4 Group A groups coast to sweeps at IEM Cologne

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Natus Vincere, Astralis, SAW and The MongolZ all cruised to 2-0 sweeps in Group A on Saturday throughout the group stage of the Intel Excessive Masters Cologne in Germany.

All 4 groups superior to the upper-bracket semifinals due to their victories. Natus Vincere blanked paiN Gaming, Astralis downed 9z Group, SAW tackled G2 Esports and The MongolZ bought one of the best of Group Spirit.

Sixteen groups began within the double-elimination play-in stage of the $1 million Counter-Strike: World Offensive match.

The group stage, which started on Saturday and runs by means of Tuesday, will characteristic two double-elimination teams of eight. The group winners transfer on to the playoff semifinals. The group runners-up advance to the playoff quarterfinals as excessive seeds, and the teams’ third-place groups go to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds.

The only-elimination playoffs start on Friday and finish on Aug. 18. All match matches are best-of-three except for the grand last, which will likely be best-of-five. The champion earns berths within the IEM Katowice occasion and the BLAST Premier World Ultimate whereas additionally pocketing $400,000.

On Saturday, Natus Vincere prevailed 13-4 on each Anubis and Mirage. Ukraine’s Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy racked up a match-high 29 kills and completed with a plus-nine kill-death differential.

Victor “Staehr” Staehr of Denmark parlayed 35 kills with a plus-nine Okay-D as Astralis took Mud II 13-10 and Inferno 13-5.

SAW gained on Nuke (13-5) and Inferno (13-10) behind 33 kills and a plus-12 Okay-D ratio from Portugal’s Michel “ewjerkz” Pinto.

Mongolian Ayush “mzinho” Batbold piled up 41 kills towards 26 deaths, main The MongolZ to a 16-13 victory on Historic that set the tone for a 13-4 blowout on Anubis.

4 Group B groups had been in motion on Saturday, with Complexity Gaming edging Virtus.professional 2-1 and FaZe Clan shutting out Group Liquid 2-0.

Complexity Gaming opened their match towards VP with a 13-6 win on Vertigo earlier than falling 16-14 on Mud II. They then stayed within the higher bracket with a 13-5 rout on Anubis.

FaZe Clan pulled off victories on Mirage (13-11) and Nuke (13-10).

Group-stage motion continues Sunday with six matches:

–Natus Vincere vs. Astralis (Group A upper-bracket semifinal)

–SAW vs. The MongolZ (Group A upper-bracket semifinal)

–paiN Gaming vs. 9z Group (Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal)

–G2 Esports vs. Group Spirit (Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal)

–MOUZ vs. Group Falcons (Group B upper-bracket quarterfinal)

–FURIA Esports vs. Group Vitality (Group B upper-bracket quarterfinal)

Intel Excessive Masters Cologne prize pool, with cash and BLAST Premier factors

1. $400,000, 3,000 factors

2. $180,000, 2,000 factors

3-4. $80,000, 1,200 factors