FURIA has secured a place at this year’s IEM Katowice after edging out Wildcard 2-1 in the play-in stage on Friday.
Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and his team are now the fourth squad to advance from the LAN qualifier in Poland, joining 3DMAX, GamerLegion, and Eternal Fire at the prestigious event.
Liquid, meanwhile, isn’t quite there yet – but they’re still in the fight.
Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken and company took a crucial step toward qualification with a decisive victory over Complexity in today’s elimination match.
After falling to HEROIC yesterday, Liquid bounced back with a dominant showing against the North American side, taking Inferno 13-8 and closing out Ancient 13-11.
Now, all eyes are on their final hurdle. Later today, Liquid will go head-to-head with Wildcard in a do-or-die series.
The winner will punch their ticket to IEM Katowice, while the loser heads home empty-handed. The same goes for the rest of the elimination matches today.
Check out the schedule down below.
Friday’s IEM Katowice Play-in Schedule (CET):
13:30 – Complexity vs Liquid (0-2)
13:30 – Wildcard vs FURIA (1-2)
16:00 – Virtus.pro vs MIBR
16:00 – BIG vs HEROIC
18:30 – Astralis vs paiN
18:30 – Liquid vs Wildcard