Asia celebrates getting the third slot at the upcoming Major, where they will be the hosts, Brazil got another team in the top 16.
Mongolian team TheMongolz convincingly defeated Legacy 2-0 in the first match of the decisive fifth round for placement in the best 16 teams at the PGL Copenhagen Major.
Fan favorites not only from Asia but around the world, TheMongolz may have come into the Major as underdogs, but the expectation was that they could potentially pull off a surprise, which they did.
Although their opponent today was a team featuring two-time Major champion Marcelo "coldzera" David, TheMongolz were the ones who played much more decisively and aggressively, showing that they have a lot of confidence in their game, which ultimately brought them the desired success. .
They ended up struggling more on their pick, the Ancient map, where Legacy held on in the second half, and the final score was 13-9 for the Mongolian team. On Anubis, TheMongolz took the T side 7-5, but then completely outplayed Legacy when they switched to the CT side, dropping just one round in the sequel for a 13-6 triumph that earns the entire region a precious third slot at the upcoming Major later this year. held in Shanghai, China.
The sadness of the Brazilian fans over Legacy's defeat was short-lived, as Imperial gave them plenty of reasons to celebrate in the next match. The Brazilian team managed to make up for the deficit and with two convincing victories reversed the result against the GamerLegion team and confirmed the ticket for the next stage.
GamerLegion managed to take their best map, Overpass, but only after overtime with a 16-12 score, only for Imperial to completely dominate the rest of the game with a 13-6 win on Mirage and a 13-5 win on Nuke.
Joao "felps" Vasconcellos was the hero of his team with 60 frags, 103.5 damage per round and a 1.41 rating.
In the last match, SAW and FURIA meet, after which we will know all 16 participants of the main stage of the Major, as well as the pairings of the first round.
