NRG, FURIA, eUnited, and Envy qualify for IEM Katowice Americas Minor
The first day of the IEM Katowice Americas Minor closed qualifier has concluded, seeing NRG, eUnited, Envy, and FURIA net spots at the Americas Minor.
The qualifier kicked off with some controversy, with Lucas "steel" Lopes tweeting out that Luminosity would not be allowed to field their AWPer Henrique "HEN1" Teles due to the player not being added to the team's roster for the qualifier in time. Instead, the team were forced to field their coach, Rafael "zakk" Fernandes, resulting in a rather swift 2-0 loss at the hands of FURIA.
FURIALuminosity| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
43 - 31 | +12 | 99.2 | 82.7% | 1.43 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
45 - 31 | +14 | 93.9 | 78.8% | 1.39 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
43 - 33 | +10 | 79.6 | 73.1% | 1.29 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
42 - 24 | +18 | 78.1 | 82.7% | 1.27 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
34 - 29 | +5 | 72.1 | 78.8% | 1.18 |
| Luminosity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato |
35 - 38 | -3 | 79.0 | 69.2% | 1.00 |
| Ricardo 'boltz' Prass |
40 - 40 | +0 | 70.4 | 57.7% | 0.96 |
| Lucas 'steel' Lopes |
27 - 43 | -16 | 65.8 | 67.3% | 0.80 |
| Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles |
28 - 43 | -15 | 70.1 | 59.6% | 0.75 |
| Rafael 'zakk' Fernandes |
18 - 44 | -26 | 45.4 | 57.7% | 0.57 |
NRG and Singularity also made short work of iNTACT and Spacestation, respectively, with NRG initially struggling to close out Nuke from an 11-4 lead before cruising through Inferno 16-5 with a 13-2 half.
Singularity had little difficulty dispatching of Spacestation, who were fielding Anthony "gMd" Guimond as a stand-in, demolishing their opponents 16-2 on Overpass before taking ten rounds straight in the second half of Inferno for a 16-9 map win.
SpacestationSingularity| Spacestation |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthony 'gMd' Guimond |
23 - 34 | -11 | 70.8 | 62.8% | 0.82 |
 Ryan 'Snakes' Amann |
25 - 31 | -6 | 67.7 | 58.1% | 0.79 |
| Chad 'Oderus' Miller |
24 - 33 | -9 | 46.7 | 51.2% | 0.75 |
| David 'DAVEY' Stafford |
14 - 31 | -17 | 51.8 | 53.5% | 0.66 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
17 - 34 | -17 | 47.3 | 60.5% | 0.61 |
| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
39 - 29 | +10 | 98.9 | 76.7% | 1.45 |
| Victor 'food' Wong |
33 - 23 | +10 | 90.4 | 93.0% | 1.39 |
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
33 - 18 | +15 | 80.3 | 83.7% | 1.34 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
30 - 16 | +14 | 72.8 | 83.7% | 1.33 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
28 - 19 | +9 | 57.5 | 81.4% | 1.12 |
NRGiNTACT| NRG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold |
37 - 28 | +9 | 80.5 | 78.0% | 1.30 |
| Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
41 - 31 | +10 | 86.1 | 68.0% | 1.28 |
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov |
39 - 29 | +10 | 74.6 | 80.0% | 1.24 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' Medina |
37 - 25 | +12 | 77.3 | 74.0% | 1.17 |
| Damian 'daps' Steele |
27 - 31 | -4 | 67.8 | 74.0% | 0.97 |
| iNTACT |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn |
35 - 34 | +1 | 68.7 | 62.0% | 1.03 |
| Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman |
29 - 36 | -7 | 67.1 | 56.0% | 0.83 |
| Michael 'Turismo' Haas |
26 - 39 | -13 | 63.1 | 60.0% | 0.81 |
| William 'will' Cheng |
27 - 39 | -12 | 65.7 | 66.0% | 0.81 |
| Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner |
27 - 33 | -6 | 60.5 | 66.0% | 0.80 |
The two teams were the first to clash in the upper bracket semifinals for a spot at the Americas Minor, with NRG continuing their good form into the first map of Mirage to put up a 12-3 scoreline against Singularity before closing out the map 16-7. Overpass was a little more hard-fought, with Jacob "FuGLy" Medina putting in a beastly performance with 39 frags and averaging 125 damage per round to help NRG narrowly clinch the win 16-14.
NRGSingularity| NRG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob 'FugLy' Medina |
59 - 26 | +33 | 110.3 | 84.9% | 1.71 |
| Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
48 - 33 | +15 | 81.7 | 81.1% | 1.33 |
| Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov |
36 - 31 | +5 | 78.4 | 69.8% | 1.10 |
| Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold |
32 - 35 | -3 | 63.1 | 77.4% | 0.96 |
| Damian 'daps' Steele |
24 - 33 | -9 | 67.2 | 69.8% | 0.84 |
| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
34 - 39 | -5 | 78.1 | 73.6% | 0.99 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
35 - 40 | -5 | 77.9 | 60.4% | 0.97 |
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
35 - 40 | -5 | 70.5 | 60.4% | 0.95 |
| Victor 'food' Wong |
30 - 40 | -10 | 66.6 | 66.0% | 0.83 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
23 - 40 | -17 | 48.8 | 52.8% | 0.68 |
In the bottom half of the upper bracket, Hunter "SicK" Mims and Daniel "vice" Kim combined to help to power Rogue through Test Takers in their opening matchup. After swiftly grabbing themselves a 16-5 win on Mirage, Rogue struggled on Inferno, managing a 7-8 half before Test Takers claimed match point at 10-15. Rogue took the final five rounds to propel the map into overtime, where they granted Test Takers just a single round before closing out the series 2-0.
RogueTest Takers| Rogue |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
61 - 28 | +33 | 104.5 | 87.5% | 1.73 |
| Daniel 'vice' Kim |
57 - 34 | +23 | 102.2 | 82.1% | 1.53 |
 Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann |
33 - 40 | -7 | 86.4 | 87.5% | 1.17 |
| Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen |
42 - 35 | +7 | 77.6 | 62.5% | 1.12 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' Martin |
35 - 28 | +7 | 64.2 | 73.2% | 1.08 |
| Test Takers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo |
37 - 47 | -10 | 82.7 | 67.9% | 1.02 |
| Mitch 'mitch' Semago |
39 - 47 | -8 | 80.8 | 60.7% | 0.90 |
| Jeff 'RZU' Ngo |
35 - 48 | -13 | 59.9 | 69.6% | 0.83 |
| Peter 'ptr' Gurney |
33 - 40 | -7 | 59.0 | 62.5% | 0.82 |
| Josh 'shinobi' Abastado |
21 - 48 | -27 | 58.0 | 60.7% | 0.63 |
The stream team of Mythic narrowly edged out a 16-14 win on Train in their opening bout against Envy, but were unable to maintain their form as Envy bounced back on Dust2 and Cache with two 16-11 wins to send the streamers down to the lower bracket.
MythicEnvy| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric 'adreN' Hoag |
60 - 53 | +7 | 69.6 | 69.0% | 1.06 |
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
52 - 54 | -2 | 66.6 | 66.7% | 0.98 |
| Todd 'anger' Williams |
55 - 60 | -5 | 75.0 | 65.5% | 0.98 |
| James 'hazed' Cobb |
52 - 64 | -12 | 72.5 | 61.9% | 0.92 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
37 - 62 | -25 | 56.3 | 61.9% | 0.74 |
| Envy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt 'Pollo' Wilson |
69 - 54 | +15 | 88.8 | 69.0% | 1.25 |
| Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
64 - 55 | +9 | 83.3 | 76.2% | 1.21 |
| Taylor 'Drone' Johnson |
51 - 51 | +0 | 73.4 | 73.8% | 1.09 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzano |
60 - 47 | +13 | 65.4 | 65.5% | 1.07 |
| Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler |
49 - 49 | +0 | 69.5 | 72.6% | 0.98 |
With their victory over Mythic, Envy went up against Rogue in their upper bracket semifinal. Both teams only just edged out 16-14 wins on their own map picks of Mirage and Inferno, with Rogue fighting back from an 11-14 deficit on Inferno to take the series to Train.
On the deciding map, the two teams locked horns to split the half 8-7, with Envy narrowly edging out the lead by a single round. Once Envy swapped over to their T side they took full control, allowing Rogue just three rounds before closing out the map 16-10 to advance to the Americas Minor.
RogueEnvy| Rogue |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel 'vice' Kim |
62 - 61 | +1 | 78.6 | 66.3% | 1.10 |
| Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann |
60 - 56 | +4 | 75.7 | 69.8% | 1.09 |
| Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen |
55 - 59 | -4 | 70.4 | 68.6% | 0.99 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' Martin |
52 - 53 | -1 | 67.1 | 70.9% | 0.98 |
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
47 - 60 | -13 | 61.7 | 64.0% | 0.86 |
| Envy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler |
65 - 55 | +10 | 83.6 | 74.4% | 1.16 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzano |
60 - 48 | +12 | 71.7 | 68.6% | 1.14 |
| Taylor 'Drone' Johnson |
56 - 55 | +1 | 73.5 | 69.8% | 1.05 |
| Matt 'Pollo' Wilson |
59 - 59 | +0 | 76.3 | 70.9% | 1.02 |
| Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
49 - 59 | -10 | 59.8 | 65.1% | 0.91 |
Despite the series going to three maps, Swole Patrol also made short work of Bravado in their opening matchup, defeating the South Africans 16-7 on the opening map of Dust2 before falling 9-16 on Overpass.
Fielding Sam "s0m" Oh in place of Braxton "swag" Pierce due to the player's Valve ban, Swole Patrol still managed eleven rounds on their T side of Nuke before closing out the map with five rounds straight, advancing them to the upper bracket semifinals against FURIA.
Swole PatrolBravado| Swole Patrol |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam 's0m' Oh |
58 - 41 | +17 | 84.9 | 79.4% | 1.31 |
| Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro |
53 - 44 | +9 | 86.5 | 76.5% | 1.30 |
| Brandon 'Ace' Winn |
47 - 37 | +10 | 74.5 | 73.5% | 1.19 |
 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
48 - 36 | +12 | 74.0 | 72.1% | 1.17 |
| Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir |
48 - 43 | +5 | 72.5 | 76.5% | 1.12 |
| Bravado |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
48 - 54 | -6 | 80.9 | 63.2% | 1.00 |
| Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
44 - 52 | -8 | 75.8 | 57.4% | 0.91 |
| Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali |
40 - 47 | -7 | 69.5 | 58.8% | 0.84 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
33 - 50 | -17 | 61.4 | 61.8% | 0.76 |
| Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk |
35 - 51 | -16 | 54.1 | 61.8% | 0.70 |
FURIA kicked off their matchup against Swole Patrol with a 10-5 half on Cache, but found themselves unable to close out the map in regulation as s0m and co. battled back to take the map into overtime.
FURIA took control from there, picking up four rounds straight to take the series to Overpass, where they posted another 10-5 half. This time, the Brazilians were able to maintain their momentum with a win in the second half pistol round, allowing them to close out the series 16-9 to net themselves a spot at the Americas Minor.
Swole PatrolFURIA| Swole Patrol |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam 's0m' Oh |
41 - 39 | +2 | 70.1 | 67.8% | 1.07 |
| Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro |
44 - 44 | +0 | 77.8 | 66.1% | 1.01 |
| Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir |
34 - 47 | -13 | 66.3 | 71.2% | 0.93 |
| Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
31 - 45 | -14 | 74.1 | 71.2% | 0.85 |
| Brandon 'Ace' Winn |
27 - 41 | -14 | 51.1 | 55.9% | 0.75 |
| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
54 - 38 | +16 | 96.8 | 74.6% | 1.40 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
50 - 29 | +21 | 79.9 | 84.7% | 1.32 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
45 - 33 | +12 | 87.7 | 74.6% | 1.18 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
40 - 38 | +2 | 74.7 | 66.1% | 1.10 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
26 - 39 | -13 | 59.2 | 66.1% | 0.82 |
Austin "Cooper-" Abadir had an impressive debut on eUnited, aiding the team in putting up a 13-2 halftime score on Inferno against Sean "seang@res" Gares' Old Guys Club that featured four Cloud9 alumni. Old Guys Club were unable to contest map one as eUnited took the win 16-2, but managed to bounce back on Cache in overtime despite Cooper- dropping 38 frags to clinch a 19-17 win to take the series to Mirage.
On the deciding map, Old Guys Club once again struggled to crack eUnited's defense, with the ESL Pro League team garnering 10 rounds in the first half. Although seang@res and co. grabbed themselves a win in the second half pistol round, they were unable to chain rounds together and found themselves quickly crushed out of the map as eUnited took the map 16-8.
Old Guys ClubeUnited| Old Guys Club |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert |
42 - 61 | -19 | 66.1 | 62.8% | 0.85 |
| Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham |
43 - 55 | -12 | 59.1 | 61.5% | 0.83 |
| Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek |
43 - 58 | -15 | 61.3 | 60.3% | 0.79 |
| Sean 'seang@res' Gares |
35 - 59 | -24 | 55.7 | 55.1% | 0.69 |
| Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo |
36 - 67 | -31 | 58.4 | 60.3% | 0.68 |
| eUnited |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin 'Cooper' Abadir |
72 - 31 | +41 | 91.3 | 87.2% | 1.56 |
| Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver |
63 - 43 | +20 | 90.9 | 80.8% | 1.36 |
| Kaleb 'moose' Jayne |
62 - 42 | +20 | 84.7 | 80.8% | 1.32 |
| Pujan 'FNS' Mehta |
54 - 40 | +14 | 68.3 | 78.2% | 1.12 |
| Michael 'dapr' Gulino |
49 - 44 | +5 | 71.9 | 79.5% | 1.08 |
Ghost also suffered as a result of Valve's rules, being forced to field their coach James "JamezIRL" Macaulay in place of their in-game leader Joshua "steel" Nissan. Despite playing with a stand-in, Ghost still managed to defeat oNe in their opening bout, netting themselves a 10-5 half on Inferno before clinching the map win 16-13.
oNe returned the fight on the second map of Cache with a 16-10 victory of their own, but were unable to contest Jason "neptune" Tran and Matthew "WARDELL" Yu on Train as Ghost cruised to a 16-7 scoreline to close out the map.
GhostTeamOne| Ghost |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
65 - 49 | +16 | 90.8 | 71.8% | 1.28 |
| Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik |
56 - 51 | +5 | 79.6 | 70.5% | 1.08 |
| Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu |
51 - 45 | +6 | 65.2 | 67.9% | 1.05 |
| Kenneth 'koosta' Suen |
47 - 52 | -5 | 71.1 | 69.2% | 1.02 |
| James 'JamezIRL' Macaulay |
39 - 54 | -15 | 58.9 | 65.4% | 0.81 |
| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
55 - 46 | +9 | 71.9 | 66.7% | 1.10 |
| Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima |
50 - 57 | -7 | 76.4 | 74.4% | 1.04 |
| Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
50 - 51 | -1 | 65.8 | 75.6% | 1.03 |
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
50 - 56 | -6 | 73.3 | 64.1% | 0.97 |
 Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi |
45 - 50 | -5 | 64.6 | 67.9% | 0.93 |
The final upper bracket semifinal of the day saw eUnited up against Ghost, with eUnited opening up the series with a 16-9 victory on Dust2 despite Kenneth "koosta" Suen's best efforts. eUnited continued their momentum into Mirage as they opened up the map with a 9-6 half, but were unable to close out the series in two maps as Ghost rebounded to take the map win 16-12.
It was smooth sailing on the decider of Inferno as Michael "dapr" Gulino stepped up to bat alongside the rest of the eUnited squad, helping to put up eleven rounds on the defense before swapping sides and closing out the series with another five rounds on the T side. With a 16-5 win, eUnited secured themselves a spot at the Americas Minor, while Ghost will now have to fight through the lower bracket.
eUnitedGhost| eUnited |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael 'dapr' Gulino |
61 - 44 | +17 | 89.6 | 83.8% | 1.38 |
| Austin 'Cooper' Abadir |
67 - 43 | +24 | 83.7 | 75.7% | 1.35 |
| Kaleb 'moose' Jayne |
63 - 40 | +23 | 83.2 | 71.6% | 1.22 |
| Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver |
44 - 40 | +4 | 73.6 | 70.3% | 1.04 |
| Pujan 'FNS' Mehta |
40 - 52 | -12 | 61.1 | 67.6% | 0.87 |
| Ghost |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth 'koosta' Suen |
65 - 51 | +14 | 95.7 | 71.6% | 1.28 |
| Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu |
48 - 53 | -5 | 65.9 | 63.5% | 0.91 |
| James 'JamezIRL' Macaulay |
41 - 57 | -16 | 69.5 | 63.5% | 0.90 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
37 - 57 | -20 | 54.1 | 51.4% | 0.71 |
| Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik |
27 - 58 | -31 | 47.7 | 60.8% | 0.61 |
The first and second round of the lower bracket will take place tomorrow, with the first round of matches kicking off at 5 PM EST. The lower bracket semifinals will play out on Friday to reward two final teams with spots at the Americas Minor.
