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The three remaining Brazilian squads in the Perfect World Shanghai Major opening stage have dominated the third day of play, with FURIA Esports and paiN Gaming securing their ticket into the elimination stage, while MIBR stayed alive heading into the final day.
FURIA opened the action on Monday by recording a reverse sweep against German Counter-Strike organisation BIG to claim their third win of the stage with a 2-1 scoreline.
BIG started the series in fine style, racing out to an early lead on FURIA’s map pick of Nuke before closing out the map in quick time, claiming a 13-5 victory.
Led by a Yuri “yuurih” Santos masterclass, FURIA bounced back with a gritty 13-11 win on BIG’s pick of Mirage, even though the all-Brazilian roster nearly threw a 10-2 halftime lead.
Yuurih topped the scoreboard with an impressive 1.58 rating after dropping a server-high 26 kills and 100 ADR on the second map of the clash.
Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo assured the series win with a massive performance on the deciding map, Dust2.
The legendary AWPer posted 18 kills and eight deaths, 127.8 ADR, and an incredible 2.08 rating to lead FURIA to a comfortable 13-5 victory.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 Opening Stage 2-1 Pool:
🇧🇷FURIA 2-1 BIG🇩🇪, qualified to the Elimination Stage.More Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/p9tTdxTpjv
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 2, 2024
paiN Gaming appeared to take notes on the Team Liquid vs FlyQuest series from Sunday as the Brazilian outfit took no chances against the Aussie squad.
The series opened on Vertigo, which was picked by paiN; however, the two teams couldn’t be split after 24 rounds, and they headed to overtime.
Kaue “kauez” Kaschuk and co. claimed the first three rounds of overtime and eventually wrapped up the first map, 16-14.
Although the second map, Inferno, was FlyQuest’s map pick, they were never really in the game.
paiN took a 7-5 lead into the second half before going on to dominate their terrorist side, claiming six of the first seven rounds to run away with a 13-6 win and 2-0 series triumph.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 Opening Stage 2-1 Pool:
paiN 2-0 FlyQuestMore Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/9QtX5qMgoi
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 2, 2024
MIBR completed the hat-trick for Brazil, following their win 2-1 (13-9, 11-13, 13-4) against Rare Atom in an elimination clash.
Felipe “insani” Yuji stood out as the top performer for MIBR, recording a massive 1.57 rating across the three maps and series highs in kills (61), kill/death difference (+24), and ADR (108.4).
Another organisation from the Americas that staved off elimination was Complexity, who seemed to finally find their groove in a strong 2-0 victory against Cloud9.
The two matched 10-2 halves on Vertigo and sent the opening map to overtime before Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski and co. took four of the next five rounds to run out 16-13 winners.
Cloud9’s map pick of Ancient wasn’t as competitive after Complexity raced out to an 8-4 halftime lead before wrapping up the series with a 13-8 victory.
The last two series of the day featured GamerLegion and Passion UA, who were fighting for a spot in the elimination stage, while Virtus.pro and Wildcard clashed with their Major lives on the line.
GamerLegion booked their place in the main event of the Shanghai Major with a 2-1 victory, following a tight contest on the third map, Ancient.
The two squads traded map picks, with GamerLegion taking Passion UA’s pick of Inferno (13-6) before Passion UA returned serve, taking Mirage 13-5.
Passion UA tried to rally back on Ancient after going down 9-3 in the first half, but ultimately they would fall a few rounds short, with GamerLegion’s team play helping them to a 13-9 win to close out the series.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 2-1 Pool:
GamerLegion 2-1 PUAMore Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/2So4ndzlUZ
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 2, 2024
Meanwhile, VP and Wildcard played out an exhilarating contest that featured all three maps, Ancient, Inferno and Anubis.
VP seemingly never lost control of the match on their map pick, taking the opener 13-8.
Wildcard bounced back quickly by sprinting out to a 9-3 halftime lead on their own pick before playing out a back-and-forth second half to claim a 13-7 victory.
The North American organisation started hot again on the final map, ending the first half with an 8-4 lead.
They continued to control the map early in the second half, and even though they struggled to close it out, Wildcard eventually claimed Anubis, 13-8.
Tuesday will feature the final three series of the opening stage, with all six teams playing for a spot in the elimination stage.
Tuesday’s Shanghai Major matches
- BIG (+150) vs Complexity (-200) @ 11am CST
- FlyQuest (-120.48) vs MIBR (-120.48) @ 2pm CST
- Passion UA (-175.44) vs Wildcard (+125) @ 5pm CST
