Cloud9 has qualified for the Perfect World Shanghai Major following a crucial win over SINNERS early Tuesday morning.
Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov and his men secured their place at the $1.25 million tournament by going 3-1 in the Swiss stage, being the 13th team overall to book a ticket.
In today’s series against SINNERS, Cloud9 started off strong with a solid 13-7 victory on Mirage setting up an early lead.
Yet things suddenly started to look dicey for the Russian squad after first losing Vertigo and moments after being down 10-5 on the third deciding map.
However, then Cloud9’s star rifler Nikita ‘HeavyGod’ Martynenko stepped up and performed a masterclass of a CT side to carry his team to a 13-11 result on Dust2, sending Cloud9 to the Major.
With that being said, Kaisar “ICY” Faiznurov has to get a shoutout for a wonderful individual performance today as well.
Cloud9 vs SINNERS 2-1 | Europe RMR A
13-7 (Mirage) – ICY | 2.00 Rating
9-13 (Vertigo) – beastik | 1.51 Rating
13-11 (Dust2) – ICY | 1.44 Rating
Sangal eliminated
On the other side of the standings, ECLOT and Sangal met in a vital match to fight for their survival at the European RMR tournament.
Here we saw the Turkish side fall short with a 2-0 deficit against ECLOT, who lives to fight another day.
Overall standings | Europe RMR A
3-1: Cloud9
2-2: Sinners, ECLOT
1-2: BetBoom, Falcons, GamerLegion, Nemiga
1-3: Sangal
0-3: Rebels, UNiTY
You can read more about the IESF World Championships 2024 here.
