MIBR beat Chaos to first place in Flashpoint Group B; Phase 1 complete

MIBR have secured first place in Group B at Flashpoint 1 after taking down Chaos in the group's final as the tournament's first phase is completed.

With the revenge victory against Chaos, who this time had to play with Logan "⁠Voltage⁠" Long instead of the visa-grounded Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield, the Brazilian side completed a successful comeback from their loss to Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan's team in the opening round of the group stage.

They did so following the tournament's move to an online setting, after going on a dominant run through the lower bracket of the group dubbed Snakes & Ratters and defeating every other team in it; Envy, Gen.G, and Chaos.

The latest win sees MIBR make significant headway on the journey to the playoffs as they clinched the maximum number of points on offer by topping their group (75), completing the first phase of Flashpoint 1.

MIBR reach the second phase with 75 points on the board

In the rematch against Chaos, MIBR looked more than comfortable on their own pick, Overpass, where a great start on the offense led by Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga and Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo allowed them to rack up a comfortable 10-5 half. The rampage continued after switching sides, with the Brazilians strolling to map point and closing the opening map 16-7.

A contentious map for MIBR historically, Inferno was mostly in the hands of Chaos, who despite losing a 2v4 in the first pistol round picked up a 6-2 lead as Terrorists. An AWP ace from FalleN salvaged the half and more of the in-game leader's plays helped equalize the scoreline at 11-11, but steel replied with a couple of big multikills of his own to push the series to the decider at 16-12, 1-1.

MIBR were back in cruise control on Dust2, however, kicking off the deciding map with a dominant run that saw them ride the momentum and secure a 12-3 half on the offense. Although Chaos still had life left in them and started off well upon switching sides, the effort was in vain as the Brazilians regained composure before things got dangerous and clinched the series win at 16-8, 2-1.

Flashpoint 1Best of 3

Chaos

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MIBR

7

Overpass

16

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Inferno

12

8

Dust2

16

Chaos	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	48 - 48	0	80.3	73.3%	1.05
Joshua 'steel' Nissansteel	47 - 51	-4	72.3	64.0%	0.98
Cameron 'cam' Kerncam	48 - 55	-7	72.3	73.3%	0.97
Logan 'Voltage' LongVoltage	32 - 42	-10	41.6	76.0%	0.88
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspinavanity	40 - 58	-18	64.5	62.7%	0.76

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	51 - 41	+10	80.5	81.3%	1.30
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	55 - 36	+19	80.2	78.7%	1.26
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	58 - 50	+8	75.9	69.3%	1.11
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	48 - 42	+6	67.8	72.0%	1.07
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyermeyern	42 - 47	-5	59.5	70.7%	0.97

The first phase of Flashpoint 1 is now complete, with the standings according to playoffs points looking as follows:

1-3. MAD Lions - 75 points
1-3. MIBR - 75 points
1-3. Cloud9 - 75 points
4-6. HAVU - 50 points
4-6. Chaos - 50 points
4-6. Orgless - 50 points
7-9. c0ntact - 30 points
7-9. Gen.G - 30 points
7-9. Dignitas - 30 points
10-12. Copenhagen Flames - 15 points
10-12. Envy - 15 points
10-12. FunPlus Phoenix - 15 points

The second phase will begin with another round of the group selection process, which will take place on Thursday ahead of the first matches of the second group stage on Friday. The top-eight teams according to points at the end of the second phase will advance to the playoffs.