paiN qualify for PGL Stockholm Major; Extra Salt, Bad News Bears eliminated

The final round of matches in Group A concluded with EXTREMUM beating Bad News Bears to secure a spot in the fifth place decider.

paiN have secured a berth to the PGL Stockholm Major following the conclusion of the final matches in Group A. Additionally, EXTREMUM have moved on to the fifth place decider, where they will have the opportunity to defend their chance at earning a Major spot.

paiN dominated ATK on Nuke to pick up a swift victory, and had their spot in the Major confirmed after Liquid handed Extra Salt a similarly one-sided defeat on Inferno — eliminating Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou and company from contention.

biguzera averaged a 2.40 rating in paiN's win over ATK

The third match, between EXTREMUM and Bad News Bears, was then left to decide which team would end the group in third and move on to the fifth place decider, a necessity for Alan "⁠Shakezullah⁠" Hardeman's side if they wanted any hope of making it to Stockholm.

However, EXTREMUM were the ones to come out on top of the match-up, putting on a clinic on the CT side of Inferno before putting a halt to comeback effort from Bad News Bears in the second half to end Group A in third place.

IEM Fall 2021 North AmericaBest of 1

EXTREMUM

Matchpage

16

9

8th October 2021

Bad News Bears

16

Inferno

9

The final standings for Group A look as follows:

Group A

TEAM

M

P

Liquid

5

15

paiN

5

9

EXTREMUM

5

9

Bad News Bears

5

6

Extra Salt

5

6

ATK

5

0

The final Group B matches will see GODSENT, Triumph, Evil Geniuses, and TeamOne all fight for the possibility of making it into the top three. Should FURIA claim victory over Evil Geniuses, they will assure themselves of a Legends spot at the Major; meanwhile, GODSENT will be fighting for the chance to directly advance to the Major, which they would claim if they beat Triumph.