Astralis, GamerLegion, and fnatic are one best-of-three defeat away from elimination. Bad News Eagles, Spirit, and B8 all claimed their second victories at the Europe Regional Major Ranking tournament to kick off the third round of matches. The Kosovar squad delivered a near-flawless performance and barely broke a sweat in their 16-3 thrashing of Astralis, B8 were in the drivers' seat all throughout their game against fnatic and took home the 16-9 victory, while Spirit edged out GamerLegion 22-20 in a double-OT thriller. Astralis, GamerLegion, and fnatic are now in the 1-2 pool and will be fighting for their RMR lives. While the stakes may be high for all three teams, Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander's side are now under the threat of missing out on the top-24 stage of a Major for the first time in the organization's history. If Astralis fail to reach IEM Rio, Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth will also lose his record of placing in the top-24 stage of a CS:GO Major for the first time since the game's release. Bad News Eagles dominated their third round matchup as the Kosovar squad took home a 16-3 win over Astralis. gla1ve's side were bested at every corner as the attackers and lost 11 consecutive rounds before finally scoring their first in the 12th. The Danes entered halftime down 2-13 and picked up the second pistol, but their efforts just delayed the inevitable as Bad News Eagles put the game to bed in the next three rounds. Dionis "sinnopsyy" Budeci finished with a 28-7 K-D and 2.36 rating, with 26 of his kills coming in the first half of the game. Asger "Farlig" Jensen, meanwhile, had a miserable time on the server and ended with four kills and a dismal 0.16 rating. The first few rounds of the game went back-and-forth between both sides as Spirit held a narrow 4-2 advantage after six. From then on, GamerLegion asserted their dominance on the T side as they won nine unanswered rounds en route to an 11-4 lead at the break. The tables completely turned after swapping sides, this time around it was Spirit who looked unstoppable as the attackers. The Russians won seven of the first nine rounds of the half before GamerLegion scored back-to-back to clinch map point. Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek's team had several chances to close out the map, most notably in round 30 with an advantageous 3vs1 retake, but Spirit stood their ground and won the last four to force extra time. Spirit finally sealed the comeback victory 22-20 after two tightly-contested sets of overtime. Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand and Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin were undeniably their teams' best fraggers throughout the game as the pair dropped 44 and 40 kills, respectively. B8 came out the gates swinging and streaked to an 8-2 lead over fnatic on Ancient. The European mix struggled to defend the bomb site all half, but eventually picked up the pace and claimed four of the last five rounds before the switch. The Ukrainian squad continued their excellent form and won five straight coming out of halftime. William "mezii" Merriman's men fought back and scored the next three to increase their tally to nine, but B8's lead was too much to overcome in the end. Mykyta "Hkta" Reva's crew closed out Ancient 16-9 and are now one victory away from qualifying for IEM Rio.Bad News Eagles
Matchpage 16 3 6th October 2022
Astralis 16Ancient 3
Bad News Eagles
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budecisinnopsyy
28 - 7 +21 122.4 2.36 Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimijuanflatroo
25 - 8 +17 111.7 1.86 Genc 'gxx-' Kolgecigxx-
10 - 5 +5 68.6 1.31 Rigon 'rigoN' GashirigoN
11 - 12 -1 91.4 1.16 Sener 'SENER1' MahmutiSENER1
11 - 7 +4 67.3 1.15 Astralis
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Mikkel 'MistR' ThomsenMistR
13 - 17 -4 78.4 0.75 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve
10 - 16 -6 55.5 0.64 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x
6 - 17 -11 39.5 0.52 Benjamin 'blameF' BremerblameF
6 - 16 -10 51.6 0.50 Asger 'Farlig' JensenFarlig
4 - 19 -15 35.5 0.16 Spirit
Matchpage 22 20 6th October 2022
GamerLegion 22Ancient 20
Spirit
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Pavel 'S1ren' OgloblinS1ren
40 - 26 +14 89.0 1.41 Boris 'magixx' Vorobievmagixx
31 - 27 +4 90.7 1.25 Robert 'Patsi' IsyanovPatsi
32 - 31 +1 89.5 1.17 Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper
30 - 32 -2 77.9 1.06 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanovw0nderful
27 - 28 -1 63.5 1.04 GamerLegion
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR
44 - 28 +16 94.3 1.43 Mihai 'iM' IvaniM
27 - 30 -3 82.1 0.98 Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradeksiuhy
27 - 35 -8 84.9 0.92 Isak 'isak' Fahlénisak
25 - 31 -6 70.1 0.91 Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKeoz
21 - 36 -15 65.8 0.71 B8
Matchpage 16 9 6th October 2022
fnatic 16Ancient 9
B8
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchukalex666
23 - 16 +7 100.1 1.51 Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiycptkurtka023
20 - 16 +4 92.7 1.30 Denys 'amster' Liashenkoamster
19 - 16 +3 85.6 1.24 Mykyta 'Hkta' RevaHkta
15 - 16 -1 68.8 0.98 Artem 'r1nkle' Morozr1nkle
9 - 15 -6 37.7 0.69 fnatic
K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ
17 - 18 -1 93.8 1.12 Fredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenroeJ
17 - 16 +1 80.0 1.11 Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidinicoodoz
18 - 16 +2 70.8 1.05 William 'mezii' Merrimanmezii
13 - 16 -3 64.2 0.79 Dion 'FASHR' DerksenFASHR
13 - 20 -7 58.5 0.65 Mykyta 'Hkta' Reva
Age: 22 Team: B8 Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 195 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.69
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Age: 27 Team: Bad News Eagles Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 681 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.72
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Age: 20 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 207 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66
Bad News Eagles #32
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti
Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci
Spirit #15
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Age: 20 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 542 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen
Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 763 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1723 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66
Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Age: 25 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1072 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 2016 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.61
B8 #69
Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiy
Denys 'amster' Liashenko
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Mykyta 'Hkta' Reva
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
fnatic #19
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Dion 'FASHR' Derksen
Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen
William 'mezii' Merriman
GamerLegion #60
Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Isak 'isak' Fahlén
William 'mezii' Merriman
Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63
Astralis #8
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer