Bad News Eagles defeated BIG despite staring down a 4-11 deficit at halftime. MOUZ took down Evil Geniuses 16-10 on Mirage to secure their place in the 2-0 pool of the Challenger Stage, building on their previous victory over Outsiders earlier on Monday. The European squad is now just one best-of-three away from reaching the second phase of the Major while Sanzhar "neaLaN" Iskhakov's men will be forced to play another match before challenging for qualification. Meanwhile on the secondary stream, Bad News Eagles pulled off a comeback against BIG to steal the German's signature map of Dust2 (16-11) and secure their own 2-0 record in the Swiss stage. Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz's men previously had a recovery of their own against FURIA, but failed to show the same resilience against the Kosovar team, instead letting their own lead slip away. MOUZ opened up the match on Mirage with a near-flawless pistol round victory, kickstarting a seven-round winning streak on the offensive side. The European squad was comfortably in the driver's seat the whole half, partially thanks to Dorian "xertioN" Berman's brilliant performance which netted him a 1.76 rating and a 16-8 K-D at halftime. neaLaN was the only shining light for Evil Geniuses and a crucial piece in the squad's limited success late in the half to reduce their deficit to 4-11. The North American team started the second half in good shape after taking the pistol round, and Timothy "autimatic" Ta started to find impact. Despite bringing back the scoreline to 10-12, Evil Geniuses were unable to maintain the pressure, and MOUZ closed the match 16-10. Bad News Eagles started off their match against BIG on the wrong foot, failing to make any headway on the T side of Dust2. The Germans locked down the sites while Florian "syrsoN" Rische topped the scoreboard during a strong 11-4 defensive half. The situation completely changed after switching sides as the Kosovars claimed the second pistol round to kickstart a fantastic 12-round streak to take the lead and steal the match. Bad News Eagles' CT aggression in the lower tunnels sealed the comeback and closed the match 16-11, bringing a great team performance to a close.Evil Geniuses
Matchpage 10 16 1st November 2022
MOUZ 10Mirage 16
BIG
Matchpage 11 16 1st November 2022
Bad News Eagles 11Dust2 16 Group Challengers Stage 2W - 0L
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MOUZ
1W - 0L
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GamerLegion
Vitality
fnatic
1W - 1L
FURIA
Evil Geniuses
BIG
Outsiders
0W - 1L
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Grayhound
0W - 2L
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Evil Geniuses #21
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov
Jadan 'HexT' Postma
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische
Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1761 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Age: 27 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1979 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70
Outsiders #8
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Petr 'fame' Bolyshev
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov
Age: 22 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 1109 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.70
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 256 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66
MOUZ #9
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
BIG #15
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne
Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa
Elias 's1n' Stein
Bad News Eagles #23
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti
Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci
FURIA #10
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Rafael 'saffee' Costa
André 'drop' Abreu
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta
Age: 26 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1197 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67