G2 Esports and MIBR swept their way into the semifinals at the $1 million FISSURE Playground #3 in Suzhou, China.
G2 took down FURIA and MIBR knocked out Alliance in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Next for G2 is Group A winner BetBoom Team, and MIBR will meet Group B winner Legacy in Saturday’s semifinals.
The Counter-Strike 2 event began Tuesday with 16 teams competing in two groups in a double-elimination format. All matches are best-of-three except Sunday’s best-of-five grand final. The winning team will earn $300,000 — $165,000 for the player prize and $135,000 for the team share.
On Friday, G2 outlasted FURIA 16-14 on Ancient and cruised to a 13-3 win on Dust II. Israeli-Ukrainian rifler Nikita “HeavyGod” Martynenko led the winners with 42 kills.
MIBR defeated Alliance with a 13-4 win on Inferno and a 13-9 decision on Cache. Brazilian AWPer Lucas “nqz” Soares anchored MIBR with a match-high 35 kills.
FISSURE Playground #3 prize pool (player prize, team share)
1. $300,000 ($165,000, $135,000)
2. $160,000 ($75,000, $85,000)
3. $93,000 ($40,000, $53,000)
4. $93,000 ($40,000, $53,000)
5-6. FURIA, Alliance — $65,000 ($25,000, $40,000)
7-8. 5star eSports, magic — $42,000 ($15,000, $27,000)
9-12. Astralis, 9z Team, PARIVISION, TYLOO — $20,000 ($7,500, $12,500)
13-16. The MongolZ, BIG, FaZe Clan, GamerLegion — $15,000 ($5,000, $10,000)
–Field Level Media
