IEM Katowice 2021 Play-inIEM Katowice round-up: Spirit brush aside Cloud9; BIG, Gambit outclass opponents
The CIS team made light work of the 'Colossus' in a best-of-one affair.
The opening trio of matches in the IEM Katowice Play-In stage has come to a close, with favourites Spirit, BIG and Gambit all moving on in the upper bracket following convincing victories over Cloud9, Movistar Riders, and TeamOne.
Spirit came out the livelier of the two sides and would have cruised to a 5-0 lead if it wasn't for two great individual rounds from William "mezii" Merriman. Cloud9 never got into their stride defensively and won just two opening duels throughout the entire half as the CIS giants went 10-5 up, with Abdul "degster" Gasanov leading the charge with 17 frags.
After switching to the T side, Cloud9 still attempted to respond, but Spirit put their foot down once they had a full economy, and chained four rounds together to see out the win.
Movistar Riders were able to keep things competitive during the early stages of their match against BIG, but the German side ran away with the game from the midway point of the first half, going on an 11-1 run to secure the map in convincing fashion.
Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov went 20-4 on the CT side of Train as Gambit strolled to a 12-3 lead after a one-sided first half. The Brazilian team responded by winning another pistol round, thanks to a trio of kills by Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa on the inner site, but their comeback hopes were dashed once the CIS team had money in the bank.
  Spirit |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 - 10 | +18 | 108.1 | 78.3% | 1.89 | |
| 18 - 12 | +6 | 90.9 | 87.0% | 1.55 | |
| 19 - 12 | +7 | 95.0 | 82.6% | 1.51 | |
| 18 - 10 | +8 | 79.0 | 82.6% | 1.43 | |
| 10 - 12 | -2 | 47.7 | 78.3% | 0.90 |
 Cloud9 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 - 18 | -3 | 78.6 | 56.5% | 0.97 | |
| 14 - 17 | -3 | 59.5 | 65.2% | 0.86 | |
| 10 - 20 | -10 | 56.3 | 52.2% | 0.65 | |
| 10 - 19 | -9 | 53.2 | 52.2% | 0.51 | |
| 7 - 19 | -12 | 53.9 | 47.8% | 0.44 |
  BIG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 10 | +12 | 86.0 | 81.8% | 1.56 | |
| 20 - 13 | +7 | 90.0 | 81.8% | 1.47 | |
| 19 - 12 | +7 | 98.0 | 77.3% | 1.46 | |
| 11 - 14 | -3 | 66.2 | 90.9% | 1.06 | |
| 13 - 16 | -3 | 73.1 | 59.1% | 0.97 |
 Movistar Riders |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 - 17 | -4 | 70.0 | 63.6% | 0.83 | |
| 13 - 16 | -3 | 71.9 | 63.6% | 0.82 | |
| 13 - 16 | -3 | 71.2 | 63.6% | 0.82 | |
| 14 - 18 | -4 | 70.6 | 63.6% | 0.77 | |
| 12 - 19 | -7 | 62.7 | 68.2% | 0.72 |
 Gambit |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 - 8 | +17 | 96.7 | 81.0% | 1.79 | |
| 18 - 11 | +7 | 96.2 | 90.5% | 1.50 | |
| 21 - 11 | +10 | 100.6 | 81.0% | 1.46 | |
| 15 - 14 | +1 | 87.9 | 81.0% | 1.23 | |
| 9 - 12 | -3 | 54.5 | 76.2% | 0.96 |
 TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 - 17 | -5 | 71.3 | 47.6% | 0.84 | |
| 12 - 18 | -6 | 68.5 | 61.9% | 0.77 | |
| 13 - 19 | -6 | 62.4 | 61.9% | 0.75 | |
| 11 - 17 | -6 | 57.0 | 57.1% | 0.69 | |
| 8 - 17 | -9 | 40.0 | 47.6% | 0.50 |
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