Playoff brackets finalized at IEM Chengdu

MOUZ and Astralis won their respective groups Wednesday and advanced directly to the playoff semifinals at the IEM Chengdu event in China.

MOUZ swept Team Liquid in the Group A upper bracket final and Astralis posted a 2-0 win against Virtus.pro in the Group B upper bracket final.

Liquid and VP advanced to the quarterfinals as group runners-up, where they were joined by G2 Esports and FaZe Clan. G2 swept Heroic and FaZe Clan swept FlyQuest in the lower bracket finals in Groups A and B, respectively.

The CS2 tournament began Monday with 16 teams in two groups vying for a share of the $250,000 prize pool. Six teams remain with all matches in the single-elimination playoffs best-of-three, including Sunday’s grand final.

MOUZ defeated Liquid 13-11 on Inferno and 13-6 on Mirage. Finland’s Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo led MOUZ with 41 kills and a plus-18 kills-deaths differential.

Astralis beat VP 13-6 on Overpass and 13-7 on Vertigo. Jakob “jabbi” Nygaard had 37 kills and fellow Dane Martin “stavn” Lund paced the winners with a plus-18 differential.

G2 had their hands full with HEROIC, winning 13-10 on Ancient and 16-13 on Nuke. Russia’s Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov fueled the victory with 47 kills and a plus-20 differential.

FaZe Clan eliminated FlyQuest with a 13-4 win on Ancient and a 13-10 victory on Nuke. Leading the way was David “frozen” Cernansky of Slovakia with 44 kills and a plus-21 K-D differential.

Playoff action begins Friday with two quarterfinal matches:
Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports
Team Liquid 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
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