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Fnatic to miss second straight CS:GO Major after last-place finish at IEM Fall Europe

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Time Stamp: October 3, 2021 1:33 PM - Modified On: October 3, 2021 - Published By:
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Fnatic have been mathematically eliminated from participating in the upcoming CS:GO PGL Stockholm Major in late October following a 0-5/1-4 performance in Group D of the IEM Fall Europe event. Fnatic’s run in the group stage, playing only best-of-one series, got off to a rough start with a one-sided loss to FaZe Clan on Mirage, followed by close losses to Double Poney and Team Fiend on Nuke and Inferno, respectively. Down 0-3, the Swedish-British Fnatic roster needed to win both of their last matches and get some help in other

IEM Fall EU: Who’s still in the running for a Major spot?

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Time Stamp: October 3, 2021 11:18 AM - Modified On: October 3, 2021 - Published By:
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The IEM Fall Europe group stage is heading into the final round of matches, where it is still almost all to play for. Out of the 24 teams, three are already confirmed to play in the playoffs — NIP, Copenhagen Flames, and Astralis — while five more are out of the running entirely with fnatic, AURA, Endpoint, MAD Lions, and Sprout no longer able to place in the top three in their respective groups. A win over Fiend would nearly guarantee FaZe a Major spot Any of the other 16

Astralis secure Major spot with victory over Complexity in IEM Fall’s Group B

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 2:38 PM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Astralis have punched their ticket to the Major with a victory over Complexity, while Sinners, who were also 3-0 going into the fourth day of play, missed a chance at securing a berth in the playoffs and may have to fight with two more teams in the group for the coveted second place if they can't beat Astralis in the final day of play. The other two teams still in it to try and make the playoffs are Movistar Riders and Heroic if they beat Endpoint and Complexity, respectively, which

IEM Fall EU: What to look out for in round 4 matches*

Source Node: https://www.hltv.org/news/32475/iem-fall-eu-what-to-look-out-for-in-round-4-matches
Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 11:59 AM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Update 18:38 : Corrected the last Group A bullet point. G2 and mousesports both winning would only lock FunPlus Phoenix and AURA out. BIG would be only locked out of contention for top three if they lost to AURA in that case. Update 18:12 : Fiend losing their match would see them place in the bottom three in any scenario and outside of contention for the Major. Round four of IEM Fall Europe, the final Regional Major Ranking tournament ahead of PGL Major Stockholm, is kicking off at 19:00 .

Movistar Riders surprise Complexity, Sinners and Astralis go 3-0 in Group B

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Time Stamp: October 1, 2021 4:25 PM - Modified On: October 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Endpoint are out of contention for playoffs, as they will not be able to earn enough points to qualify for the Major due to their 20% points reduction for using a stand-in, having required at least a top-eight finish to have a chance. Sinners continue to impress in Group B with a win over Endpoint on Ancient, putting them 3-0 in the group and edging them one step closer to the playoffs where they could potentially collect enough RMR points to advance into the Major. Meanwhile, in one of the

Heroic, Astralis tally victories in Group B openers; Sinners defeat Complexity

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Time Stamp: September 29, 2021 4:18 PM - Modified On: September 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Two of the three Group B teams expected to tally three points in their IEM Fall opening matches did so, as Heroic and Astralis claimed solvent victories, but Complexity came out on the wrong end of a close map against Sinners. Heroic’s victory was played in a strange match on Dust 2 against Movistar Riders, a map neither of the teams play regularly, while Astralis beat an Endpoint playing with Sabit "⁠mirbit⁠" Coktasar standing in for Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas, who wasn’t able to secure a visa in time to attend

Endpoint set to use mirbit at IEM Fall

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Time Stamp: September 29, 2021 8:00 AM - Modified On: September 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Endpoint have announced on Wednesday that German player Sabit "⁠mirbit⁠" Coktasar will be standing-in for the the team during IEM Fall in loan deal from Nordavind. The British side will still suffer a 20% deduction to any points they earn at the Regional Major Ranking tournament but will have much better odds at placing highly, as they won't need to use their coach, Allan "⁠Allan⁠" Hender. The loan deal comes after the announcement on Tuesday that Endpoint member Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas would be unable to travel with the team to

ESL announce 32-member IEM Fall broadcast team

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Time Stamp: September 28, 2021 2:59 PM - Modified On: September 28, 2021 - Published By:
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The announcement for the IEM Fall EU, CIS and NA talent was made today, with twelve people tasked with bringing the action to life on the A stream. The same talent (bar one change) will cover both CIS and NA, as those events feature less teams and as such do not run for as long as the EU event. The EU edition of the tournament takes place from September 29-October 10 and sees stunna take up host duties, whilst Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović and Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne provide desk analysis. Just

RMR standings breakdown: Where teams need to place to qualify for the Major

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Time Stamp: September 28, 2021 9:55 AM - Modified On: September 28, 2021 - Published By:
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With the full team lineups for all IEM Fall divisions set, there is now a limited number of teams who can potentially qualify for and compete at the PGL Major in Stockholm. In this breakdown, we will go through each region and preview which teams can still claim a spot, how well some teams would have to do to lock themselves in, how badly some teams would need to do to not qualify, and more. To quickly break down the overall format for IEM Fall, each region has an even