The second day of competition at the IEM Katowice Major began this morning, and it ended with two teams moving on to the next stage and two teams packing their bags.
NRG Esports and Renegades are the first two teams to secure their spots in the New Legends stage next week at the 14th Valve Major in Counter-Strike history. Both sides finished their time in the New Challenger stage with 3-0 win-loss records, while also not losing a single map over the past two days.
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Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte absolutely carried NRG to two tight finishes over Chinese powerhouse TyLoo, dropping 38 kills on Inferno and 34 on Mirage. Renegades, on the other hand, stunned Finnish heavyweight ENCE Esports in a matchup that they weren’t favored to win.
Round 3
1-1 matches
- Team Vitality won Overpass 16-1 vs. Vega Squadron
- AVANGAR won Overpass 16-10 vs. G2 Esports
- Winstrike won Train 16-6 vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
- ViCi Gaming won Inferno 16-6 vs. Cloud9
2-0 matches
Renegades vs. ENCE Esports
- Renegades won Nuke 16-7
- Renegades won Mirage 16-14
NRG Esports vs. TyLoo
- NRG won Inferno 16-14
- NRG won Mirage 16-13
0-2 matches
Fnatic vs. Grayhound Gaming
- Fnatic won Inferno 16-9
- Fnatic won Overpass 16-11
FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit
- FURIA won Mirage 16-9
- FURIA won Nuke 16-14
Day three of the IEM Katowice Major begins tomorrow at 6am CT, featuring three 2-1 advancement matches: Vitality vs. ViCi, TyLoo vs. AVANGAR, and ENCE vs. Winstrike. The 1-2 elimination games will then take place later on Sat, Feb. 16.
