FURIA-COL headlines Round 3 of Americas RMR matchups

The third round of play will see two teams advance to the Major, while two more will have their hopes crushed with early eliminations.

The first day of action in Romania for the PGL Major Antwerp Americas RMR has come to an end, and with it, the matchups for day two have been determined using the Bucholz seeding system.

Tension is mounting heading into the second day as four teams will already have the chance to secure a berth to the Major, while another four are staring down the nightmare of an early elimination from contention after sitting upon 0-2 records.

FURIA and Complexity will face off for a spot at the Major

The second day of action will kick off with best-of-one matches among the teams who hold 1-1 records, including Liquid and Evil Geniuses, who fell to 00NATION and paiN respectively in their opening matches to kick off the event in lacklustre form before bouncing back in round 2.

In a direct swap, the two North American sides are set to face off against the Brazilian teams that felled their countrymen, with 00NATION looking to bounce back after a thrashing by the hands of Complexity and paiN hoping for redemption after they had a comeback against MIBR halted in triple overtime.

Following the conclusion of the 1-1 matches, best-of-threes will take over for the remainder of the day, featuring one elimination and one advancement match being played simultaneously.

In the 2-0 pool, it will be Imperial taking on MIBR for a spot at the Major, a dream matchup for both sides as the other 2-0 game features Complexity and FURIA going up against each other — a bout in which Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson will have his first chance to claim revenge against some of his former teammates.

Meanwhile, four teams will be fighting for their tournament lives, with 9z and Bad News Bears clashing to determine whether it is a North American or a South American team that is the first to be eliminated from Major contention. Following that, TeamOne and Leviatan will lock horns, bringing an end to the day's matches with only one of the two left standing.

The round 3 matchups for the Americas RMR look as follows:

1-1 pool (BO1)
11:00 00NATION vs. Evil Geniuses (A stream)
11:00 Isurus vs. São Caetano
12:15 Case vs. Party Astronauts (A stream)
12:15 Liquid vs. paiN

2-0 pool (BO3) - A stream
13:30 Imperial vs. MIBR
17:15 FURIA vs. Complexity

0-2 pool (BO3) - B stream
13:30 9z vs. Bad News Bears
17:15 TeamOne vs. Leviatan