG will have to play against FURIA in order to find out who is the strongest in their group. Will FURIA be able to avenge their countrymen?

G2 Esports vs Astralis

1. Astralis removed Inferno
2. G2 removed Overpass
3. Astralis picked Nuke
4. G2 picked Dust2
5. Astralis removed Mirage
6. G2 removed Ancient
7. Vertigo was left over

On the first map, the European G2 roster is closed by Astralis without a chance. The Danes managed to take only 5 rounds for the attack, and we never saw a defense against them. 16:5 in favor of G2 Esports.

The Dust2 map has been somehow not sticking with G2 lately, and also the two given pistol rounds do not play in their favor in any way. Of course, they tried to turn the game in their favor, but nothing happened. 10:16 in favor of Astralis, the teams failed to show performance at their peaks.

The third card is Vertigo. The Danes started on defense, in the first half there was a tight fight, according to its results it was difficult to say who would come out the winner, rounds were exchanged every now and then, and in the 9th round "Xyp9x" made an ace against the opponent's force. A little later, in the 12th round, "Aleksib" won a very important round for G2 in a 1 vs 2 situation. That's exactly the first half of Vertigo was the most intense in this series. The first half is in favor of Astralis 6:9. Well, that was the end of their CS, all they could do was win 1 round for the attack. 16:10 on the third map and 2:1 in favor of G2 Esports.

Astralis take 9th-12th place at the Intel Extreme Masters 2022. They got $5,000 per team.

The next opponent for G2 will be Vitality, they will meet in the final of the lower bracket.

IEM Dallas 2022 runs from May 30 to June 5 in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Sixteen teams from Europe, Oceania, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $250,000, as well as ranking points in the EPT and BLAST Premier tables.

Interim results of IEM Dallas 2022

• 1st place: $100,000 + 1,000 EPT points + 2,400 BLAST Premier points.
• 2nd Place: $42,000 + 750 EPT Points + 1,200 BLAST Premier Points
• 3rd-4th place: $20,000 + 525 EPT points + 750 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-6th place: $10,000 + 350 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points
• 7th-8th place: $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points
• 9th-12th place: MOUZ, Astralis — $5,000 + 100 EPT points.
• 13th-16th place: Movistar Riders, Encore Esports Club, Imperial Esports and Complexity Gaming — $4,000.