CS Summit 8: Liquid and FURIA Advance to Upper Bracket
CS Summit 8: Liquid and FURIA Advance to Upper Bracket
The group stage of CS Summit 8 has concluded earlier tonight, with FURIA Esports and Team Liquid securing the final spots in the tournament’s upper bracket. In the decider matches of their groups, FURIA defeated O Plano (2-0), while Liquid outplayed EXTREMUM (2-1).
The event will resume on May 26th with the first round of the upper bracket. First, Extra Salt will face FURIA (10:30 PM BST), and then paiN will play with Liquid (01:30 AM). Next day we will witness the first two matches of the lower bracket.
Group Stage Results:
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
| 1. | paiN Gaming | 2-0 | 76-62 | 1. | Extra Salt | 2-0 | 75-67 |
| 2. | FURIA Esports | 2-1 | 89-87 | 2. | Team Liquid | 2-1 | 135-118 |
| 3. | O Plano | 1-2 | 85-83 | 3. | EXTREMUM | 1-2 | 95-105 |
| 4. | Evil Geniuses | 0-2 | 64-82 | 4. | Bad News Bears | 0-2 | 62-77 |
CS Summit 8 is an RMR-event for North America that features a $50,000 prize pool and will conclude on May 30th with a best-of-five grand finale. Evil Geniuses and Bad News Bears placed last at the event, each receiving $2,000 and 950 RMR points.