The opening day at the Perfect World Shanghai Major has now been wrapped up after having presented thrilling Counter-Strike action since the early morning this Saturday.
Leading the charge after the first two rounds are The MongolZ, Liquid, FlyQuest and GamerLegion with all four teams taking home victories in their respective Bo1 series today.
Especially FlyQuest’s performance has raised some eyebrows with the Australian underdogs taking down two massive scalps today by crushing Complexity (13-6) and afterwards BIG (13-5) in the second round of the Swiss stage.
See the venue for the first two Major stages
Top teams in danger
On the other side of the table, we find Fnatic, Complexity, Rare Atom and Imperial – a quartet that now have their backs to the wall as they can’t afford to lose one more match in the opening stage if they wish to advance.
Clearly a disappointing situation for top teams such as Fnatic and Complexity.
You can get an overview of the results, standings and upcoming matches down below.
Saturday’s results | Shanghai Major Opening Stage
1st round
2nd round
paiN vs Imperial
13-5
The MongolZ vs Rare Atom
13-2
fnatic vs Wildcard
11-13
BIG vs Passion UA
13-9
Liquid vs Cloud9
13-10
Complexity vs FlyQuest
6-13
FURIA vs GamerLegion
8-13
Virtus.pro vs MIBR
7-13
Imperial vs FURIA
11-13
paiN vs GamerLegion
10-13
Liquid vs Wildcard
13-10
Virtus.pro vs Rare Atom
13-4
Complexity vs Passion UA
9-13
The MongolZ vs MIBR
13-6
BIG vs FlyQuest
5-13
fnatic vs Cloud9
5-13
Standings | Shanghai Major Opening Stage
2-0 teams:
FlyQuest, The MongolZ, Liquid, GamerLegion
1-1 teams:
BIG, Cloud9, MIBR, Passion UA, Wildcard, Virtus.pro, paiN, FURIA
0-2 teams:
Fnatic, Complexity, Rare Atom, Imperial
Sunday schedule (CET) | Shanghai Major Opening Stage
04:00
– BIG vs Virtus.pro (Bo1)
04:00
– MIBR vs Passion UA (Bo1)
05:00
– FURIA vs Wildcard (Bo1)
05:00
– paiN vs Cloud9 (Bo1)
06:00
– Rare Atom vs Fnatic (Bo3)
06:00
– Liquid vs FlyQuest (Bo3)
09:00
– The MongolZ vs GamerLegion (Bo3)
09:00
– Complexity vs Imperial (Bo3)
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