The Australians came into Stage 2 riding a high after a clean 3-0 run in Stage 1, but their Major fairytale ended with a thud.

Liquid find themselves only one match away from elimination already at Budapest.

FaZe’s rookie signing finally pays dividends, as he top-fragged to send Aurora down to 1-1.

NAVI managed to barely beat Imperial to go 2-0.

Meanwhile, 3DMAX recovered their form to go 1-1.

try had the highlight of the tournament on Nuke.

b1t went 19-1 as NAVI got a 12-0 half.

FaZe picked up a close win against Passion UA, as TYLOO dominated PARIVISION.

“We should have won bigger”, is what NIP’s own sjuush said after a convincing win over Astralis. “We lost both pistols and threw some rounds as well”.