FURIA has secured their spot in the Elimination Stage of the Perfect World Shanghai Major after an impressive 2-1 victory over BIG on Monday morning. With this win, the Brazilian team joins Liquid and The MongolZ as teams progressing from the Opening Stage’s Swiss group.
The series against BIG started poorly for FURIA, as they suffered a crushing 13-5 loss on Nuke. However, led by the stellar performances of Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and Yuri “yuurih” Santos, FURIA bounced back with a hard-fought win on Mirage (13-11) and a domination on the decider on Dust2 (13-3).
While FURIA celebrates their advance, BIG will need to regroup as they head into their last-chance match tomorrow for a shot at the Elimination Stage.
FURIA vs BIG 2-1 | Perfect World Shanghai Major Opening Stage
5-13 (Nuke) – Krimbo | 1.62 rating
13-11 (Mirage) – yuurih | 1.58 rating
13-3 (Dust2) – FalleN | 2.08 rating
Monday schedule | Perfect World Shanghai Major Opening Stage
Advancement on the line:
04:00 – BIG vs FURIA 2-1
10:00 – GamerLegion vs Passion UA
Elimination on the line:
04:00 – Rare Atom vs MIBR 1-2
07:00 – Cloud9 vs Complexity
10:00 – Wildcard vs Virtus.pro
