Liquid books IEM Chengdu 2024 playoffs spot
The first BO3 on the opening day of IEM Chengdu 2024 had Liquid take on G2 in the Group A upper bracket semi-final with the winner set to move into the playoffs.
The action started on Liquid's pick of Ancient as cadiaN and co. went 8-4 up on their T side. A force buy win on their CT-side saw Liquid ran away with a 13-6 win to get the series underway as NAF and Twistzz topped the scoreboard with 19 and 17 kills respectively.
G2 pulled it back to a 6-6 half on Anubis after going 1-4 down before seeing off a Liquid comeback attempt to keep the series alive with a 13-10 win. The series decider, Inferno started with Liquid racing away to a 7-0 lead before clutches from m0NESY and NiKo got G2 in the half. m0NESY helped G2 secure four on their T side.
G2 once again looked like they would turn it around in the second half but Liquid held on for a 13-9 win to secure the series 2-1 and book themselves a playoffs spot at IEM Chengdu 2024.
G2Liquid| G2 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov |
56 - 40 | +16 | 84.2 | 71.9% | 1.27 |
 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač |
41 - 50 | -9 | 71.1 | 64.1% | 0.88 |
 Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen |
34 - 47 | -13 | 59.7 | 67.2% | 0.86 |
 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković |
39 - 44 | -5 | 63.2 | 64.1% | 0.81 |
| Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač |
28 - 45 | -17 | 61.3 | 68.8% | 0.78 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
57 - 36 | +21 | 89.8 | 75.0% | 1.34 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
54 - 40 | +14 | 87.0 | 79.7% | 1.32 |
 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis |
37 - 44 | -7 | 75.4 | 68.8% | 1.03 |
 Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros |
40 - 42 | -2 | 69.6 | 71.9% | 1.02 |
| Casper 'cadiaN' Møller |
34 - 36 | -2 | 57.2 | 76.6% | 0.98 |
The Group A lower bracket game saw 9z and HEROIC face each other for survival and HEROIC stole away 9z's pick of Nuke at 13-11 before taking a comfortable 13-8 win on Mirage to 2-0 the series. The loss also meant that 9z were eliminated on the opening day itself.
9zHEROIC| 9z |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez |
32 - 29 | +3 | 81.3 | 66.7% | 1.10 |
 Franco 'dgt' Garcia |
28 - 28 | +0 | 68.3 | 71.1% | 0.98 |
 Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez |
28 - 32 | -4 | 66.7 | 66.7% | 0.87 |
 Nicolás 'buda' Kramer |
23 - 27 | -4 | 53.8 | 60.0% | 0.79 |
| Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez |
22 - 35 | -13 | 69.5 | 62.2% | 0.77 |
| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| René 'TeSeS' Madsen |
44 - 26 | +18 | 99.5 | 71.1% | 1.39 |
 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz |
31 - 27 | +4 | 74.9 | 64.4% | 1.09 |
| Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck |
26 - 27 | -1 | 71.2 | 77.8% | 1.06 |
| Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi |
25 - 27 | -2 | 61.7 | 73.3% | 0.88 |
 Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski |
25 - 27 | -2 | 54.5 | 62.2% | 0.87 |
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