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On Tuesday, the final day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major opening stage featured three do-or-die best-of-three series, with Complexity, BIG, FlyQuest, MIBR, Wildcard and Passion UA competing for the last three spots in the elimination stage.
With their Major lives on the line, the six Counter-Strike squads entered the day with 2-2 records, knowing that a loss would send them home and end their 2024 season.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 Opening Stage 2-2 Bracket:
BIG defeats COL 2-1 to secure their spot in the Elimination Stage!More Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/v0sxamQZpL
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 3, 2024
Complexity started strong on their map pick of Anubis, where they dominated on the counter-terrorist side to take a 9-3 lead at halftime.
The North American-owned organisation closed out the map quickly in the second half, running out a 13-5 victor.
BIG started much better on their pick of Ancient, and on their counter-terrorist side, they were dominant, winning eight of the last 10 rounds en route to a 13-9 win.
With the series on the line, Håkon “hallzerk” Fjærli stepped up and produced an outstanding performance for Complexity on Dust2; however, it was all for nothing.
The rest of his team couldn’t provide the help he needed, and BIG’s teamwork proved pivotal in them claiming the decider, 13-9.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 Opening Stage 2-2 Bracket:
MIBR 2-0 FlyQuest and the 🇧🇷Brazilians are going to the elimination stage!More Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/KMKMmVBw7E
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 3, 2024
Following on from the first series, MIBR and FlyQuest clashed with another elimination stage spot on the line.
MIBR started the opening stage with back-to-back losses and turned things around to claim two wins, while FlyQuest won their first two before suffering two straight defeats.
The Brazilian squad picked Nuke, and there was no contest, as the Aussie outfit struggled from the first round and only won four rounds in a 13-4 demolition.
Even though FlyQuest started a little better in the early round of their map pick of Inferno, MIBR proved too strong once again.
They won 10 of the last 12 rounds, with each of their five players finishing with ratings of 1.29 or higher, as they took the second and final map 13-5.
#ShanghaiMajor2024 Opening Stage 2-2 Bracket:
Wildcard defeats PUA 2-1, becoming the final team to qualify for the Elimination Stage!More Moments here: https://t.co/ng05IqwNa8 pic.twitter.com/yqFbGh8GOH
— CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) December 3, 2024
Wildcard and Passion UA were the final two teams to play off for the last spot in the elimination stage.
Both squads traded 13-6 map victories on their own map pick, but overtime was needed to decide the third map.
Passion UA took a slender 7-5 lead into halftime before Wildcard responded with their own 7-5 half, tying the score at 12-12.
It only took five extra rounds to decide the result, as Wildcard claimed a 16-13 victory to snatch the last ticket into the next stage at the Shanghai Major.
The elimination stage will kick off on Thursday, December 5, where the 16 teams will play two rounds of best-of-one matches.
Shanghai Major elimination stage teams
- G2 Esports
- Natus Vincere
- Team Vitality
- Team Spirit
- MOUZ
- FaZe Clan
- HEROIC
- 3DMAX
- Team Liquid
- The MongolZ
- FURIA Esports
- paiN Gaming
- GamerLegion
- BIG
- MIBR
- Wildcard
