On Saturday, G2 Esports dominated FaZe Clan with a 2-0 victory in a Round 4 high-stakes match, advancing beyond the elimination stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China. With this win, G2 Esports clinched a berth in the playoff round, where the eight leading teams from the elimination stage will compete for the […]
On Saturday, G2 Esports dominated FaZe Clan with a 2-0 victory in a Round 4 high-stakes match, advancing beyond the elimination stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China.
With this win, G2 Esports clinched a berth in the playoff round, where the eight leading teams from the elimination stage will compete for the top prize of $500,000.
After defeating FaZe Clan 13-4 on Inferno, G2 Esports staved off any comeback attempts with a 13-3 triumph on Mirage.
The elimination phase of the $1.25 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament continues until Sunday, employing a Swiss System format, where teams that fail to make the playoffs will be eliminated. Elimination and advancement matches are held in a best-of-three format, while all other matches are best-of-one.
Playoff matches are set to commence on Thursday, with the grand final scheduled for December 15.
Alongside G2 Esports in the playoffs are Team Liquid and Team Spirit, both emerging as 2-1 victors in their respective Round 4 high matches on Saturday. Liquid achieved victories on Mirage (13-2) and Anubis (13-5) sandwiching a loss on Nuke (13-10) against MIBR, while Spirit clinched Ancient 16-14, narrowly lost 13-10 on Mirage, and triumphed 13-7 on Dust II to surpass HEROIC.
In the Round 4 low matches, MOUZ defeated 3DMAX 2-0, Natus Vincere accomplished the same against GamerLegion, and FURIA Esports overcame paiN Gaming.
Elimination matches wrap up on Sunday with three Round 5 confrontations to finalize the last three teams advancing to the playoffs:
–MIBR vs. MOUZ
–Natus Vincere vs. HEROIC
–FURIA Esports vs. FaZe Clan
Perfect World Shanghai Major payouts:
1. $500,000
2. $170,000
3-4. $80,000
5-8. $45,000
9-11. $20,000
12-14. $20,000
15-16. $20,000
17-19. $10,000 — FlyQuest, Passion UA, Complexity Gaming
20-22. $10,000 — Virtus.pro, Cloud9, Rare Atom
23-24. $10,000 — Imperial Esports, Fnatic
–Field Level Media
