BIG advanced to playoffs undefeated, Team Liquid eliminated from IEM Dallas 2022

BIG demolishes Brazilian teams in its path. Team Liquid stop their participation in the championship without reaching the playoff stage.

FURIA vs BIG

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

Nuke didn't go well with the Brazilians at all, starting from the pistol round where drop managed to outshoot the Germans with a 1 v 2, but he didn't have time to defuse the bomb. The force round also fails for them. In the won weapon rounds, almost all players die, as a result of which the team has a bad economy. As soon as BIG won the round, FURIA had no money left. Frankly speaking, the defense of the FURIA team against the background of the BIG attack looked faded. The Brazilians got only 4 rand for the strong side of the map, and they did not show anything interesting for the attack. BIG win the first map with a score of 8:16 in their favor.

On the Vertigo map, the BIG team, at the peak of the opponent, decided to start as an attack, at first they didn’t succeed. When the score was already 9:2 in favor of the FURIA team, the Germans decided to join the game and showed good rounds, making the score not so devastating. But as they turned on for the attack, so they turned off when switching sides, at the moment when BIG could not really do anything for defense, it became clear that they knowingly chose the attack, relying on it. Yet Vertigo rarely goes against Brazilians in their favor. The map ends with a score of 10:16. The score in the series becomes 1:1.

The first half on the third map Mirage failed for the FURIA team. Starting on the defense side and winning the pistols, the Brazilians got a good advantage that they failed to take advantage of. The score is 4:11 in favor of BIG before the start of the second pistol round. It was the attack of both teams that looked stronger, FURIA even approached the comeback, but for the German roster it was a matter of technique to take the meeting in their favor, which they did. As a result 16:10 in favor of BIG on Mirage and 2:1 in the series.

BIG make it to the semi-finals of the playoffs where they will meet with the winner of the FaZe vs Cloud9 pair.

FURIA get into the quarterfinals of the playoffs where they will meet with the G2 Esports team.

Team Liquid vs Cloud9

1. Liquid removed Dust2
2. Cloud9 removed Nuke
3. Liquid picked Ancient
4. Cloud9 picked Vertigo
5. Liquid removed Mirage
6. Cloud9 removed Inferno
7. Overpass was left over
   

Starting for the defense on the Ancient map, the young players from Cloud9 won the advantage without giving their opponents a chance. What helped the Liquid team win the round was a good flash, which turned away two players from the C9 team, and the captain's clamp from nitr0 brought a double kill and an open B spot. center of the map and shoot Cloud9 players. We did not see more rounds from the "horses" in the first half. From a score of 2:13, we rarely see comebacks, even for the strong side. We didn't see Liquid's impeccable defense on the CT side, the end of the map was not long in coming, 5:16 in favor of Cloud9.

The second card was Vertigo. The guys from Team Liquid chose the side of defense, coped with the pistol round, but blundered against the opponent's force. "Liquid" made a lot of mistakes, and there are questions about shooting. Shox and Nitr0 finished the map with only 12 frags each. Half went to Cloud9 with a score of 5:10. The second half already looked better for Team Liquid, but better doesn't mean good. Another pistol round won, followed by a lost force round. Liquid tried to impose a fight, but it was clear that Cloud9 were simply stronger. The map ended with a score of 12:16, and the series was 2:0 in favor of C9.

Cloud9 advance to the quarterfinals of the playoffs where they will meet with FaZe Clan.

Team Liquid leave IEM Dallas 2022, taking 7th-8th place and earning $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.

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: Vitality, Team Liquid - $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.
• 9th-12th place: Astralis, MOUZ, MIBR and Ninjas in Pajamas — $5,000 + 100 EPT points.
• 13th-16th place: Movistar Riders, Encore Esports Club, Imperial Esports and Complexity Gaming — $4,000.