Team Falcons and TYLOO swept to victories on Friday as the FISSURE Playground No. 2 event got underway at Belgrade, Serbia
Aurora Gaming and 3DMAX also earned opening-day wins in the $500,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament.
The 16 teams are competing in an opening-round Swiss Stage — essentially a triple-elimination bracket of best-of-three matches. The top eight teams will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, which begin on Sept. 19.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be best-of-three, while the grand final on Sept. 21 will be best-of-five.
The championship side will make $200,000, while the runner-up will receive $100,000.
On Friday, Team Falcons demolished Virtus.pro 13-1 on Mirage, 13-2 on Ancient. Russia’s Maxim “kyousuke” Lukin starred for Team Falcons with 35 kills and a plus-17 kill-death differential. Kazakhstan’s Kaisar “ICY” Faiznurov produced 21 kills and a minus-3 K-D differential for Virtus.pro.
TYLOO was nearly as dominant against GamerLegion, prevailing 13-3 on Inferno, 13-4 on Ancient. Dongkai “Jee” Ji paced all-Chinese TYLOO with 36 kills and a plus-23 K-D differential. The Czech Republic’s Oldrich “PR” Novy and Denmark’s Sebastian “Tauson” Tauson Lindelof each logged 21 kills for GamerLegion.
3DMAX edged The MongolZ 2-1 after taking the decisive third map 13-9 on Nuke. After 3DMAX opened with a 13-10 win on Inferno, The MongolZ equalized by taking Ancient 13-5. Bryan “Maka” Canda guided all-French 3DMAX with 57 kills and a plus-14 K-D differential. Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch ended up with 46 kills and a plus-8 K-D differential for the all-Mongolian MongolZ.
Aurora Gaming rallied for a 2-1 victory over Astralis, which won the opening map 13-8 on Nuke. Aurora pulled level with a 16-14 overtime win on Dust II, then sealed the series by taking Overpass 13-9. Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dortkardes amassed 59 kills and a plus-14 K-D differential for all-Turkish Aurora Gaming. Jakob “jabbi” Nygaard topped all-Danish Astralis with 55 kills and a plus-10 K-D differential.
The opening round concludes Saturday with four matches:
–HEROIC vs. Legacy
–G2 Esports vs. Lynn Vision Gaming
–FaZe Clan vs. paiN Gaming
–FURIA vs. Team Liquid
FISSURE Playground No. 2, Swiss Stage standings
T1. 3DMAX, 1-0
T1. Aurora Gaming, 1-0
T1. Team Falcons, 1-0
T1. TYLOO, 1-0
T5. FaZe Clan, 0-0
T5. FURIA, 0-0
T5. G2 Esports, 0-0
T5. HEROIC, 0-0
T5. Legacy, 0-0
T5. Lynn Vision Gaming, 0-0
T5. paiN Gaming, 0-0
T5. Team Liquid, 0-0
T12. Astralis, 0-1
T12. GamerLegion, 0-1
T12. The MongolZ, 0-1
T12. Virtus.pro, 0-1
FISSURE Playground No. 2 prize pool
1. $200,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $40,000
5-8. $17,500
9-11. $10,000
12-14. $5,000
15-16. $2,500
–Field Level Media
