Heroic overcome TYLOO; MOUZ cruise past Sharks to close out round 1

The two biggest underdogs of the Challengers stage went down with losses — but left quite different impressions.

In their first international tournament since March 2020, TYLOO made top-5 team HEROIC sweat, but the Danes ultimately prevailed on Inferno, 16-12. On the other hand, MOUZ brushed Brazilians Sharks with little issues, 16-6, on the same map.

With the first eight matches of the Challengers stage played, the group draw for round 2 will be revealed shortly and the action will continue with eight more BO1 games on day one.

HEROIC handled TYLOO's initial slow approach on the T side of Inferno well, going up 7-3 as the clutches went their way and Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund blew away the opposition with a 20K-6D scoreline. Then, HEROIC's mid aggression was punished, TYLOO converted, and HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu's 1v2 turned the tides of the half which finished 8-7.

The Chinese side grabbed the lead with a 3-0 CT start, but two close losses in the initial rifle rounds put them on the back foot. Smelling blood, HEROIC pounced at the opportunity and swiftly closed out the game with some convincing T-side play.

The B stream match was a straightforward one. Sharks picked up 3-0 and 1-0 starts to each half, but still finished with just six rounds in total, a clear sign of MOUZ's domination. David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský and Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand combined for a 10-0 opening duel record after the first half and the international squad had little resistance on route to their first win in Stockholm.

The initial round of the PGL Stockholm Major Challengers Stage has been concluded, with the results available below: