FURIA and Liquid on top at IEM North America
The first day at the North American RMR gave a lot of answers concerning the power structure within the big region.
The race for the last Regional Major Ranking points in the North American region has begun. Tuesday night/morning (CET), presented the start of IEM Fall North America, which is the last chance for the NA teams to gain vital qualifying points for the upcoming PGL Major later this month.
The opening day featured no more than 12 Bo1 matchups from Group A and Group B. A format, that often means a lot of upsets and surprising results like we have seen at both IEM Fall CIS and EU. However, two teams that didn’t struggle to find their footing was the superstar squads in FURIA and Liquid.
The two top-tier teams steamrolled through their respective competition and are both situated as the lone leaders in their groups. Down below, you’ll find the opening-day results, the standings, and the top performers after day one.
IEM Fall NA | Opening Day
Liquid – Bad News Bears | 16-9
paiN – Extra Salt | 17-19
GODSENT – FURIA | 11-16
Triumph – TeamOne | 16-7
Extra Salt – Bad News Bears | 13-16
EXTREMUM – ATK | 16-4
Evil Geniuses – 00Nation | 16-5
FURIA – Triumph | 16-5
EXTREMUM – paiN | 8-16
Liquid – ATK | 16-4
00Nation – GODSENT | 4-16
Evil Geniuses – TeamOne | 5-16
Highlight: Grim 1v3 Deagle Clutch against Bad News Bears
IEM Fall NA | Standings
Group A:
1- Liquid | 6 points (+19) |
2- paiN | 3 points (+6) |
3- EXTREMUM | 3 points (+3) |
4- Extra Salt | 3 points (-1) |
5- Bad News Bears | 3 points (-4) |
6- ATK | 0 points (-24) |
Group B:
1- FURIA | 6 points (+16) |
2- GODSENT | 3 points (+7) |
3- TeamOne | 3 points (+2) |
4- Evil Geniuses | 3 points (0) |
5- Triumph | 3 points (-2) |
6- 00Nation | 0 points (-23) |
Top 5 Highest-Rated Players:
1. yuurih 1.51
2. BnTeT 1.39
3. EliGE 1.39
4. AZR 1.38
5. KSCERATO 1.34