No NA teams in IEM Dallas 2025 playoffs: Aurora eliminate Liquid
Liquid are out of IEM Dallas 2025 after losing to Aurora this Wednesday, May 21st. They needed a win to move on to the final round of the lower bracket, but the all-Turkish team came out on top after just two maps played.
As a result of this loss, the North American fans will have no NA teams to cheer for in the playoffs as NRG crashed out of the event yesterday after a loss to Aurora too.
Aurora kicked off the series with a comfortable 13-7 victory on Inferno, which Liquid picked. The Turks put up a nearly flawless CT-side in the first half as Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın and Samet "jottAAA" Köklü grabbed 15 kills each. This gave them much room to work with on their T side, and they closed out the game pretty fast.
It looked like Aurora would breeze past Liquid on Dust2, but Liquid made things more interesting.
H, they lost a crucial round to mostly pistols toward the end of their CT side, which killed their economy, to complete the comeback. The final round was down to a 2v2, and Aurora prevailed in the after-plant on the B site.
LiquidAurora| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
31 - 32 | -1 | 93.0 | 81.0% | 1.15 |
 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz |
27 - 31 | -4 | 69.4 | 66.7% | 0.96 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
22 - 32 | -10 | 82.7 | 66.7% | 0.94 |
 Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek |
25 - 30 | -5 | 63.6 | 61.9% | 0.90 |
| Roland 'ultimate' Tomkowiak |
25 - 31 | -6 | 53.0 | 66.7% | 0.78 |
| Aurora |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
36 - 27 | +9 | 101.5 | 81.0% | 1.39 |
| Samet 'jottAAA' Köklü |
37 - 29 | +8 | 97.3 | 73.8% | 1.34 |
| Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın |
35 - 28 | +7 | 86.5 | 76.2% | 1.25 |
| Özgür 'woxic' Eker |
34 - 22 | +12 | 68.2 | 78.6% | 1.19 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
14 - 25 | -11 | 45.7 | 66.7% | 0.70 |
While Aurora will play the winner of HEROIC vs. FaZe for a spot in the playoffs later today, Liquid will pack things and start preparing for the BLAST.tv Austin Major in June.
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