BetBoom Team and GamerLegion rallied for wins on Monday as the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta event got underway.
The day’s other six matches all ended in 2-0 sweeps.
The $300,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event features 16 teams divided into two groups for the double-elimination opening round. The group winners will head to the playoff semifinals. The group runners-up will move to the playoff quarterfinals as high seeds, and the third-place team from each group will head to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds.
All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning side will receive $125,000.
In the Group A upper-bracket quarterfinals on Monday, B8 opened with a 16-14 overtime win on Mirage before BetBoom Team rebounded to capture Nuke 13-8 and Dust II 13-5.
Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov paced all-Russian BetBoom Team with 53 kills and a plus-10 kill-death differential. Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi recorded 51 kills and an even K-D differential for all-Ukrainian B8.
The other Group A upper-bracket quarterfinals saw Team Vitality top BC.Game Esports, paiN Gaming get past FaZe Clan, and FUT Esports defeat NRG.
In the Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals, SINNERS Esports couldn’t hold on after a 13-10 victory on Mirage. GamerLegion responded with a 13-9 win on Inferno and a 13-8 triumph on Nuke.
Sweden’s Fredrik “REZ” Sterner produced 53 kills and a plus-12 K-D differential for GamerLegion. North Macedonia’s Jordan “stressarN” Manevski posted 45 kills and a minus-1 K-D differential for SINNERS Esports.
Rounding out the Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals, Natus Vincere bested Passion UA, Legacy dumped M80, and Astralis downed Team Liquid.
The Tuesday schedule:
Group A upper-bracket semifinals
–Team Vitality vs. BetBoom Team
–paiN Gaming vs. FUT Esports
Group A lower-bracket quarterfinals
–BC.Game Esports vs. B8
–FaZe Clan vs. NRG
Group B upper-bracket semifinals
–Natus Vincere vs. GamerLegion
–Legacy vs. Astralis
Group B lower-bracket quarterfinals
–Passion UA vs. SINNERS Esports
–M80 vs. Team Liquid
Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta prize pool
1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3. $30,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $12,500
7-8. $7,000
9-12. $5,000
13-16. $4,000
–Field Level Media
