MOUZ, OG move to 2

With the 1-1 pool coming to an end, the tournament now moves into best-of-three games.

OG and MOUZ secured victories on the third day of play and are now just one BO3 win away from progressing to the IEM Rio Major. Losses by Falcons and K23 mean they now join Monte and Sangal in the 1-2 pool, with the teams set to fight for their lives starting on Saturday.

dexter led by example on Ancient with 26 kills

OG met Falcons on Mirage, and it was the European combine that got the better start, equalizing the scores after losing the pistol to race to a 9-4 lead. A 1vs2 clutch by Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss got Falcons within three rounds of their opponents as they moved onto the CT side.

Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas's quad-kill in the pistol round put OG in the driver's seat to close out the game, but it wasn't smooth sailing for Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and company. Falcons put together a comeback attempt to tie up the scores at 12-12, as the fate of the game hung in the balance. Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar found a huge triple-kill to put his team back into the lead, with OG not looking back after that to win 16-12 and put themselves within touching distance of the Major.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 1 FalconsMatchpage 12 16 6th October 2022 OG 12Mirage 16

Falcons	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	25 - 21	+4	95.6	1.26
Ali 'hAdji' HaïnousshAdji	17 - 19	-2	66.2	0.99
Jordan 'Python' Munck-FoehrlePython	17 - 21	-4	64.6	0.91
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	15 - 22	-7	59.3	0.78
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	11 - 23	-12	61.3	0.65

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Shahar 'flameZ' ShushanflameZ	23 - 17	+6	88.9	1.37
Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster	24 - 14	+10	72.8	1.36
Maciej 'F1KU' MiklasF1KU	21 - 15	+6	80.7	1.30
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharNEOFRAG	21 - 20	+1	88.1	1.08
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	15 - 21	-6	64.3	0.84

MOUZ started Ancient with a dominant CT side against K23, with the CIS squad unable to find openings throughout their offense, getting just three plants in the entire half. Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov got one of the rare Terrorist rounds for his team with an impressive 1vs3 clutch but was otherwise unable to find much success, as his team moved into the interval with a 2-13 deficit.

K23 were able to mount a comeback after putting together an eight-round streak on their CT side to get into double digits, but eventually ran out of steam. MOUZ ended up closing the game with the help of an A attack that finally got them over the line, winning 16-10.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 1 K23Matchpage 10 16 6th October 2022 MOUZ 10Ancient 16

K23	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikovxsepower	20 - 16	+4	75.5	1.16
Daniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevX5G7V	14 - 23	-9	68.4	0.77
Konstantin 'Raijin' TrubarovRaijin	14 - 20	-6	58.7	0.75
Timur 'clax' Sabirovclax	10 - 19	-9	54.0	0.66
Vladislav 'FinigaN' UsovFinigaN	7 - 20	-13	30.4	0.47

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	26 - 14	+12	97.9	1.53
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	22 - 13	+9	90.2	1.39
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsástorzsi	20 - 12	+8	82.2	1.25
Jon 'JDC' de CastroJDC	15 - 14	+1	65.3	1.02
Dorian 'xertioN' BermanxertioN	14 - 13	+1	68.2	0.97

Group Swiss 2W - 0L BIG ENCE Natus Vincere Outsiders 2W - 1L HEROIC Vitality OG MOUZ 1W - 2L Monte Falcons K23 Sangal 0W - 2L HEET FANTASY Illuminar SAW Sangal #37 Robin 'ScrunK' RöpkeKornél 'kory' SzedlárLove 'phzy' SmidebrantCan 'kyuubii' AliCaner 'soulfly' Kesici Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Age: 25 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1281 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Monte #49 Hristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukSergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoMohammad 'BOROS' MalhasJoel 'joel' Holmlund Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas Age: 19 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 643 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss Age: 26 Team: Falcons Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1182 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 K23 #46 Timur 'clax' SabirovBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovDaniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevVladislav 'FinigaN' UsovKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Falcons #35 Bryan 'Maka' CandaAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussKévin 'misutaaa' RabierNathan 'NBK-' SchmittJordan 'Python' Munck-Foehrle MOUZ #9 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' BermanJon 'JDC' de Castro Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov Age: 24 Team: K23 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1309 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.58 Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Age: 21 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 709 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 OG #14 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharMaciej 'F1KU' MiklasAbdul 'degster' GasanovShahar 'flameZ' Shushan