Liquid, Bad News Bears move on in DreamHack Open March

The North American giants will meet the winner of the match between Triumph and High Coast next.

Liquid and Bad News Bears are through to the upper bracket final in their respective groups in DreamHack Open March North America following 2-0 victories over RBG and Rebirth. The current world No.6 made quick work of their opponents despite Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo being handicapped with high ping issues as he is playing from Poland, while Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's side required overtimes on both maps to move past their ESEA Premier rival in a highly-contested affair.

Liquid got off to a dream start as they cruised to a 6-0 lead on Nuke before RBG began to put some rounds together. The ESEA Premier side managed to level the score in the second half after enjoying a period of dominance, but Liquid held firm and secured the map with an ace from Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip. RBG picked up an early lead on Mirage off the back of a pistol clutch by Jadan "⁠HexT⁠" Postma, but once Liquid hit their stride, it was nothing but smooth sailing for the North American giants.

Liquid are through to Group A's upper bracket final

With their confidence soaring following a 2-0 victory over Extra Salt on Monday, Bad News Bears left it late to claim success on Mirage after wasting a 14-11 lead and then letting a map point slip. Danny "⁠Cxzi⁠" Strzelczyk and Zack "⁠XotiC⁠" Elshani led Rebirth's comeback efforts as the team recovered from a 9-2 deficit and pushed for overtime once more, only to falter at the last hurdle.

Bad News Bears will be without Jonathan "⁠Jonji⁠" Carey for the rest of the tournament as the Canadian will have to serve a mandatory quarantine period in a hotel due to COVID-19 restrictions. Jeff "⁠RZU⁠" Ngo will be filling in for the team, who will take on the winner of the winner of the match between Extra Salt and paiN in the group's upper bracket final.

DreamHack Open March 2021 North AmericaBest of 3

Liquid

Matchpage

2

0

10th March 2021

RBG

16

Nuke

12

16

Mirage

5

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	42 - 32	+10	93.5	79.6%	1.45
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	49 - 27	+22	89.1	81.6%	1.45
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim	36 - 28	+8	83.4	79.6%	1.28
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	32 - 32	0	83.2	75.5%	1.14
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	25 - 26	-1	46.7	65.3%	0.84

RBG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jadan 'HexT' PostmaHexT	35 - 35	0	79.8	67.3%	1.09
Colby 'Walco' WalshWalco	33 - 39	-6	75.4	63.3%	0.96
Kyle 'Wolffe' GreenfieldWolffe	32 - 35	-3	77.2	59.2%	0.96
Jerric 'wiz' Jiangwiz	22 - 35	-13	50.4	67.3%	0.72
Connor 'chop' Sullivanchop	23 - 40	-17	48.4	53.1%	0.58

DreamHack Open March 2021 North AmericaBest of 3

Bad News Bears

Matchpage

2

0

10th March 2021

Rebirth

19

Mirage

16

19

Inferno

17

Bad News Bears	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'Jonji' CareyJonji	58 - 53	+5	96.4	74.6%	1.30
Michael 'Swisher' SchmidSwisher	60 - 43	+17	81.9	78.9%	1.30
Nick 'alter' Jacksonalter	62 - 55	+7	93.5	69.0%	1.25
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	39 - 48	-9	57.5	70.4%	0.91
Nathan 'madcow' Retterathmadcow	1 - 6	-5	9.9	93.3%	0.88
Gabe 'Spongey' GreinerSpongey	35 - 44	-9	55.7	64.8%	0.84

Rebirth	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Sebastian 'retchy' Tropianoretchy	58 - 56	+2	82.8	67.6%	1.17
Danny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykCxzi	55 - 46	+9	90.5	71.8%	1.17
Zack 'XotiC' ElshaniXotiC	58 - 47	+11	76.8	69.0%	1.13
Carson 'nosraC' O'ReillynosraC	41 - 55	-14	67.6	63.4%	0.81
Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' JonescJ dA K1nG	36 - 54	-18	61.5	63.4%	0.79