Team Liquid will not be playing in the IEM Chengdu 2024 tournament in China, after losing in the finals of the US qualifiers.
For the second time in a very short period of time, the favored Team Liquid, which should not have competition in America, loses to M80. Recall that they first defeated them in the closed qualifiers for NA RMR, and now in the finals of the qualifiers for IEM Chengdu.
M80 started the qualifiers with a loss, but luckily the double elimination system was played for them, so they managed to recover and tie three triumphs to reach the final goal. In the decisive match against Liquid, they took the lead only after two overtime series on Inferno, where they won 19-19, but Liquid responded with a convincing 13-2 on Nuke.
However, a complete turnaround did not happen and M80 took a 13-9 victory on the Ancient map. The match was marked by a player from Guatemala - Mario "malbsMd" Samayo with 68 frags, 102.2 damage per round and 1.36 rating.
With this defeat, Liquid said goodbye to participating in the tournament, because there are only three slots left, which will be won by the winners of the European tournament. Asian and Australian qualifications.
