G2 Esports and FaZe Clan won their quarterfinal matches Friday as the playoffs got underway at the $250,000 IEM Chengdu event in China.
G2 Esports swept Virtus.pro and FaZe Clan eliminated Team Liquid 2-1 to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. VP and Liquid each earned $10,000 and 400 BLAST Premier points for finishing in fifth-sixth place.
G2 Esports won 13-6 on Anubis and 13-10 on Overpass, powered by 34 kills by Bosnia’s Nikola “NiKo” Kovac and a plus-13 kills-deaths differential from Russia’s Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov.
FaZe Clan sandwiched a 16-13 win on Nuke and a 13-10 decision on Mirage around Liquid’s 13-11 win on Anubis. Latvia’s Helvijs “broky” Saukants led the effort with 66 kills and a plus-25 K-D differential.
The CS2 tournament began Monday with 16 teams vying for a share of the prize pool. All matches in the single-elimination playoffs are best-of-three, including Sunday’s grand final. The champion collects $100,000 along with an entry to IEM Cologne 2024 and 1,400 BLAST Premier points.
Playoff action continues Saturday with two semifinal matches:
MOUZ vs. G2 Esports
Astralis vs. FaZe Clan
IEG Chengdu prize pool:
1. $100,000, 1,400 BLAST Premier points, qualification to IEM Cologne 2024
2. 42,000, 1,000 BLAST Premier points
3-4. $20,000, 600 BLAST Premier points
5-6. $10,000, 400 BLAST Premier points — Virtus.pro, Team Liquid
7-8. $6,000, 300 BLAST Premier points — HEROIC, FlyQuest
9-12. $5,000 — FURIA Esports, Lynn Vision Gaming, Nemiga Gaming, Cloud9
13-16. $4,000 — 9x Team, TYLOO, Steel Helmet, Wildcard Gaming
–Field Level Media