FURIA end Road to Rio Group B undefeated; Envy, Liquid to quarter-finals

4-5-2020 01:52

The final matches of Group B saw FURIA prevail over their Brazilian countrymen from MIBR to top their group with a flawless 5-0 record, while Envy and Liquid came out ahead of a three-way tie over MIBR.

Everything was on the line as the final matches of Group B got underway, with only FURIA assured of a berth in the playoffs. A Brazilian brawl for first place was on the cards between Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan and Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's troops, with a win granting the winner with a direct ticket to the semi-finals.

However, a loss for MIBR would leave them at the behest of the remaining group results, while Liquid's lacklustre showings against Envy and FURIA earlier in the tournament put the North American roster in a dire spot of their own, requiring both a win against Yeah and a favourable result in the group tiebreakers to qualify for the playoffs.

FURIA came into the Brazilian derby brimming with confidence after winning their previous four matches, and they continued their dream start to the tournament with another 2-0 success. With close victories on Inferno and Vertigo, they secured a first-round bye in the playoffs and advance directly to the semi-finals.

KSCERATO ended the Brazilian brawl with a 1.38 rating

Liquid made up for losses to Envy and FURIA as they made short work of Yeah to score their third win, dispatching of the Brazilian squad with one-sided wins on Inferno and Mirage. The series victory, combined with FURIA's win over MIBR, ensured Liquid a quarter-final spot, while MIBR's fate was left in the hands of Bad News Bears and Envy, the only series of the day to go the distance.

Envy seemed set to make short work of the matchup as they battered Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's side to kick off the series, taking a 16-4 win on Train. A back-and-forth brawl on Dust2 saw Bad News Bears fail to deny Envy a comeback from a 7-14 deficit, but a stellar showing from Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino in overtime helped to force the series to a third map. There, Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller led the march to a 10-5 offensive effort for his side, with the team managing to close out the map 16-11 to net themselves a spot in the playoffs.

The final standings for Group B of the North American division of ESL One: Road to Rio look as follows:

Group B

TEAM

The tournament will resume on Wednesday with the first quarter-final meeting, with the upcoming match-ups being the following:

100 Thieves vs. Liquid
Envy vs. Cloud9

kscerato top 1

2020-05-04 01:53

21 replies

Lol

2020-05-04 01:54

1 reply

MIBR fans should blame MIBR for throwing 2nd map against Envy instead of blaming the tiebreaker rules lmao

2020-05-04 07:19

Not top 1 but top 20 for sure

2020-05-04 02:11

very unfair for mibr

14 replies

deserved

2020-05-04 02:19

bot mibr without coldzera cant do shit

2020-05-04 03:47

9 replies

they will soon be one of the best team in the world only idiots can't sea that

2020-05-04 06:01

8 replies

2020-05-04 07:35

they've been playing tier 55 cs

2020-05-04 09:55

see* and no, they have lost it all and will never get back to the top

2020-05-04 10:59

my English is not great lol. if you watch mibr u know they need to fix minore things. they went toe to toe with liquid losing echo rounds and making stupid mistakes. that is very impressive for me

2020-05-04 17:12

honestly they just need to use meyern properly. fallen has been doing good

2020-05-04 13:27

ah yes, just like brazilian fans try to tell us since 2018

2020-05-04 19:12

the problem with u guys is when mibr fell off a bit people demanded changes, but they weren't necessary. they were still a top team in the world and what they needed at the time was more internal. Its different from what happened to g2

2020-05-04 20:18

Not with Gabriel "TwoFaced" Toledo

2020-05-05 09:42

Furia could let MIBR to win them so liquit would not advanced for play-offs

2020-05-04 09:23

The biggest reason for FURIA not to do that is they give up semi spot for quarters bc Mibr will top the group if they win. And it's matchfixing but that's not out of the question

2020-05-04 11:40

Kkkk Nice username, it actually checks out

2020-05-05 02:45

All those mibr fans act like there is only 1 Brazilian team and that there is no one else that matters in Brazil. Hey guys have you ever heard of furia you can support a team without fallen

2020-05-04 09:57

not exactly that, the truth is that we wanted the two to pass, it is clear that when they play against each other it is necessary to choose a side, but we support both despite the rivalry

2020-05-04 13:54

kscerato beast top1 2020

2020-05-04 10:52

RIP BnB, save dapr pls

2020-05-04 06:52

LITERALLY GODS

c9 #1

Congrats furia!!!

ONLINERS LUL

2 replies

+1 Furia on LAN = PepeLaugh

2020-05-04 02:27

gg Furia, nice job

never doubt LIQUID, comeback starts now

lets goooo

2020-05-04 06:13

EZ4FURIA

lets go furia

instagram.com/hxnzakasal/ NEW MIBR PLAYER

3 replies

nice

2020-05-04 01:55

0/8 don't follow him btw

2020-05-04 02:07

2020-05-04 08:15

Stressful day for a lot of fans

Too true.

2020-05-04 02:10

mibr could stand a chance against furia in semis, liquid will 100% lose...

PLEASE KICK TACO TY.

2020-05-04 01:57

MiBR fans KEKW

2020-05-04 01:58

I don't get it, ESL site says MIBR are 3rd Liquid are 4th esl-one.com/csgo/rio/road-to-rio/results..

they themselves said that the esl ranking is wrong

2020-05-04 02:12

okay thanks mens))

2020-05-04 02:13

i dont get it why mibr not in play-iff cuz they lost liquid but won envy and envy won liquid and lost mibr and liquid has lame diff rounds ????

12 replies

Me neither, they even have a beter RD

2020-05-04 02:00

+ 1 what criteria is that?

2020-05-04 02:09

Map diff Liquid 2-0 MIBR MIBR 2-1 Envy

Its because envy won against liquid and liquid won against mibr

2020-05-04 02:03

Because mibr has -1 maps against liquid and envy... liquid 2 x 0 mibr and mibr 2 - 1 envy... 3rounds lost 2 won... -1 Liquid has 2 x 0 mibr and lost 0-2 to envy... 0 Envy 2 x 1 mibr and 2 - 0 liquid... +1

2020-05-04 02:08

4 replies

I don't really care but what a stupid system

2020-05-04 05:07

Counting round difference vs other teams would be even more stupid though.

2020-05-04 08:46

2020-05-04 10:43

2020-05-04 11:29

it is a three-way tie, it goes down to map differential in the matches between the tied teams. Envy is +1, Liquid is 0, MIBR is -1. Go look at the matches between these team and add em up.

Liquid, Envy and mibr have 9 points and 5 maps, so it is a 3 way tie. In the 3 way tie: Liquid 2-0 mibr Envy 2-0 Liquid mibr 2-1 Envy ^^^(these are matches from the group stage for the playoffs) The results in maps for the 3 way tie breaker: Envy: +1 (3-2 maps) Liquid: 0 (2-2 maps) mibr: -1 (2-3 maps) So liquid and envy are qualified and mibr is out. I hope this makes sense lol

2020-05-04 02:36

2 way Tiebreak is h2h, but 3 way tiebreak is h2h map diff So since mibr, envy, liquid all tied, mibr won less maps against liquid/envy compared to envy vs liquid/mibr or liquid vs envy/mibr After that would be rd

2020-05-04 02:51

"Furia without Krieg omegalul" they said.

congratz, they beat liquid

2020-05-04 05:33

MIBR LUL

Let's go Liquid!!!

EZ for the best brazillian team. MIBR is washed imagine losing playoffs spot to Envy

16 replies

Envy got rekted by mibr. ESL just has a retarded tiebreaker system

15 replies

Envy didnt get rekt nice bullshit couldve been 2 0 if not 5 vs 3 Stop crying mibr fan should accept loss of playoffs like others

Lolol envy lost u have more excuses than mibr

2020-05-04 02:21

Hahaha envy lost 1 round couldve turned it around rewatch the 5v3 force round pls a huge advantage btw cry is free cuz mibr couldnt even take 1 map from furia while envy did. It Must feel bad to. Be Mibr fan blaming system cuz his team struggles to yeah and struggling liquid XD. And meyern is a joke

2020-05-04 02:40

Cry is not free check hltv

2020-05-04 03:59

lul Copypaste

2020-05-04 08:41

Liquid won against MIBR so they are out. Nothing wrong about the system...

7 replies

Just leave it mibr fan crying cuz his team have not qualified...

2020-05-04 02:14

Should have been Mibr 3rd liquid 2nd envy 4th

2020-05-04 04:17

5 replies

Why?

2020-05-04 04:32

I think you misunderstood me, by the rules its all fair but in my opinion since mibr beat envy they sould be in front of envy and since liquid beat mibr they should be in front of mibr. Even tho envy beat liquid they still couldnt beat mibr, a team that lost to liquid so they should stay behind mibr

2020-05-04 15:31

?????? i can change that to every position "my opinion since liquid beat mibr they sould be in front of mibr and since envy beat liquid they should be in front of liquid. Even tho mibr beat envy they still couldnt beat liquid, a team that lost to envy so they should stay behind liquid" edit:misspelling

2020-05-04 16:46

Yes but mibr still had a higher round difference then any onther team that was 3-2

2020-05-04 17:04

yeah but they had the lowest map difference? maps mean much more than round difference lol

2020-05-04 17:18

2-1 in a bo3 isnt wrecking try again. Cry is free.

2020-05-04 04:44

Especially that envy had chance to make it 2-0

2020-05-04 09:01

ESL site says MiBR is 3rd so? What the fuck is going on xD

2020-05-04 02:02

they said esl ranking is wrong in the handbook

2.16.4 Ranking During Group Stage Only the active ranking rule from this Rulebook is valid, not the ranking that is displayed on ESL's or ESEA's websites.

2020-05-04 02:39

Furia played well. MIBR is gaining form, soon they'll sort it out They already look strong on Inferno. I think their Dust2 is good too Surely MIBR will find a way back!

2020-05-04 02:04

10 replies

honestly it's taking too long

2020-05-04 04:49

Find a way back? So they Can still qualify for Rio?

2020-05-04 07:40

Major has 16 teams right?

2020-05-04 09:02

i can't remember. But does that mean, that MIBR 'still' have a chance?

2020-05-04 10:18

6 replies

They do. But what’s the point to qualify? They should fix their issues (strats, antiecos, firepower) before even thinking about this major

2020-05-04 11:33

well , qualify will mean they are not that bad tbh.... if u see, mibr lost to the best 2 teams in their grps, lets see how it goes next games

2020-05-04 12:19

when are MIBR going to play?

2020-05-04 12:31

i have no ideia how this qualify works dude

2020-05-04 12:53

Valve need to set up another rtr tournment. They didnt anouncced yet. Probably we will have more 2 tournment rtr.

2020-05-04 21:31

very niiice more cs

2020-05-05 09:05

Lets gooo

Shit rules. They should had decided in bo1 series instead!

salty brazilian fan, mibr would've lost to both teams in a bo1

As i said the format isnt problem

2020-05-04 02:15

Guy, cmon! do you see any logic? Mibr won against envy, Envy > Liquid, Liquid > Mibr. Considering direct matches, it's a tie, so if you take into account round scores, liquid should had been eliminated!

2020-05-04 04:05

but they clearly stated that tiebreaker is Match Difference before Round Difference, and bc mibr was a 2-1 and not a 2-0, mibr was eliminated

2020-05-04 04:20

against envy that is

And then we have Liquid.. almost didn't qualify lmao

2020-05-04 15:57

lmao dw, just a mentality thing, we'll go far

2020-05-04 17:06

let's see..

MIBR is not yet out of the major...there are still 2 Road to Rio events 2play...so they can still get more RMR points. People forget that the Rio Major will be based on RMR points...the 24 teams with more points they will play the major. And the last Starladder major also counts as RMR points

Brasil top 1 in group as expected

2020-05-04 02:17

out TACO!

2020-05-04 02:20

hahaha MIBR eliminated HAHAHA

2020-05-04 02:23

i'm not so much a fan of mibr, but liquid dont deserve that spot. but rules are rules.

2020-05-04 02:24

Why don't liquid deserve the spot?

2020-05-04 02:35

totaly washed up

Just won the pro league will win this too lol

2020-05-04 04:07

Against a washed up EG team with 1 map to begin the final... what a trophee!

2020-05-04 04:48

You said Liquid didn't deserve the spot, yet they won the last league with all of these teams in it lol.

2020-05-04 04:57

Wow, winning NA EPL. If finals involved both NA and EU Liquid would drop even before the final itself lol. Can't win against Envy

2020-05-04 04:52

Good argument BR. So you're saying your teams are so shit that even a team you think is horrible could beat them? Neither MIBR nor FURIA could even come second...sad...

2020-05-04 04:58

Honestly Envy played Good against them and respect Liquid, Calyx eveen later played fpl/w twistzz Just bcuz smth didnt work doesnt mean it llbe always like it

2020-05-04 08:45

NA EPL is a tier 2 event tbh.

2020-05-04 08:51

NA so bad it’s always down to choosing between team that didn’t actually deserve it.

2020-05-04 08:50

Nice Michu

2020-05-04 02:31

2020-05-04 06:21

So EZ for Liquid Didn't even break a sweat

2020-05-04 02:33

EZ for Caça Rato

2020-05-04 02:37

Make no sense for me why MIBR is out. Because Liquid with -1 map between three of them.

2020-05-04 02:42

Mibr has -1 map between the three of them, not liquid

2020-05-04 02:59

liquid 0-2 envy liquid 2-0 mibr mibr 2-1 envy envy +1 liquid 0 mibr -1

2020-05-04 03:15

oh yeah. thanks! need to go back to school. Visit some math classes :D

2020-05-04 03:35

Im tired of supporting mibr...

2020-05-04 03:03

100t vs liquid and envy vs c9 XDDDD

2020-05-04 03:14

If liquid lose to 100T lol ,i think finals will be either gen.g vs furia or furia vs liquid

2020-05-04 12:00

Bro this tie-breaker is nonse

they arent even capable of letting mibr win 1 map so they can quali. thats how furia players thank fallen fer and taco for putting them into the map. fucking selfish pricks

2020-05-04 03:17

lmfao

2020-05-04 03:41

What? That's honor man... You have to conquer it.

2020-05-04 03:50

Didn't matter. Only If Mibr won The game they are in playoffs. The map difference only takes account the maps between teams in the tiebreak

2020-05-04 04:35

+1 Logic is too complicated for the fanboy

2020-05-04 11:36

Stop being such a fucking idiot. You're a reflex of our government and way of life as seen by foreigners

2020-05-04 04:54

high quality bait

2020-05-04 06:20

what a proud

2020-05-04 03:23

Made in Joke !

2020-05-04 04:01

how much?

2020-05-04 06:19

he is a furia fan bro ,why would he bet on made in bot region He is trolling MIBR ,somebody said to me "if furia met liquid at LAN it would be a massacre" lol i think he meant the massacre is for liquid

2020-05-04 11:58

Mibr robbed

hahaha lul

2020-05-04 11:57

Fallen, fer and kng are looking really good, taco is always doing the dirty roles.. and meyern is just there being a bot, need to replace him with a consistent rifler.

I would love to see them explain why they picked up Meyern in the first place, I've never seen any reason for him to go to a top team (mibr was, at the time) with felps still under contract. They need Boltz or felps back.

2020-05-04 06:04

Already explained, they said they would gamble this time on a young talent that can be shaped to the system they play instead of picking a experienced player that might have problems with adjustment like they had with boltz, lucas and felps or the americans. We know felps has the firepower but he was somewhat out of place in mibr system specially in his second stint and he can be a diva sometimes... By that logic they went for Meyern cuz he was the hottest prospect from SA, talented young kid that somewhat proved himself in the region and was playing with brazilians already...altought i think picking him was questionable to say the least, they should now stick with him for at least a full year and see how he develops...

2020-05-05 04:46

But you have to admit that Taco is the worst doing a dirty job. He doesn’t have enough firepower to do those roles.

2020-05-04 11:38

TACO is very underrated, he is fine, selfless and it is not expected from him to be the star of the team. I hope they take felps back, he did well in 2017 when SK won everything

2020-05-05 03:23

I understand that he is fine and selfless. But the excuse that he is the one doing the dirty job is not valid. Every team has entry's and single bomb holders and if you compare numbers among tier 1 teams, I am positive that he will have the worse stats on: dpr, clutches, first kill, surviving, assisting, anything... His performance is really bad last 6-8 months

2020-05-05 17:38

my username actually checks out

2020-05-04 06:18

wooow mibr out of rio's major... i wonder when they will pick another player. but who? we all know that without fnx there's no way a brazilian team can win a major... as sad as it sounds, it's the truth

2020-05-04 06:59

Not yet. There should be 2 more RMR events, with even more points

2020-05-04 07:53

couldnt have been any more expected

2020-05-04 08:29

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah what did i say that will happen NO THROW BY FURIA FOR MIBR CAUSE THEY ARE JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT

2020-05-04 08:44

EZ 4 NA

2020-05-04 09:08

ugh what a pity mibr…

2020-05-04 09:25

If FURIA can go undefeated you know what was the level in the group. Envy went out of group? They were playing really bad recently. And Liquid are not at their best atm.

Furia got defeated on one map by envy they are improving and there are 2 days until playoffs.

2020-05-04 10:29

FURIA aren't a team that you should be happy from winning a map against. From Envy's point of view ofc. it's a big success, but Envy are playing really bad., they need some changes if they want to go higher than they are now. I don't see chances of them winning this rtr.

2020-05-04 10:32

Depends , from point of view everyone wants to replace ryann but do not see that he might be the key communication guy and Envy needs to improve like lightning throughout those 2days to beat Cloud9 and later to pass onto Furia and u dont need to win RTR atleast make semifinals endup 3rd or 4rd and u have guarranted Major

2020-05-04 10:40

No, it doesn't work like this.

2020-05-04 11:53

it does work like u go get points untill all circuits are completed later to be gifted spot

2020-05-04 11:54

Even if Envy goes to a semi-final they doesn't have guarenteed slot on Major.

2020-05-04 13:39

If Envy does goes to semifinal get's to go on another circuit to Quarters they ll have guarranted one lol 2000points for semis 1300/1400 for quarters 1100/1200 And i forgot i thought they ll fight against furia in semi they actually have chance for finals not great but they have

2020-05-04 14:19