Team Liquid, Astralis and paiN Gaming secured the final three playoff spots on Wednesday at the $500,000 Global Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 event in Belgrade, Serbia.
Liquid swept FaZe Clan, Astralis did the same to GamerLegion and paiN defeated Virtus.pro 2-1 in Round 5 action to close out the Swiss Stage at the Counter-Strike 2 tournament.
Sixteen teams started the event on Sept. 12, with the top eight reaching the single-elimination playoffs that begin on Friday. All remaining matches are best-of-three except for Sunday’s best-of-five grand final, where the winning side will take home $200,000.
On Wednesday, Liquid won 13-6 on Ancient and 13-7 on Dust II to eliminate FaZe Clan. Astralis prevailed 13-9 on Overpass and 13-10 on Nuke to knock out GamerLegion. paiN sandwiched a 13-5 win on Dust II and a 13-9 victory on Inferno around VP’s 13-11 win on Mirage.
Friday’s quarterfinal matches:
–Team Liquid vs. Aurora Gaming
–The MongolZ vs. G2 Esports
–Astralis vs. FURIA
–paiN Gaming vs. Team Falcons
FISSURE Playground No. 2 prize pool:
1. $200,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $40,000
5-8. $17,500
9-11. $10,000 — FaZe Clan, GamerLegion, Virtus.pro
12-14. $5,000 — TYLOO, Legacy, 3DMAX
15-16. $2,500 — HEROIC, Lynn Vision Gaming
–Field Level Media
