BIG see off Na`Vi; Luminosity eliminate AVANGAR at IEM Chicago

Natus Vincere are out of the tournament after a shocking 2-0 defeat to BIG, while Luminosity remain alive following their 2-0 victory against AVANGAR.

The Group B lower bracket match between Natus Vincere and BIG started on Dust2 with the T-sided BIG winning the pistol round thanks to a triple kill by Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget. Natus Vincere got on the scoreboard in the fourth round which they won off the back of Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's double kill.

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz dominated the following round as he got a triple kill to put his team 4-1 ahead. Natus Vincere then went on an eight round streak to lead 9-4 and finished the half 10-5 ahead.

The second pistol round was also won by BIG as Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik got a triple kill. After winning two more rounds, BIG lost against pistols which started a three round streak for Natus Vincere who led 13-8.

BIG were unfazed by this losing streak and won seven rounds in a row to earn two match points. They closed out the game in the 30th round and on their second try, winning the map 16-14.

Natus Vincere was on the T-side in the first half on Inferno and secured the pistol round after Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev’s opening kills. Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko clutched a 1vs2 to make it 3-0 and a double kill by electroNic in the fifth round gave them their fifth round.

tabseN got a quad kill with an AWP to win the tenth round and s1mple returned the favor by clutch a 1vs4 in the following round (8-3). The CIS team lost three of the last four rounds in the first half and finished the first half 9-6 in front.

The second pistol round was all about nex who got an ace to win the round despite a 2vs4 disadvantage. When the secore was 13-13 Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch clutched a 1vs3 and got the ace to put BIG 14-13 ahead. The German team closed out the map 16-13 and took the series 2-0. With this defeat, Natus Vincere have made their exit from the tournament.

The other lower bracket match in Group B featured AVANGAR and Luminosity who kicked off their series on Inferno. The CT-sided AVANGAR finished the first half 10-5 ahead but lost the first two rounds in the second half as Ts.

The Kazakhstani team claimed four of the following five rounds and Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's 1vs3 clutch in the 22nd round made it 14-8 in their favor. Luminosity managed to pull it back and got within one round of AVANGAR after a 2vs2 retake. Luminosity grabbed the last three rounds to win the map 16-14.

The match continued on Train where Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov got a triple kill to put his T-sided team 1-0 ahead. Luminosity won the third round with Scouts and SMGs which started a streak that would last ten rounds.

AVANGAR took the last three rounds in the second half to trail 10-5. Jame & company also found the first two kills in the second pistol round but Luminosity salvaged the round to extend their lead to 11-5. Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes's team won the map 16-10 and the series 2-0 to eliminate AVANGAR from IEM Chicago.